This cartoon is often cited as having been a major inspiration (along with The Honeymooners (1955)) for Hanna-Barbera's The Flintstones (1960).
Host/narrator Cave Darroway is a nod to Dave Garroway, who hosted Wide Wide World (1955), the series spoofed in this short.
The dinosaurs depicted early on are actually accurate in their rendition.
The stars of the cabaret are a pun on Cary Grant and Dinah Shore.
In 1960, the Catholic Church still required its followers to abstain from meat on Fridays and some holy days of obligation, such as Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. McDonald's invented the Filet O' Fish sandwich as a Friday option for hungry Catholic families.