First appearance by Edgar Kennedy in a Laurel and Hardy film. Kennedy would go on to play exasperated cops in several more films with the duo.
First use of the boys' famous Laughing Routine, in which minor chuckles explode into gales of laughter. They would use variations on this routine most notably in Blotto and Fra Diavalo.
First appearance of Stan and Ollie's trademark Model T Ford.
Sequences in the dentist scene would later be recycled in Pardon Us 1931.
In a tragic coincidence, Stan's brother Teddy died several years later when he did not recover from the effects of anesthesia during a dental visit.