TAKING THE OLD adage that less is more to the Nth Degree, Hal Roach & Company brought us this gem of a two reeler. Using the thinnest of the thin scenarios (just a premise really), the production team brought us what very well may be the quintessential L & H comedy short.
EVER SO BRIEFLY, Hardy is getting married and will reap as a perk the General Manager's position for Peter Cucumber's (Jimmy Finlayson) Steel Company. A radio announcement proclaims all of this and quotes from his friend and Best Man. Laurel, that the motion picture industry is in its infancy and he also criticizes the political theory of Technocracy.
THE REST OF the picture is taken up with the pair's preoccupation with doing a jigsaw puzzle (a wedding present from Stan) and their struggle to get a taxi ride; following the driver's being drawn in to the fray along with a beat cop. All five (including Hardy's butler) wind up mesmerized with fitting the pieces together.
IF THERE IS any criticism of this film it would be that the ending seemed to be just a trifle weak.
BUT THIS IS really a small matter when taken as an overview of the entire picture, which never fails to satisfy one's funny-bone.
OUR RATING = Four Derbies (in place of stars).
EVER SO BRIEFLY, Hardy is getting married and will reap as a perk the General Manager's position for Peter Cucumber's (Jimmy Finlayson) Steel Company. A radio announcement proclaims all of this and quotes from his friend and Best Man. Laurel, that the motion picture industry is in its infancy and he also criticizes the political theory of Technocracy.
THE REST OF the picture is taken up with the pair's preoccupation with doing a jigsaw puzzle (a wedding present from Stan) and their struggle to get a taxi ride; following the driver's being drawn in to the fray along with a beat cop. All five (including Hardy's butler) wind up mesmerized with fitting the pieces together.
IF THERE IS any criticism of this film it would be that the ending seemed to be just a trifle weak.
BUT THIS IS really a small matter when taken as an overview of the entire picture, which never fails to satisfy one's funny-bone.
OUR RATING = Four Derbies (in place of stars).