During the filming of his eleventh picture, "Mabel at the Wheel", he clashed with director Mabel Normand and was almost released from his contract.
Postopek je opisal v svoji avtobiografiji:Ta film je bil "Mabel's Strange Predicament", toda lik "Potepuha", kot je postal znan, je debitiral v filmu "Kid Auto Races at Venice", posnetem kasneje, toda predstavljenem dva dneva prej.