Review of Fit to Be Tied

The film short begins with George Burns at a department store trying to buy a necktie. He tries to get the employees to help him but they are the surliest and least attentive employees I have ever seen. The first two are talking and get angry at George for interrupting! The second time he tries with another employee, he gets his tie cut in half. The third time, the lady gives him a tie box with no tie inside. The utter frustration involved made this sequence pretty funny. Finally, he finds Gracie and the usual Burns and Allen banter begins--and for me, that's when the movie slows to a crawl. It did pick up when Gracie sang a song with very goofy lyrics, though she sang so very soft and was perhaps one of the only people I can think of that sang perhaps worse than George! Only at the end when the characters come out of character and talk about being in the movie and how they should end the film does the film pick up--but this is only at the very end!