Fred Ziffel claims that the last time he told his wife that she was beautiful was in 1929. 26 years younger than her screen husband, Barbara Pepper, the first actress to play his wife Doris Ziffel, was only 14 years old in 1929.
Adjusted for inflation, Mr. Haney's $1.65 price for giving Claude a ride would equal approximately $16 in the year 2023.