Charlie the polar bear sings the lullaby "Rock a bye Baby" in its entirety eight times over the course of the film.
Polar bears and penguins never share habitats in the wild, so this cartoon has a faulty premise. Polar Bears live in the North Pole while Penguins inhabit the South Pole.
It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, but lost to Speedy Gonzales.
The cartoon was first shown on The Woody Woodpecker Show and later on The New Woody Woodpecker Show, where it was digitally remastered and renamed "A Classic Chilly Cartoon".
The roller skate Chilly sets out was a popular children's item in the postwar baby boom era. The skates were clamped onto the wearer's street shoes and adjusted with a skate key.