Trivia: This is the first Merrie Melodies cartoon to feature the signature theme song, "Merrily We Roll Along."
Trivia: This was the first cartoon to featuring the zooming WB shield in the opening titles, as well as the first to have "VITAPHONE Presents."
Trivia: The final short in which Walt Disney provided the voice of Mickey Mouse.
Trivia: Even though this was Speedy Gonzales' second cartoon, he was re-designed after his debut in "Cat-Tails for Two" and this was the first appearance of Speedy as we know him today.
Trivia: When we see Elmer pointing his gun at Bugs in order to make him do his second curtain scene, you can see behind Bugs a crate saying "5 Clampett Trained Seals" - a reference to the Warner Brothers director, Robert Clampett.
Trivia: This was the first animated short to be made in Technicolor, as well as the first to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film.
Trivia: The first appearance of Elmer Fudd in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
Trivia: The first short film to bill Laurel and Hardy as an official team.
Trivia: Laurel and Hardy's first talkie.
Trivia: First appearance of Yosemite Sam in a Warner Brothers cartoon.
Trivia: When Jerry is floating in a bottle cap through the stream in Times Square, you can see a movie theatre in the background. The theatre's marquee reads "Now showing! A Tom and Jerry Cartoon!"
Trivia: This special marked the animated debut of Peppermint Patty's friend, Marcie.
Trivia: When Ned is launching Ralph on the bottle of champagne, the label on the bottle says "Selzer's Champagne Extra Dry" - a reference to the Warner Brothers producer Eddie Selzer.
Trivia: The prison in this film is the same one that was used in a previous Laurel and Hardy short, "The Second Hundred Years" (1927).
Trivia: The cartoon ends with no "That's All Folks!" title card. Just "Merrie Melodies: A Warner Bros. Cartoon. A Vitaphone Release" on a black background.
Trivia: When Ralph is raiding the fridge, you can see a bottle of "Pierce's Beer" behind him. This is a reference is the cartoon's story writer, Tedd Pierce.
Trivia: "The Music Box" won the first Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1932. It was also the only Laurel and Hardy film to be honoured with an Oscar.
Trivia: In the opening title card, you will notice there is no "Story" credit. Michael Maltese was the story writer, but as he had left Warner Brothers for Hanna-Barbera, his name was removed from the credits.