Released on April 24, 1965, it was directed by Robert McKimson and produced by the award winning DePatie-Freleng, the production house responsible for the Pink Panther and other series of cartoons released by MGM. Mel Blanc voiced Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, and the mice. Its run time is six minutes, the standard length of a Warner Brothers cartoon since pre-48 days. The title of this cartoon is a play on the term "salt and pepper".