There is a lot of funny material in this Keystone comedy, and it easily makes up for the relative lack of a story. In fact, some of the best parts are the isolated gags and slapstick bits that are not meant to advance the story at all. The setting also gives Roscoe Arbuckle, in particular, a lot of good material to work with, and he is in his element.
The greater part of the running time simply shows Arbuckle, Al St. John, Corinne Parquet, and Kate Price as workers at a diner, where they have to get through a busy day before they can all go to a waiters' ball in the evening. As is often the case in these features, you can spot a number of gags that Arbuckle used in other movies, some previously and some subsequently. It particularly reminds you of "The Cook", with a similar setting and a lot of similar comic bits from Arbuckle.
In the second part, which takes place at "The Waiter's Ball", the highlight is one of Arbuckle's cross-dressing sequences. He did a fair number of such sequences in his short comedies, yet they are usually slightly different in their details and in the way they are used in the story.
The story here generally takes a back seat to the individual sequences and comedy ideas, but this works pretty well. Most of it is done with the experienced timing and boundless energy that usually characterized Arbuckle's short comedies.
The greater part of the running time simply shows Arbuckle, Al St. John, Corinne Parquet, and Kate Price as workers at a diner, where they have to get through a busy day before they can all go to a waiters' ball in the evening. As is often the case in these features, you can spot a number of gags that Arbuckle used in other movies, some previously and some subsequently. It particularly reminds you of "The Cook", with a similar setting and a lot of similar comic bits from Arbuckle.
In the second part, which takes place at "The Waiter's Ball", the highlight is one of Arbuckle's cross-dressing sequences. He did a fair number of such sequences in his short comedies, yet they are usually slightly different in their details and in the way they are used in the story.
The story here generally takes a back seat to the individual sequences and comedy ideas, but this works pretty well. Most of it is done with the experienced timing and boundless energy that usually characterized Arbuckle's short comedies.