Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Charlie Hall, Billy Gilbert
The second short we watched. This short was the prequel to Tit for Tat.
THE PLOT: Ollie's leg is broken, so the doctor tells him to go to the mountains. When Stan & Ollie get there, they get drunk from the booze the bootleggers left behind. Charlie Hall and his wife (Mae Busch) get there, looking for gas. Mae ends up getting drunk with the Boys. Charlie gets mad and hilarity and pretty much the only extreme slapstick in any L&H short or film ensues. The short ends with Ollie diving into a well filled with alcohol to extinguish the fire that Charlie lit on his ass and the well exploding.
THE REVIEW: A lot of people think the Three Stooges are funnier than L&H because of the constant use of slapstick, but L&H are funnier because they don't execute slapstick constantly. Rather, they wait for the perfect moment and use what I like to call "revenge slapstick," dishing out pain to those who deserve it. In this case, it's Charlie Hall. The slapstick had all of the Saps, including me, roaring with laughter, and for that, this short gets a 5 out of 5.
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