Il cortometraggio è stato scritto nel maggio del 1929 e girato dal primo al 8 giugno dello stesso anno.<ref name=Skretvedt>{{cita libro|autore nome=Randy | cognome=Skretvedt, | nome2=Jordan R. | cognome2=Young | titolo=Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies | editore=Past Times Publishing | anno=1987 |luogo città=Beverly Hills |ISBN=ISBN isbn=0-940410-29-X |url url=http://amzn.com/094041029X | lingua=en}}</ref> Nella prima versione non erano contenute musiche e neanche crediti iniziali. Il Roach Studios ha aggiunto alcune canzoni. Fino al 2011 era stata considerata perduta quando fu pubblicata "''Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection''".<ref>Bann, Richard W. Liner 2011 DVD release Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection</ref> <!--''Perfect Day'' was written in May 1929 and filmed between June 1–8, 1929.The original 1929 release of ''Perfect Day'' contained no music other than that used over the opening credits. The Roach Studios would reissue the film in 1937 with an added music score being utilized at the time in other Roach comedies. The 1929 version was considered lost until the 2011 DVD release ''Laurel and Hardy: The Essential Collection'', when the original Vitaphone disc track sans the incidental music became available.
Adding the soundtrack in 1937 to the existing film resulted in a slight reduction of the correct frame ratio: several scenes feature a slightly cropped picture at the top and left hand sides to allow for inclusion of the soundtrack strip.
