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Gracie, coming from a long line of manicurists, give George a relief when she promises that she has no plans to cut off anybody's fingers today. In fact, as she claims, one of her ancestors was the manicurist for the Venus de Mayo which has George questioning if one of her family members wrote "A Farewell to Arms". from there, she percedes to chew his ear off not paying much attention to his fingers and barely even touching them.

This one real short has three segments involving George in a salon and not really much happens but the verbal banter between him and the three people (including Gracie) that he encounters. the first segment has him arguing over his desire not to use a hair tonic and the second segment has him discussing War issues with perennial Burns and Allen supporting player Chester Clute which involves Clute cutting off parts of his tie to represent various countries. That really is the only funny part of this short where even Gracie's lines seem forced. it's one of the true disappointments of their series of one reelers.

And if anybody knows what the difference is between an umbrella and a pickle, please let me know! Gracie never finish the joke.

George is at the barbershop where his cutter has trouble convincing him to buy hair tonic. George asks his barber if he has ever had it. "For ten years" is the reply which bothers George since the barber is bald! He also owns the tonic since his name is on it! George then encounters another customer who asks what he thinks of war. George says, "Well, it seems like a nice day for it." The other customer then cuts George's tie representing various European countries that fought in WWI (or The Great War as it was then called) saving Belgium for the very end. George ends this by ripping up the other man's shirt! Manicurist Gracie encounters an old girlfriend asking what happened to her old fiancée. Before the old girlfriend could completely answer, Gracie mentions how the fiancée had been fooling around behind her back-and was with Gracie the day before. "I married him!", answers the old girlfriend. George then encounters Gracie when she asks, "Pointy or roundy?" This leads to a series of nonsense questions like-George: "A man enters a restaurant ordering a tomato, spinach, and ice cream. How do I know he's a soldier?" Gracie: "Because he was wearing a uniform." or Gracie: "What's the difference between a pickle and an umbrella?" George: "I give up." Gracie: "Then I give up too!" As the short ends, Gracie talks about her sister who just had a baby and how the baby goes,"Googie, Googie" when it looks at it's aunt as George gets visibly bored. Googie, as Burns and Allen fans know, is George's nickname for Gracie. Once again, Burns and Allen are at their most amusing doing routines that have survived the test of time. Once Over, Light is most highly recommended!