The blackout humor and music, as well as the title song, originated in 1933's film musical Gold Diggers. Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, George Bernard Shaw, Mussolini, Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters, and Greta Garbo are among the celebrities caricatured.