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* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The MinstrelShow sequence may have been [[FairForItsDay quite progressive at the time]], giving exposure to dozens of black performers who might otherwise not get work in Hollywood at all. At least, one certainly hopes so, since the whole thing, down to the Creator/MarxBrothers in {{blackface}}, is squirmingly embarrassing three quarters of a century on.
* OneSceneWonder: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers during the MinstrelShow.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous Creator/MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horse-racing instead of opera.
* TrappedByMountainLions:
** The second half has an extended musical interlude which starts with Allan Jones singing "Tomorrow Is Another Day," which is followed by Harpo using his flute to summon a black chorus which sings "Blow That Horn, Gabriel" and "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm." (The chorus has nothing else to do in the movie except reappear to sing the finale.) Many Creator/MarxBrothers aficionados consider this sequence as objectionable on an EthnicScrappy level; others argue that it's [[FairForItsDay not really that bad by itself]] and the choir are very good, but stops the plot dead and its earnestness clashes painfully with the Marxes' usual slapstick and wisecracks.
** There's also the water ballet sequence, which even the film historian on the DVDCommentary advises viewers to skip.
* ValuesDissonance: The whole sequence with the brothers pretending to be black is mighty uncomfortable today.
* OneSceneWonder: Whitey's Lindy Hoppers during the MinstrelShow.
* SpiritualSuccessor: The basic plot is markedly similar to the previous Creator/MarxBrothers film, ''Film/ANightAtTheOpera'', except with horse-racing instead of opera.
* TrappedByMountainLions:
** The second half has an extended musical interlude which starts with Allan Jones singing "Tomorrow Is Another Day," which is followed by Harpo using his flute to summon a black chorus which sings "Blow That Horn, Gabriel" and "All God's Chillun Got Rhythm." (The chorus has nothing else to do in the movie except reappear to sing the finale.) Many Creator/MarxBrothers aficionados consider this sequence as objectionable on an EthnicScrappy level; others argue that it's [[FairForItsDay not really that bad by itself]] and the choir are very good, but stops the plot dead and its earnestness clashes painfully with the Marxes' usual slapstick and wisecracks.
** There's also the water ballet sequence, which even the film historian on the DVDCommentary advises viewers to skip.
* ValuesDissonance: The whole sequence with the brothers pretending to be black is mighty uncomfortable today.
