Although Margie Hines is credited with the voice of Olive Oyl in this short, in fact, the character here sings in excellent Portuguese for the first part of the song and then in English in a thick Brazilian accent. The voice sounds nothing like Hines or Mae Questel and may have, in fact, been that of the woman who did the samba dance movements for both Olive and Popeye.
Popeye's can of spinach is labeled 17 points. Canned foods were assigned point values in the ration books as part of World War 2 rationing in America.
The singing voice for Olive Oyl sounds exactly like Carmen Miranda.
The Road series of films were popular at the times, as were movies set in exotic South American locations. This short makes use of that trend in a comic way, appealing to both adult and child cinema audiences.
Olive portrays popular Latin film actress and entertainer, Carmen Miranda.