This episode used footage from the original unaired pilot episode. The scene where the skipper awakens to find the ship beached shows several actors sleeping on deck that were not retained from the pilot. On the Minnow, footage of John Gabriel is briefly shown.
The only Christmas episode of the series.
The poem that Gilligan recites is the Owl and the Pussycat, written by Edward Lear and published in his book "Nonsense, Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets" in 1871.
The subplot with the castaway's radio components being swallowed by fish was reworked from the original unused pilot episode.
The title is based on a line from the song "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" with music by Jerome Kern, and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, from the 1927 musical play 'Show Boat'.