Now, we meet Mr. Popple, who appears to be Mr. Givney with a comic moustache. Note the "wacky" and "surreal" tree in the background - perhaps an influence on subsequent Warner Bros. "Dodo" cartoons. 
The Violently Ordinary Rejoinder seems to freeze inanimate objects in place - the hat, the cane, the ceegar. But the ash falls, slightly. So: all objects do not fall at a consistent rate. Not when exposed to Violently Ordinary Rejoinders, anyway.
Let us imagine a modern comic advising someone to "black up" as a means of impersonating an African-American, shall we? The letters pages would not overflow with candy gab.
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