Ye Olde Michael Finn is and Olde English pun on the term Mickey Finn, a knockout substance usually slipped into an unsuspecting person's drink.
Made in Polacolor, which was a process that rivaled the more famous Technicolor of the era.
The man that Bluto collects the tax responds to the knock at the door with "did someone l, Ah say did someone knock?" is a nod to Senator Claghorn who was a character on the Fred Allen show.