Grace Goodall (Mrs. Richmond) had a near-fatal choking accident during rehearsal of a food fight scene, which never completed filming for this reason.
During the dance sequence, Larry Fine loses his shoe. At one point Phyllis Crane, dancing with Moe Howard, trips on the shoe and falls down, visibly striking her head on the floor; this was not scripted.
Moe Howard later stated that the plot was so good that it bore repeating. The Three Stooges reworked the film twice more, as Half-Wits Holiday (1947) (Curly Howard's final starring role) and Pies and Guys (1958).
The rubbish truck scene was filmed on location on Larchmont Street south of Hollywood. The Larchmont Theatre, then showing Mississippi (1935), is visible in this scene. Also the (then) HOLLYWOODLAND sign can briefly be glimpsed in the upper right corner of the screen.
Loosely based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play "Pygmalion" (also known as "My Fair Lady"), which in 1935 had not had an official film adaptation. The play has been frequently filmed, beginning with Pygmalion (1938) just a few years later.