Another W.C. Fields comedy short as he drawls his way through being a rather inept barber. To be honest he doesn't do anything right, even throwing a baseball seems to end up in mayhem. Barber O'Hair is the character's name (of course) and has a pretty sad life, his wife is a vegetarian and he never gets any meat. He does enjoy sitting outside of his shop all day and chasing away dogs. Not the funniest W.C. Fields short but a decent and charming performance as always.
One of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's later films, the jokes are by now a bit too obvious but still usually hilarious. Professor Hartley (Arthur Space) is an eccentric inventor who is always coming up with madcap schemes. His latest invention is a new explosive which he is told he must protect (thanks to a bit of mischief). He calls a detective agency but only the janitors are available, but the prospect of good living and cash leads the janitors (Laurel and Hardy) to pretend to be detectives...
Meanwhile a gang is planning to rob Hartley of jewels but when members of the gang hear about the explosive they want to steal the explosive instead and sell it to the enemy (insert a bit of wartime propaganda here). Laurel and Hardy are set off with a fake bomb hidden in an accordion to lead the thieves away, but of course they have the real bomb...
A very funny film even if the jokes are often so obvious you can spot them coming a mile off. There isn't much plot, more a framework for a series of comedy set-pieces. The visual gags are very good though. Not the best Laurel and Hardy film by any means but still has plenty of the duo's magic to make the film very worth watching.
A safety film detailing the various grisly ways heavy machinery can mangle human flesh if you are not careful and the guys in this film certainly arn't. One of the guys is shown changing the wheel on a large excavator and ends up demolishing a house!
What makes the film unintentionally hilarious is the gritty country & western soundtrack. As the song says, being distracted or hungover might cause you to fall from a JCV or have your hand cut to pieces in a grinder. So lay off the Jack Daniels and pay attention!
Her family, including her children (Aron Eisenberg and Sharon Martin), struggle to come to terms with this change in Mum. Dick finds it kind of works in the bed department though. However, they end up with a new addition to the family and decide it is time to find the shaman and get the curse lifted...
A light film, charming despite the strangeness and absurdity. The film is a bit disjointed but great fun, picked with odd characters. Barry Humphries makes a great cameo playing three different characters in one scene, including Dame Edna! The film isn't great but it is certainly different and enjoyable.