First of three "Taxi Comedy" films from Hal Roach featuring William Bendix, Joe Sawyer, and Grace Bradley playing the same characters. The other two are The McGuerins from Brooklyn (1942) and Taxi, Mister (1943).
Jonathan McFeeder proclaims 'Lead on, Macduff!' after being invited by McGuerin to have a drink. The phrase is an often misquoted line from the Shakespeare play 'MacBeth.' The original wording, 'Lay on, Macduff,' was actually a challenge to fight, based on the context of the conversation between MacBeth and Macduff, who were adversaries in the story. Since the time of Shakespeare, the quote has morphed into 'Lead on ...' to indicate that one will gladly follow another's invitation. McGuerin's response indicates he is clueless about the expression.
One of the "Streamliner" short features from Hal Roach Studios made to fill the bottom half of a double bill.
This film was first telecast in New York City Sunday 27 June 1948 on WPIX (Channel 11), as the premiere offering of their newly acquired series of three dozen Hal Roach feature film productions, originally theatrically released between 1931 and 1943, and now being syndicated for television broadcast by Regal Television Pictures.It first aired in Baltimore 10 November 1948 on WMAR (Channel 2), and in Fort Worth Wednesday 25 May 1949 on WBAP (Channel 5).