It sprays water as the scene segues into a caricature of orchestra conductor Leopold Stokowski leading the Storm movement from the William Tell Overture.

After this, the title song is sung by a girl trio caricaturing the Boswell Sisters on the cover of Radioland magazine; all the while, Hugh Herbert is seen repeatedly smiling and adjusting his necktie.

He is immediately arrested by detective "Cholly Jam" (Charlie Chan) and, after explaining himself to the police on the cover of True Confessions, he is tried, and sentenced to Life.

He reports it "over the air" which then leads to a wide variety of characters, including police officers, Boy Scouts, Tarzan, wild animals, and native Zulu tribesmen, joining the chase.

The Thin Man (a caricature of William Powell, who received an Academy Award nomination for playing the starring role in the film) uses Asta from the cover of Dog World to detect the criminal on the cover of Better Babies, and the criminal takes off in the carriage, only to be assailed by everyone from Navy battleships to Greta Garbo and even Saint Nicholas.