Penrod (renamed Wesley Winfield in this update) has less to do in this one, although he still provides a catalyst for the film's main pieces of action (the turkey dinner and the actress chestnut which was much funnier when Wallace Beery was taking rumba lessons from Carmen Miranda), and even has a dream sequence more elaborate than that in On Moonlight Bay. Penrod's decreased footage has been taken up by Doris Day. I'm not complaining.I like Doris Day. She even has a production number – the agreeably staged and sprightly sung, "King Chanticleer". Butler's direction is a mite smoother than Del Ruth's and the color photography is nice and bright here. But the screenplay lacks flair and is plainly a bit of a bore. Dead dreary old Leon Ames and Rosemary DeCamp help make the scenario even more sluggish. Gordon MacRae manages to put over a song rather well, but he's otherwise a bit of a bore. However, many of the support players are on top of their material and I especially liked Leon Ames' delightful rendering of "Bumble Bee".
