 Leo McCarey got the "Story by" credit, although "L&H Encyclopedia" author Glenn Mitchell also traces some lineage back to the 1926 Roach short "Along Came Auntie", with Glenn Tryon and Oliver Hardy and a writing co-credit for Stan Laurel.L&H scholar Randy Skretvedt has run down many of the "action scripts" for L&H two reelers, and the one for "That's My Wife" reveals a few differences between original concept and finished film.One is a sub-plot that finds the actual Magnolia Hardy at a nearby table at the Pink Pup, and she becomes the target of flirtations from Uncle Bernal.