Preston wrote this movie with Betty Hutton in mind. It is classic comedy from the golden age. Betty and Eddie teamed up 4 times in the early '40s. They made a good comedy team. Don't make 'em like this anymore.
This is the 2nd most hilarious scene from this film (the most hilarious one has unfortunately disappeared from RU-vid once again). Only Sturges can build up a perfectly normal '40s scene into a sidesplittingly hysterical one in less than two minutes. By the time Norman falls down, I do too! :D