Ken "Snakehips" Johnson, the dancer in the "Old Vaazoo" scene, makes his only known film appearance. A popular performer and leading member of the Black British Music of the 1930s and 1940s, Johnson was killed in London on March 8, 1941, by a bomb in one of the more devastating attacks during the London Blitz. Johnson was the leader of the house band at the popular Café de Paris. Unable to get a taxi to the club, thanks to the raid, he ran on foot to honor his contract with the owner and make his show on time. Arriving out of breath, he was about to start his set when the bomb hit. The explosion also killed the saxophone player, David Williams, and more than thirty patrons and staff.