After Wally is nearly beheaded by the guillotine, Carol tells him to do something and Wally replies, "I think I dood it." That is a catchphrase of Red Skelton's radio (and later television) character, "The Mean Widdle Kid." The phrase was such a part of national culture at the time that, following General Doolittle's bombing of Tokyo in April 1942, many newspapers used the phrase "Doolittle Dood It" as a headline. In 1943, Red Skelton made the movie Mademoiselle ma femme (1943).
This film did very well at the box office, earning MGM a profit of $542,000 ($8.1M in 2017) according to studio records.
When the protagonists are locked in a room, Wally walks into the door and says, "Pardon me, I thought I was Mr Jordan." He is referring to Claude Rains's role as an angel in Le défunt récalcitrant (1941).
As was the norm at the time, the end credits finished with an appeal for the public to buy War bonds. This reminded them that despite the humorous picture they'd just seen, the U.S. was at war.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on May 17, 1943 with Red Skelton reprising his film role.