This was made after a number of serials had been produced and appears to me to be an intentional comedy. As in 'The Stolen Jools', non-sequiturs of established cinematic formulas are produced in great number. Also, Peter Sellers seems to have copied Jack Mulhall's face & characterization of Kennedy in his Pink Panther movies. Sellers may have derived the idea for his wayward hand in 'Dr Strangelove' from the 'clutching hand' premise.
There is a scene where Mulhall as Kennedy walks out of a building to see his car being stolen. That scene seems to be an great deal like a 'Pink Panther' joke and to me was very funny. It is hard for me to convey the spirit of the movie with my description, but the continual misdirections and cinematic 'mistakes' make each episode somewhat like reading a Doonesbury comic strip by Gary Trudeau.
For experienced directors the whole series might be a blooper reel set of examples of what you should not do when putting together a movie.
There is a scene where Mulhall as Kennedy walks out of a building to see his car being stolen. That scene seems to be an great deal like a 'Pink Panther' joke and to me was very funny. It is hard for me to convey the spirit of the movie with my description, but the continual misdirections and cinematic 'mistakes' make each episode somewhat like reading a Doonesbury comic strip by Gary Trudeau.
For experienced directors the whole series might be a blooper reel set of examples of what you should not do when putting together a movie.