 Fictional interviews are interspliced throughout, especially those of Starkwell's parents who wear Groucho Marx noses and mustaches.The style of this film was widely appropriated by others and revisited by Allen himself in films such as "Zelig" (1983) and "Sweet and Lowdown" (1999).Early use of the mockumentary format in television comedy may be seen in several sketches from "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969–1974), such as "Hell's Grannies", "Piranha Brothers", and "The Funniest Joke in the World".