Unknown to the kids, however, the new school teacher, Miss Lawrence, has overheard Spanky and Alfalfa's scheming and has ordered ice cream as a first-day surprise for the class.

However, Alfalfa has accidentally swallowed the stopper from the balloon that constituted his "toothache", so as he steps in front of the class to sing '"Believe Me, if All Those Endearing Young Charms'", a strange wheeze accompanies every breath he takes between lines.

Douglas, who had served as assistant director on Our Gang for some time, made his directorial debut on a 1935 Hal Roach All Stars short, The Infernal Triangle.

[6] In 2022, Bored of Education was digitally re-scanned from the original 35mm film master prints using updated transfer technology, and further restored by ClassicFlix, who licensed the entire Hal Roach-era Our Gang series for release on Blu-ray.

[7] The short's title is a pun on the term "Board of Education", a government agency in the United States that is responsible for the overall management of its public school system.