The three minute shorts did not follow a format. Rather than writing a script, a timer was set for three minutes, and all the actions and dialogue between the characters were improvised.
When production started on the 22 minute episodes, the network asked Jamie Shannon to have Mona speak proper English instead of baby talk.
Jamie Shannon drew upon his childhood memories of spending time in his grandmother's backyard, which he called Nanaland.
The series gained resurgence in 2023 after various clips were uploaded on TikTok.