Question 1

How did Jack Benny use this movie as a joke for the rest of his career?

Accepted Answer

Jack Benny used the failure of this movie as one of his best jokes for the rest of his career.

Question 2

Which Broadway play did Allyn Joslyn and John Alexander star in together before this film?

Accepted Answer

They starred together in the original Broadway production of Arsenic and Old Lace, with Joslyn as Mortimer Brewster and Alexander as Teddy Brewster.

Question 3

What unique element did composer Carl W. Stalling bring to the sequence where Benny battles the Paradise Coffee ad?

Accepted Answer

Stalling scored the sequence using his trademark violin string up-slide twang sound and paraphrasing of Raymond Scott's work, giving it a Warner Brothers cartoon feel.

Question 4

Why did Jack Benny only make cameo appearances in movies after this film?

Accepted Answer

Warners lost a fortune backing this film, and Benny was relegated to only making cameo appearances in movies for the rest of his career.

Question 5

What is the dream scenario of the trumpet player in the film?

Accepted Answer

He dreams he is Athanael, an angel deputized to blow the Last Trumpet at midnight on Earth, marking the end of the world.

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