What makes this cartoon notable is that on the opening title card Betty Boop gets top billing above Bimbo for the first time in what was essentially his show (if these characters were real would Bimbo be envious?).
This is also one of the first times Betty and Bimbo are already acquainted, as in most previous Talkartoons films it seems to almost always be a love at first sight meeting. Here, Betty calls over to Bimbo from next door and sends him a letter asking him to come over so they can be alone together since her "Ma" is out. This proves to be a problem since Bimbo has the responsibility of babysitting Aloysius.
The cartoon itself isn't necessarily the most memorable. Just when it starts getting good the film ends, with everyone hiding behind the couch from Bimbo's mother, who's furious after having been pulled up off the street and into the apartment with a cartoonishly powerful vacuum by the cigar smoking, newspaper reading baby.
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