Some of the background patrons are drawn like speakeasy clientele from the Prohibition years, but the dancing dame is pure 1940, down to her drawn-on beauty mark and emotions. A lady was never seen barefoot in public except at the beach. [A lady losing her shows after being tossed through a bass drum hardly qualifies as appearing in public.]
Poopdeck Pappy is said to be 99 years old in this short.
When Popeye intercepts Pappy on the street, he pretends to sleepwalk, and the song, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" is heard briefly. The earlier Popeye short A Dream Walking (1934) was created around Olive Oyl sleepwalking as this song plays.
One of a number of Popeye shorts sent to Asia in the 1980s to undergo a redraw and colorization process.