This cartoon was the last thing to be broadcast on BBC television on 1 September 1939, two days before the United Kingdom declared war on Germany. It was thought that the VHF signal from the broadcast would serve as a homing beacon for the enemy planes closing in on London. This cartoon was also the first thing broadcast when BBC television resumed broadcasting on 7 June 1946. An urban legend developed that the continuity announcer,
Jasmine Bligh, introduced the cartoon by saying, "Now then, as we were saying before we were so rudely interrupted." However, her actual words were "Good afternoon everybody. How are you? Do you remember me, Jasmine Bligh?"