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Ed Asner's character watches this Marx Bros. movie in his hospital room.

Clip(s) / footage.

There is a scene where Iris watches this movie at the theater. The movie screen is never shown, but there is a shot of Iris while the audio for this movie is heard.

brief clip shown from trailer

A scene outside the theatre shows a billboard - "Coming Soon, Hail and Farewell, Witten by Leo Davis". This is the play and author at the centre of the Marx Brothers movie Room Service.

Lucille Ball and Harpo Marx had previously appeared in the Marx Brothers film.

The plot of the episode appears to be closely based on this old play/movie.

Pufnstuf exclaims "Jumping butterballs!"