One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its initial television presentation took place in Chicago Saturday 7 February 1959 on WBBM (Channel 2); it first aired in Seattle 24 September 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), in Johnstown 14 October 1959 on WJAC (Channel 6), in Toledo 17 January 1960 on WTOL (Channel 11), in San Francisco 16 February 1960 on KPIX (Channel 5), in Grand Rapids 29 March 1960 on WOOD (Channel 8), and in Des Moines 7 July 1960 on WHO (Channel 13).
Included among the American Film Institute's 2000 list of the 500 movies nominated for the Top 100 Funniest American Movies.
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