Walter Catlett tells his girl he wants to ask her father for permission to marry her, so she calls home to tell them to say no. When Catlett shows up, they act crazy.
It's the funny creation of Al Boasberg, a vaudevillian and comedy writer, who had teamed up with Jack Benny early on. He specialized, as can be seen here, in absurdity, with practiced performers, including Lew Kelly, Zeffie Tillbury, and Vivien Oakland uttering such insane tosh that it's hard to imagine anyone keeping a straight face.
Boasberg wrote and directed this, and also continued writing, including uncredited gigs on Marx Brothers movies. He died at the age of 45, the day after he wrote Eddie Anderson's introduction to the Jack Benny show as Rochester.
It's the funny creation of Al Boasberg, a vaudevillian and comedy writer, who had teamed up with Jack Benny early on. He specialized, as can be seen here, in absurdity, with practiced performers, including Lew Kelly, Zeffie Tillbury, and Vivien Oakland uttering such insane tosh that it's hard to imagine anyone keeping a straight face.
Boasberg wrote and directed this, and also continued writing, including uncredited gigs on Marx Brothers movies. He died at the age of 45, the day after he wrote Eddie Anderson's introduction to the Jack Benny show as Rochester.