WELL, THIS ONE did manage to fool us a little. It turned out just a little more serious (if that's the proper word) than one might have expected. It's beginning is in as old and unoriginal and predictable a situation a there is. That would be the old gag about the overeater retiring for the night only to find his gastric juices in full revolt in his stomach.
THIS LEADS TO the hospital and some emergency surgeries as performed by various physician-surgeons, as performed by the likes of comic actors Fritz Feld and Frank Nelson. This is followed with a succession of hospital-type gags, not unlike those essayed by the 3 Stooges some 17 or so years ago.
AS FOR THE fade out and finish, the storyline veers sharply, which led to some totally unexpected finishing gag.
WHAT WE SAID about this short's ability to fool us may need a little explanation. What we saw in the opening should have added up a certain way, but didn't. We had an insomniac in Joe Mc Doakes, himself. In order to cure his aversion to sleep, he raids the old ice box; bringing on the expected gag of the nightmare.
THIS FOLLOWED UP with the array of surgery-oriented gags made for a sort of dreamlike effect. From this one would expect to see him wake up, probably back in his own home, his bedroom and his own bed. Well, they fooled us with a different plot twist and story ending gag.
WHETHER OR NOT that this was their intent, they did manage to lose both Schultz and his best buddy, namely Me!
THIS LEADS TO the hospital and some emergency surgeries as performed by various physician-surgeons, as performed by the likes of comic actors Fritz Feld and Frank Nelson. This is followed with a succession of hospital-type gags, not unlike those essayed by the 3 Stooges some 17 or so years ago.
AS FOR THE fade out and finish, the storyline veers sharply, which led to some totally unexpected finishing gag.
WHAT WE SAID about this short's ability to fool us may need a little explanation. What we saw in the opening should have added up a certain way, but didn't. We had an insomniac in Joe Mc Doakes, himself. In order to cure his aversion to sleep, he raids the old ice box; bringing on the expected gag of the nightmare.
THIS FOLLOWED UP with the array of surgery-oriented gags made for a sort of dreamlike effect. From this one would expect to see him wake up, probably back in his own home, his bedroom and his own bed. Well, they fooled us with a different plot twist and story ending gag.
WHETHER OR NOT that this was their intent, they did manage to lose both Schultz and his best buddy, namely Me!
