If the movie would had double the budget, and used for better cinematographer, editor and some visual effects, it would have been a lot better. The movie budget was 300,000 USD in 1969. In today's money it is 2,553,122 USD. They could had little better camera, a little better equipment and location. The movie is comical by the production quality...
Were they making fun of his accent? I think the original released version was dubbed over by another voice actor, who sounded very American. I didn't even know that this version with his real voice existed.
"Wit ze Chair-idiot" After the movie had already established that everything with wheels is a chariot for Hercules, I was really glad that I wasn't drinking when an actual chariot appeared on screen. That would have been a mess.