This classic Laurel & Hardy short was always turning up on TV when I was s kid, but it was so funny that I never got fed up with it. Returning to the film after a break of probably thirty years it's pleasing to see the film hasn't lost any of its ability to make us laugh.
At the start of the film, Stan and Ollie are a success for once. They have their own business selling fish to housewives. They drive around the suburbs, Ollie declaring their wares in that clear Southern singing voice of his while Stan blows on his horn. Stan's bright idea of buying a boat to catch their own fish so that they can cut out the middle-man gets mangled beyond comprehension when Ollie asks him to repeat it, but nonetheless Ollie knows exactly what he means. Together, they buy an old boat and set about making it seaworthy.
If you've watched more than a couple of Laurel & Hardy films you know full well that Stan and Ollie's new boat is never going to leave Joe's Junk Yard in one piece, it's just a matter of how the boys will manage to destroy it. This one contains some classic scenes, including Stan timidly peering at Ollie through the cracks between the boat's woodwork and then attempting to saw himself free when he traps his neck between the boat's mast and a wall. For all the boys hard work, the inevitable happens – but at least Stan's horn is left intact
At the start of the film, Stan and Ollie are a success for once. They have their own business selling fish to housewives. They drive around the suburbs, Ollie declaring their wares in that clear Southern singing voice of his while Stan blows on his horn. Stan's bright idea of buying a boat to catch their own fish so that they can cut out the middle-man gets mangled beyond comprehension when Ollie asks him to repeat it, but nonetheless Ollie knows exactly what he means. Together, they buy an old boat and set about making it seaworthy.
If you've watched more than a couple of Laurel & Hardy films you know full well that Stan and Ollie's new boat is never going to leave Joe's Junk Yard in one piece, it's just a matter of how the boys will manage to destroy it. This one contains some classic scenes, including Stan timidly peering at Ollie through the cracks between the boat's woodwork and then attempting to saw himself free when he traps his neck between the boat's mast and a wall. For all the boys hard work, the inevitable happens – but at least Stan's horn is left intact