[1] In order to visually create the character, Van wore short pants, a loud bright gingham shirt, and a tight red wig.
[1] A review of the production in Brooklyn Life stated, "No one ever knows just who writes a musical of this sort, so many are the fingers in the pie before and after it sees daylight.
"[1] Musical theatre scholar Dan Dietz, asserts that while George Totten Smith was likely the original book writer, many changes and alterations were made later by others; making any claim of a single author tenuous.
[1] During its lengthy road tour, The Errand Boy was brought to Broadway by producers Sam H. Harris, A. H. Woods, and P. H. Sullivan at the Fourteenth Street Theatre where it had its New York City premiere on October 31, 1904.
The production stopped at the Fourteenth Street Theatre again on its tour for another week of performances ten months later, beginning August 28, 1905.