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Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
Russell Custer
- Bus Passenger
- (uncredited)
Betty Danko
- Bus Passenger
- (uncredited)
Dorothy Granger
- Tillie - The Hardys' Maid
- (uncredited)
- …
Fay Holderness
- Mrs. Hardy
- (uncredited)
Charles McMurphy
- Streetcar Conductor
- (uncredited)
Cy Slocum
- Bus Passenger
- (uncredited)
Joy Winthrop
- Bystander
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- H.M. Walker
- Oliver Hardy(uncredited)
- Charlie Hall(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe leggy girl lifting her skirt as she attempts to navigate a puddle of water as Stan approaches Ollie's house is Dorothy Granger, who also portrays the Hardys' maid.
- GoofsWhen Stan and Ollie are sitting in the lily pond after the chimney has fallen on them, you can see one of the fake bricks floating in the water.
- Quotes
Mrs. Hardy: [runs up to Ollie] Oh Oliver darling, this is terrible.
Ollie: Oh, don't cry over me, dear. I'm not hurt.
Mrs. Hardy: I'm not crying over you. The man came and took the radio away.
[sobs]
- Alternate versionsThere is also a colorized version.
- ConnectionsAlternate-language version of Pêle-Mêle (1930)
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I pretty much agree with Boba_Fett1138--this is about as typical a Laurel and Hardy film as you can find
After having seen just about every short Laurel and Hardy made together, I have noticed that the most of the best films are the ones with very simple and mundane plots. Films such as DIRTY WORK, HELP MATES and HOG WILD simply have the pair cleaning house or fixing things, yet they sure milk it for all its worth. I think one of the reasons I love these films is that they aren't cluttered with co-stars or difficult plots and just allow the pair to be the lovable and klutzy characters we've come to love.
Here, Ollie's wife tells him to install a radio aerial on the roof so they can get better reception and THEN he can go have fun with Stan. For any halfway normal person, this would have been a rather quick job--and so naturally the boys nearly kill themselves as well as manage to destroy much of the house! The film ends with a tough to believe but well-filmed sequence where Ollie is stuck on a ladder and Stan accidentally starts the car. Unlike lousy driving sequences such as in COUNTY HOSPITAL where the studio used cheap and unrealistic rear projection to make the driving sequence, here it's filmed for real--though of course stunt doubles were used for the distant shots. This scene and the final shot were quite well done and worked well with the prior house demolition scenes--providing many laughs and no serious lulls. Funny and right to the point.
Here, Ollie's wife tells him to install a radio aerial on the roof so they can get better reception and THEN he can go have fun with Stan. For any halfway normal person, this would have been a rather quick job--and so naturally the boys nearly kill themselves as well as manage to destroy much of the house! The film ends with a tough to believe but well-filmed sequence where Ollie is stuck on a ladder and Stan accidentally starts the car. Unlike lousy driving sequences such as in COUNTY HOSPITAL where the studio used cheap and unrealistic rear projection to make the driving sequence, here it's filmed for real--though of course stunt doubles were used for the distant shots. This scene and the final shot were quite well done and worked well with the prior house demolition scenes--providing many laughs and no serious lulls. Funny and right to the point.
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- planktonrules
- Aug 23, 2008
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- Aerial Antics
- Filming locations
- 4175 Madison Avenue, Culver City, California, USA(Hardy's house)
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- Runtime19 minutes
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