After a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.After a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.After a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.
- Neighbor
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- Messenger
- (uncredited)
- Mrs. Hardy
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- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- Stan Laurel(uncredited)
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- TriviaThe phone number that Stan Laurel gives out at one point was his own personal number at the time.
- GoofsOllie opens the oven door, leans across to get a chair, and in the next shot the oven door is closed.
- Quotes
Ollie: Do you realize that this is the only suit that I've got left? It's enough to make a man burst out crying.
Stan: [Stan starts to cry] Well, I couldn't help it. I was doing the best I could...
Ollie: Shut up and get this mess cleaned up! Do you know that my wife will be home at noon?
Stan: Say, what do you think I am? Cinderella? If I had any sense I'd walk out on you.
Ollie: Well, it's a good thing you haven't any sense!
Stan: It certainly is!
- Crazy creditsOpening credits prologue: When the cat's away - The mice start looking up telephone numbers -
- Alternate versionsIn 1986 Hal Roach released a colorized Version of Helpmates (1932), with 2 scenes deleted.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1966)
This two realer is classic as the Boys try and clean up after Ollie's wild party before his wife comes home. The ending of this short comedy has the funniest line of all time. As usual, Laurel and Hardy are their bumbling destructive selves, which of course leads to one laugh right on top of another. As Ollie says in the beginning while looking at himself in the mirror, "I have two words to describe you. Impossible."
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- Aug 7, 2003
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- Hilfreiche Hände
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- Runtime21 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1