 The producer, Jennings Lang (qv), offered a cameo role to his  friend Walter Matthau (qv), which Matthau accepted without  compensation, on the condition that he be billed under his "real  name" (which its not), "Walter Matuschanskyasky". Matthaus role was  originally scripted as "a drunk sits at the end of the bar", which  was expanded by writer George Fox (II) (qv), giving the character  lines of dialogue (involving toasts to celebrities). When the film  was completed, as agreed by Lang and Matthau, "The Drunk" was  credited as "Walter Matuschanskayasky". This lead to a  long