Curiosidades

Boxing and wrestling were hugely popular spectator events at the time of this short. The ominous looking challenger with the long, vaguely eastern European name, was likely a send up of the Louis-Schmelling pugilistic contest held the year before.

The article on the right side of the newspaper appears to be a 1936 Summer Olympics article about Guillermo López, a Chilean boxer. López was eliminated in the second round of the flyweight class by losing his fight to the upcoming gold medalist, Willy Kaiser.

At 5:18 (right before the window gag), there is a noticeable jump cut where the music is suddenly different, indicating an edit. Whatever was excised is considered lost, as the edit dates back to 1942.

Mel Blanc's first voice work film project (confirmed).