For once, the extravagant gestures and frenetic pantomime that characterize most of Méliès' work is put to good use. All this poor guy (I assume played by the director himself) wants is to take his clothes off and go to bed. It's the first part that's the problem; coats, pants, and hats keep materializing on his person as fast as he can take them off. At one point the bed disappears and the pace gets really wild. Yes, it's a one-joke skit, but the joke is well-played, and very funny.
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