The Stooges are street peddler greeting card salesmen, inciting the ire of a disgruntled passerby during an accidental altercation.

Their subsequent encounters lead them to the doorstep of a woman seeking assistance in igniting jealousy within her husband, unknowingly revisiting the same individual they had previously antagonized.

Upon entering the army, the Stooges face the ironic twist of having their drill instructor, Sergeant Hugh Dare, be the very man they sought to escape.

Dare subjects them to rigorous military drills and bayonet practice, resulting in a cascade of comedic mishaps.

[2][3] Laurel and Hardy played greeting card salesmen who try to make a married woman's husband jealous in 1935's The Fixer Uppers.

The closing gag of a person riding a bombshell through the air would be re-created by Slim Pickens in 1964's Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.