Harry Barris wants to get married to Eleanor Hunt, but there's an impediment in the way, so he tells her he'll sing "I Surrender, Dear" during his broadcast if they can be wed.
Most of the fun in this wan comedy is provided by Edgar Kennedy, who does a fast version of his patented "slow burn". Kennedy had been a member of Sennett's Keystone troupe in the 1910s, and at Roach in the late 1920s. He had left Roach the year before this short, part of the diaspora of talent including director George Stevens. He would soon settle in at RKO, where his "Common Man" series of shorts would continue until his death in 1948, amidst a lot of appearances in features.
Barris was a songwriter as well as a performer, a member of the Rhythm Boys like Bing Crosby, and writer of "Mississippi Mud". He would continue in the movies until 1950, often as an uncredited piano player. He died in 1962, age 57.
Most of the fun in this wan comedy is provided by Edgar Kennedy, who does a fast version of his patented "slow burn". Kennedy had been a member of Sennett's Keystone troupe in the 1910s, and at Roach in the late 1920s. He had left Roach the year before this short, part of the diaspora of talent including director George Stevens. He would soon settle in at RKO, where his "Common Man" series of shorts would continue until his death in 1948, amidst a lot of appearances in features.
Barris was a songwriter as well as a performer, a member of the Rhythm Boys like Bing Crosby, and writer of "Mississippi Mud". He would continue in the movies until 1950, often as an uncredited piano player. He died in 1962, age 57.