[1][2] Hayman's version of the monologue reached over 2 million sales in the United States.
[4] In 1927, Victor issued an electrical recording of the monologue by Julius Tannen.
[5][6] A sound-on-film recording was made in 1923 with Monroe Silver by Lee de Forest in the Phonofilm process, and with George Sidney (1876–1945) in September 1929 by Universal Pictures.
The monologue is Mr. Cohen's attempt to contact his landlord using a telephone of the period.
In frustration, he hangs up at the end of the record and decides to arrange for the repairs himself.