This causes them to stretch their legs to read the rest of the advertisement written in Chinese. As Chinese handwriting tends to be written written as one word, and the neon sign is very thin. The sequence with a group of Chinese men reading the sign notices is much more humorous. After the last remaining passengers enter the bus, the scene trucks back to reveal two Chinese men picking up the bus like a rickshaw, and leave. One gag involves a bus conductor seeking a crowd to go for a bus excursion. The gags involving Chinese billboard signs set in Chinatown. It's great satire that contradicts what the advertisements make it out to me, and Stalling's improvised cue really adds to the charm.Īs dated as some of the cartoon is today, racial stereotypes are guaranteed, but only for entertainment purposes.
After a pause, the typewriter quickly spells out: "It's Swell!". As soon as the typewriter incorrectly types a letter, it crosses out the verse, and starts a new one: again, making another make. Freleng has the writer pause for a while, deliberately ruining the jingle and timing of music. It becomes even more of a gag, as the typewriter on the billboard fails to spell the word "Stupendous".
The gag itself is is the billboard is typewriting positive statements: "It's Sensational! It's Colossal!", which at the time were key adjective words used in advertising to describe a product or motion picture. The billboard is advertising an Understood Typewriters product.
Friz's timing combined with Stalling's original cue is the icing on the cake. The typewriter-billboard gag is a good example of that. Friz experiments and has fun with exploring unique types of timing, as well as achieving a different type of comedy.