Chick and Mervin are aspiring writers, hoping to get their break at the radio station. They are working as soda jerks and they pitch in their idea to the newly employed writer at the radio station. He invites them to attend the Murder at Midnight show which eventually turns into a murder mystery with the death of the Colonel by execution. To impress everyone, the duo turn into pretend detectives and when the real detectives arrive, the duo become their prime suspects. How does the duo uncover the Who done it mystery and also clear their names forms rest of the story.
This is a straight forward murder mystery and after the initial gag with Chick (Bud Abbott) and Mervin (Lou Costello) which works so well with it's well timed humor, turns into a murder mystery with the duo taking the lead. It soon gets over the top and the duo even get to do their baseball gag bit. The first one works and the second one which is just a self reference is just about okay. It turns into Costello's show but ends up being repetitive until getting revived in the climax on the roof. May be it's time factor, certain jokes simply felt over the top and didn't work well with me. The simple gags were highly effective than the physical ones.
This is a straight forward murder mystery and after the initial gag with Chick (Bud Abbott) and Mervin (Lou Costello) which works so well with it's well timed humor, turns into a murder mystery with the duo taking the lead. It soon gets over the top and the duo even get to do their baseball gag bit. The first one works and the second one which is just a self reference is just about okay. It turns into Costello's show but ends up being repetitive until getting revived in the climax on the roof. May be it's time factor, certain jokes simply felt over the top and didn't work well with me. The simple gags were highly effective than the physical ones.