This short was untitled during filming. Curly Howard's ad lib "Yes we have no bonanzas", parodying the children's song "Yes We Have No Bananas", was ultimately used as the title.
The trusty mule who meets his sad demise is named Yorick, after the deceased Shakespearean character.
Twenty years later, the TV Western series Bonanza would premiere, telling tales of a family's adventures in the pioneering west.
Production #438.