The photo of William Tell's "late" son is actually an animated photo of Groucho Marx. The wife of this short film's director
Shamus Culhane is Maxine Marx who is the niece of Groucho Marx.
The entire short is synched with the actual William Tell Overture serving as a soundtrack, right down to the closing credits.
The local police resemble, and act like, the famous movie characters the Keystone Cops.
Fellow voice artist Pinto Colvig is heard here. He is famously known for voicing rival studio Disney's character Goofy.
One of a number of Popeye shorts which were sent off to Asia in the 80's to undergo the infamous redraw and colorization process.