Me and My Pal (1933) User Reviews

Practically no plot--and yet Laurel and Hardy were able to do much with nothing

[planktonrules · 7/10 · 1 January 2008]

This isn't one of the better shorts by Laurel and Hardy however it does prove that given practically no plot, the team was able to make even the simplest idea watchable and fun.

When the film begins, you learn that Ollie is about to marry a very wealthy heiress to a huge oil fortune. As he gets ready to go, Stanley drops by and gives Ollie his wedding present--a jigsaw puzzle. Oddly, it's as if the puzzle is possessed, as everyone coming to the house ends up mesmerized by putting it together--even though the wedding should have begun by now. Again and again, people come to the house but end up transfixed. Even the cabbie refuses to take Ollie to the wedding because he is much more interested in assembling the puzzle than making a buck driving Ollie.

There's a tiny bit more to the plot than that--but not much!! As I said, the plot is weak here and it's the barest of ideas--yet it still manages to work. You can't help but laugh as this tiny problem snowballs into a total catastrophe! See it and understand how the team was able to turn practically anything into gold during their heyday.

A jigsaw puzzle destroys Ollie's life.

[weezeralfalfa · 6/10 · 10 November 2018]

This is a rather strange L&H comedy short. It mostly involves various people(Stan, Ollie, package-delivering boy, telegram delivering boy, a policeman) who came to Ollie's house on his wedding day, who discovered that a complex jigsaw puzzle was being worked on by one or more persons. They forget about their job or wedding, and join in trying to solve the puzzle. Thus, It's a situation comedy, where various people have conflicting desires as to what to do at present. It can also be regarded as a special sort of running gag, as people gradually are added to those already present. It also illustrates an example of a counterproductive obsession, which endangers your main goals or responsibilities. One idiosyncratic example of this is when Ollie receives a telegram while busy with the puzzle. He tells Stan to read it. But Stan wants to continue working on the puzzle, so he puts it aside. Some time later, Ollie learns that it was a plea to sell his stock in International Horse Collars, before its price collapsed. Now, it was too late. Stan apes President Hoover in saying "Don't Worry, Prosperity is just around the corner"...........Slapstick is mostly relegated to the last few minutes, when Peter Cucumber(Jimmy Finlayson): Oil tycoon, and father of the bride-to-be, arrives, to find out what is keeping Ollie, for he's already way late. For some reason(?), Cucumber brings the large wreath that was delivered at the wedding, which Cucumber complains about. He slips when he enters the house, landing on the floor, with the wreath draped around him. Cucumber tells Ollie to hurray to the wedding. But the in house policeman makes the proclamation that no one leaves this house until a missing piece of the puzzle is found. We get a very brief look at the puzzle. In the center, is a scantily-clad woman, with a long, trailing, Indian headdress, surrounded by a scenic outdoors.......Soon, a brawl erupts, involving everyone, including Cucumber The table with the almost completed puzzle is upset, and, of course, the puzzle falls apart. One man is thrown on the piano, which collapses. Eventually, a squad car comes, and takes everyone except Ollie and Stan, who were overlooked. Ollie hid up the chimney, and has soot on his face. Looks like Ollie's anticipated future as a top executive in Cucumber's conglomerate will be cancelled. This is when he gets the news about his Horse Collar stock plunging. His house is a wreck, from the brawl. Stan picks up a piece of puzzle from the floor and tries to fit it with another piece. Ollie escorts him out the door, then kicks some of the puzzle pieces........Note that Bobby Dunn was the cross-eyed telegram delivery boy. He had lost an eye, and had it replaced by a glass eye, making him often look cross-eyed, and thus distinctive........If you wish, see this movie at YouTube. I watched the colorized version, but the B&W version is also available.

Very, very simple Laurel & Hardy short but fun nevertheless.

[Boba_Fett1138 · 7/10 · 2 November 2006]

This is a very simple movie that relies on just one comical premise; a couple of grownups get fascinated at putting a puzzle together, while Oliver actually has a wedding to attend to. His own wedding!

At first this doesn't look like the most fun Laurel & Hardy short around but as the movie progresses it gets better and better. The more people show up putting the puzzle together, the more fun the movie gets. It's simple but it's still fun to see all those characters (Laurel & Hardy, a taxi driver, the butler, a policeman and a messenger boy) trying to put a puzzle together. It's simple childish humor but it works fun and effective. Also from the moment James Finlayson appears in the story, the movie begins to take a more slapstick form and the movie begins to features some fun slapstick moments, which of course eventually results in an huge brawl at the end of movie, between all of the characters.

Its simple comical premise works better than you at first sight would expect.

This really isn't the best written, most interesting or original Laurel & Hardy short but it's a perfectly fun, innocent movie to kill some time with.

7/10

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Me and My Pal

[Coxer99 · 23 July 1999]

Ollie is in the midst of being married, which will then lead to a big promotion when Stanley brings over this puzzle. The puzzle occupies everybody's time, thus the cause for all the laughs in this fun short with the puzzle becoming an object that is revered by all who come in contact with it. Wonderful sequence with 6 people hovering over the puzzle at one time, like children. Needless to say, Ollie didn't get married, but the film did end with Stan finding the missing piece to the puzzle.

Simple story, but funny

[Shaolin_Apu · 7/10 · 5 July 2005]

What kind of present would Stanley buy to Ollie, who will soon get married? He would probably buy something very important, like a jig-saw puzzle. The puzzle would be a great present, because if Ollie is married he and Stan could not go out anymore. They could still try to solve that puzzle. Good thinking, Stan!

In this film not much is happening, because that stupid present takes all interest from everything else. Much fun is then due to that absurd situation and therefore this film should be seen as a warning of the complete waste of time that a jig-saw puzzle induces. Laurel and Hardy have done much better films than this but even this simple story shows how proficient they were. This is still a good film, because they manage to keep it simple and not overdo anything.

Classic 1930's Comedy

[liammurphy1 · 9/10 · 8 October 2003]

Ollie is getting ready to Marry the daughter of Oil Magnate Mr Cucumber (Laurel-Hardy regular James Finalyson), When Stan brings over a 200 piece Jigsaw puzzle in which everybody becomes sucked in to play with it,as well as Ollie and Stan there's The Policeman,Telegram messenger and the Cab Driver, Mr Cucumber and his daughter wait impatiently in the Church until he decides to drive over to ollie's house to see what's up, when a Jigsaw piece goes missing and the guys become paranoid about who has taken it resulting in a full scale slapstick fight,So policemen thinking it's a riot become involved and arrest everybody except Stan & Ollie who are hiding in a Sofa and up a chimney, So yet another of Ollie romances ends in disaster

Wonderfully made, funny short comedy with the best comic actors who ever lived

9/10

Good,but should've been funnier

[BJJManchester · 7/10 · 18 June 2007]

ME AND MY PAL is a Laurel and Hardy short which has a clever premise of Ollie's wedding day being disrupted and in the end totally ruined by Stan's wedding present;a jigsaw puzzle.The boys,along with assorted other stragglers such as a taxi driver,a telegram boy,the butler and a cop,become so engrossed that everyone forgets about the more important things at hand,much to the chagrin of the bride's father (Jimmy Finlayson).

The film has some very funny moments (mostly with the dialogue),but really should have been funnier with such a promising story on board.It is rather to slowly paced and lingers too much with expository scenes involving the jigsaw,and is rather lacking in enough gags.Perhaps the funniest moment is when delivery man Charlie Hall appears at the wedding with some rather inappropriate flowers sent by Stan to the service;the rest is by no means bad,but slightly half-hearted in it's execution.Still,the film is increasing in it's popularity,particularly among L & H buffs,despite not being one of the team's better known films,and the plot itself keeps you watching.

RATING:6 and a half out of 10.

Probably their best

[owen-18 · 10/10 · 26 December 2007]

This short shows Laurel & Hardy at their best. Very little slapstick, as the comedy itself is played to the hilt. It's the essence of the running gag, the joke that keeps coming back, and back, and back, each time in a different way and funnier than before. The storyline is simple, and elegant - a common human obsession - getting addicted to a jigsaw puzzle - is first played rather normally, than slowly but inescapably grows and grows. This is like a Seinfeld episode before there was a Seinfeld.

It really shows their genius to create something like this, with a minimum of props and a direct storyline that doesn't get sidetracked, and all the byplay, including the wedding, eventually fits together like a jigsaw puzzle itself. Soon all the characters are involved in the puzzle, in one way or another, and it sucks them in like a giant vortex.

Obviously, this is one of my favorite shorts and is a good one to introduce someone to Laurel & Hardy.

It's a puzzle

[bkoganbing · 6/10 · 26 January 2017]

Could wedding bells be breaking up Hal Roach's dynamic duo? It looks that way as a prosperous Oliver Hardy is about to marry the daughter of the even wealthier Jimmy Finlayson. Of course it's Stan Laurel who is the best man, who else?

This particular short subject revolves around one particular gag for the entire length almost. Stan gives Ollie a jigsaw puzzle as a wedding present and starts putting it together. Ollie joins him and then others from the neighborhood, the mailman, a delivery boy, a cop and finally an inpatient Finlayson who is concerned his daughter is being left at the altar.

Toward the end we see that the puzzle is that of a picture of a scantily clad, but amply endowed woman and a critical piece is missing. I guess this was going to be Stan's way for Ollie to get in the mood for the wedding night.

In the end it may not matter because Stan forget to deliver a telegram to Ollie from his broker urging him to sell sell sell his stock in International Horse Collar. The Hardy fortune may go, but as Stan quotes that popular phrase from the Hoover administration, "Prosperity is just around the corner".

One of the funniest things I have ever seen...absolutely priceless

[mlraymond · 10/10 · 18 January 2009]

A simple idea ,done in a low key style, by two beloved comedians ,results in one of the most delightful short films ever made.This is an almost unknown little gem of a movie, that showcases the unique talents of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in a triumph of screen comedy.

Things start innocently enough, as the well meaning Stan brings his friend Ollie a wedding present, shortly before Mr. Hardy is due to leave for his marriage to a rich man's daughter. Ollie is annoyed to discover that the gift is a jigsaw puzzle, and dismisses it as frivolity that a man of his newly important standing won't have time for.

And yet, before long, Ollie joins Stan at the table where Mr. Laurel has begun to assemble the puzzle, a picture of a beautiful Indian maiden. A taxi driver arrives to take them to the wedding ceremony, and soon begins to help out with the puzzle. By the end, an entire group of people are all happily putting the puzzle together, including the butler, a telegram delivery boy, and a policeman.

Then, the outraged father of the bride, Mr. Cucumber, arrives on the scene, to demand that his prospective son in law leave immediately with him! Ollie starts to comply, but then, things take an unexpected turn...

I'll say no more, except that what follows is one of the most hilarious endings to any film I've ever seen. Anyone who loves Laurel and Hardy, or vintage comedy in general, owes it to themselves to see this movie.

Simple And That's Not A Criticism

[Theo Robertson · 7/10 · 11 April 2017]

Oliver Hardy is about to marry in to the family of a rich oil magnate so right away you know things won't be going to plan. Ollie is part of a double act whose humour comes out of his bullying of Stan Laurel so right away you know whose side to take and this short is no different . Let's be honest and say without the slightest feeling of guilt we love it when the bully's life lies in tatters

One thing I have noticed about the L&H shorts is that despite having a short running time - that's why they're called shorts after all- there's often a feeling of two different stories joined together, You might actually be astounded then when I was once briefly sitting in on an indie film company in Edinburgh up and coming short film makers would make the same mistake. It's probably not a fault of short film making but because of the nature of short film making it's far more noticeable than a 90 page screenplay. Here in this 1933 contribution everything is streamlined and simple and is all the better for it. It's also interesting as a window when jigsaws' and listening to the radio were classed as entertainment

JUST WHAT YOU NEED BEFORE YOUR WEDDING -- A JIGSAW PUZZLE!

[tcchelsey · 10/10 · 20 May 2022]

Ollie is about to get married and come into lots and lots of money? His future wife is the daughter of oil magnate Peter Cucumber! None other than goofy Jimmy Finlayson plays this role, mugging his way through every scene with a handlebar moustache at that. I haven't seen this short in decades, and it's still fresh and funny as ever, making the point that Laurel and Hardy are timeless comedians.

The running gag is a giant jigsaw puzzle Stan gives Ollie for a wedding present. Sudden guests at the house, such as a telegram messenger and a cabbie complicate the wedding plans as now everybody is around the table trying to piece the puzzle together.

DO NOT DISTURB!

There is a degree of realism here as jigsaw puzzles were a national craze in the 1930s, and remain popular to this very day. And you have to admit, jigsaw puzzles are habit forming. Needless to say, the house is wrecked in the process, the police arrive and its shear INSANITY.

There's a funny scene where the messenger's bike is crushed between two cars like butter. Behind the scenes, the production crew actually came up with inventive ways to wreck things. Another gem scene has Ollie landing on a piano, which completely falls apart, and in slow motion. Applause to whoever thought that one up.

Comedian Frank Terry, who plays "Hives" the butler is also the voice on the radio. Terry was a comedy writer for silent films and appeared in many sound films. He later left Hollywood to become a minister in Hawaii for a leper colony, though returning in the 40s to resume his career.

This film, and NO surprise, was added to the list of historical movie classics in 2016.

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A mystifying formula-breaker for the iconic comedy duo

[StevePulaski · 6/10 · 19 December 2014]

Me and My Pal concerns Oliver Hardy, who is anxious as can be on his wedding day, as he's not only about to marry a beautiful lady but also become an "oil magnate," thanks to her father Pete Cucumber (Jimmy Finlayson) and his enthusiastic support for his daughter's fiancée. Just before he is about to leave for the wedding, Stan Laurel, Hardy's best man, arrives after ordering the flowers for the reception with a jigsaw puzzle. While Hardy initially rejects it as a distraction, both men can't help but become entranced in trying to solve the puzzle, so much so they become incredibly tardy for the wedding, worrying Hardy's bride-to-be and angering Cucumber. Soon, after the butler and the driver become immersed in solving the puzzle, nobody is going anywhere, and Cucumber leaves the wedding to find and scold Hardy.

Me and My Pal is an intriguing short because the humor, for once in a Laurel and Hardy short, is neither brought forth by situational comedy or verbal banter; the humor of the short is entirely reliant on the fact that everybody becomes fascinated and invested in solving a jigsaw puzzle. It's as if the puzzle has some magical force that sucks anyone around it into solving it, which is where the short finds almost all of its humor. The issue is this isn't the kind of funny that's hilarious, or the kind somebody thinks of when they think of Laurel and Hardy, but the kind of funny that is baffling or contemplative.

Director Charles Rogers wisely keeps this short a slender nineteen minutes because anymore and we'd be far past the threshold for this kind of material. This is one of the strangest shorts by Laurel and Hardy I have yet to see, one that's not brazenly funny but one that finds ways to mystify by subtly invoking a fantasy element without any supernatural behavior. It's not quite amazing, but it's quietly subversive, especially given that these two men had a formula down from their very first shorts that they often stuck with until the end.

Starring: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Jimmy Finlayson. Directed by: Charles Rogers.

Me and My Pal

[jboothmillard · 5/10 · 24 January 2009]

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are the most famous comedy duo in history, and deservedly so, so I am happy to see any of their films. Ollie is getting to marry the only daughter of oil magnate Peter Cucumber (James Finlayson), and after he will become general manager, oh, and Stan is best man. Stan brings over tickets for the honeymoon to Chicago (instead of Saskatchewan), a bag of confetti, and a wedding present, a jigsaw puzzle meant to take 2 hours to complete. While waiting for transport, Stan starts the puzzle, and Ollie joins in, and soon enough the taxi driver and Ollie's butler are engaged in the puzzle, and so is the cop that tickets the taxi. Cucumber sees that Stan selected a reef of flowers (saying "In Memory") for the wedding, and decides to go and get Ollie, and a fight begins soon after he arrives when one puzzle piece is missing. In the end, soot covered Ollie (from hiding up the chimney) decides the wedding's off, and unfortunately the radio reports his company has crashed and failed, and in anger throws both Stan out and the ruined puzzle pieces everywhere. Filled with good slapstick and all classic comedy you want from a black and white film, it is an enjoyable film. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were number 7 on The Comedians' Comedian. Worth watching!

Amusing but simple

[bob the moo · 17 June 2003]

Oliver Hardy is due to marry the daughter of Sir Cucumber, a rich oil baron, and hence become an oil magnate himself. His best man, Stan Laurel, brings over a gift before they leave for the wedding ceremony – a big jigsaw puzzle. However the puzzle proves to be fiendishly addictive and the pair are delayed by the attention it draws.

This Laurel & Hardy short starts with an overlong set up (albeit amusingly delivered over the radio) but soon gets down to the central gag – the fact that none of the protagonists can drag themselves away from the jigsaw long enough to do what they have to do. It is funny the first few times but it is less funny as it goes along. Only the idea of an increasing crowd of people gathered around the jigsaw makes it amusing.

The punchline of the whole short is really added at the last minute and I think they must have been stuck for a strong finish and so settled for this. Hardy is good with his usual looks of frustration towards the audience while Laurel is as confused as ever. They work together well. Finlayson is a disappointment as he doesn't do what he is best at (his slow burn double take) although it is interesting to hear him say `d'oh' as he was indeed the inspiration for one Homer Simpson's trademark. The rest of the support cast do little but I always find Finlayson to be excellent value in these shorts so felt a little let down.

Overall this is a simple short that is not the best the pair have done but is amusing none the less. However I must be honest and say that they have done better and funnier.

A puzzling wedding

[coltras35 · 7/10 · 8 August 2021]

It's the morning of Oliver's wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter. While waiting for the taxi to take them to the ceremony, Oliver and his best man Stanley become absorbed

Not the best from the boys, the gags aren't constant, but it's watchable and amusing. L & H had enough talent to make anything, no matter how routine, to shine.

Getting To The Church On Time With Mr. Laurel & Mr. Hardy

[Ron Oliver · 10/10 · 28 May 2000]

A LAUREL & HARDY Comedy Short.

Ollie is marrying the boss's daughter this morning and he has no time for any nonsense. Then Stan shows up with an absolutely irresistible jigsaw puzzle...

Although a one-note comedy, ME AND MY PAL is still very funny. Highlight: Ollie's face as he listens to the radio announcement. That's James Finlayson as Peter Cucumber & Charlie Hall as the flower delivery boy.

A Puzzling Experience

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 16 January 2017]

Ollie is going to marry one of the Cucumber girls. As they await the wedding, Stanley reveals his gift, a jigsaw puzzle. Soon, everyone and his brother are there, trying to put together the puzzle. They are absolutely mesmerized by this thing and can't think of anything else. Meanawhile, Mr. Cucumber, Jimmy Finlayson, is getting more and more furious. Unfortunately, when they are just about finished, they realize that one of the pieces is missing. No one is to leave until it's found (there is a policeman at the scene). Anyway, it's amazing to watch the byplay among these great actors. Not always considered one of the best, I find it hilarious.

Get Me To The Church On Time

[boblipton · 9/10 · 28 December 2020]

Oliver Hardy is scheduled this morning to marry Marion Bardell, daughter of oil magnate James Finlayson. Ollie's best man -- comparatively -- is Stan Laurel, who has brought a jigsaw puzzle along before they head off to the wedding.

While Stan and Ollie could create a classic comedy short with just the two of them and a prop, there's also a lot of laughs to be had with someone to tangle with, and Finn was a frequent and exasperated opponent. He was headed for a business career when a friend talked him out of Edinburgh University and onto the stage. He came to America in 1911, entered the movies in 1916, and by 1920 was working for Sennett. In 1923, he came to the Hal Roach lot, where it was thought he could become a star comic. By 1927, that was proven wrong, but his contributions as a supporting comic are legendary. His last appearance in more than 250 shorts and features was in 1952. He died the following year, age 66.

Puzzling Situation

[redryan64 · 10/10 · 25 February 2015]

TAKING THE OLD adage that less is more to the Nth Degree, Hal Roach & Company brought us this gem of a two reeler. Using the thinnest of the thin scenarios (just a premise really), the production team brought us what very well may be the quintessential L & H comedy short.

EVER SO BRIEFLY, Hardy is getting married and will reap as a perk the General Manager's position for Peter Cucumber's (Jimmy Finlayson) Steel Company. A radio announcement proclaims all of this and quotes from his friend and Best Man. Laurel, that the motion picture industry is in its infancy and he also criticizes the political theory of Technocracy.

THE REST OF the picture is taken up with the pair's preoccupation with doing a jigsaw puzzle (a wedding present from Stan) and their struggle to get a taxi ride; following the driver's being drawn in to the fray along with a beat cop. All five (including Hardy's butler) wind up mesmerized with fitting the pieces together.

IF THERE IS any criticism of this film it would be that the ending seemed to be just a trifle weak.

BUT THIS IS really a small matter when taken as an overview of the entire picture, which never fails to satisfy one's funny-bone.

OUR RATING = Four Derbies (in place of stars).

'Tis a puzzlement!

[mark.waltz · 5/10 · 29 October 2016]

Both marriage in general and the choice of Oliver Hardy as the groom. He'd rather be putting together a jigsaw than waiting for James Finlayson's daughter to walk down the aisle, and when Stanley has an "in memorial" wreath sent to the wedding instead of flowers, Finlayson, playing wealthy Mr. Peter Cucumber, goes berserk. "I don't care if he's Mr. Dill Pickle", a policeman searching for a missing puzzle piece declares. It's all in a day's work for Stanley who forgets to give Oliver an important telegram. Only slightly amusing, the premise ends up being funnier than what happens on screen, reminding luckless grooms that marriage can fall into jigsaw puzzle pieces almost as fast as Stanley can get Oliver into another fine mess.

Wedding blues

[TheLittleSongbird · 8/10 · 19 October 2018]

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy were comedic geniuses, individually and together, and their partnership was deservedly iconic and one of the best there was. They left behind a large body of work, a vast majority of it being entertaining to classic comedy, at their best they were hilarious and their best efforts were great examples of how to do comedy without being juvenile or distasteful.

Although a vast majority of Laurel and Hardy's previous efforts ranged from above average to very good ('45 Minutes from Hollywood' being the only misfire and mainly worth seeing as a curiosity piece and for historical interest, and even that wasn't a complete mess), 'Two Tars' for me was their first truly classic one with close to flawless execution. Didn't find 'Me and My Pal' quite one of their very best, but it to me still very good.

Admittedly, the story is pretty thin, in fact there's not really much of one, and is pretty standard and the beginning is a touch slow.

Despite that, 'Me and My Pal' is great fun while also having a definite degree of substance, never less than very amusing and the best moments, like with the ice cream and the phone calls, being classic hilarity. It is never too silly, there is a wackiness that never loses its energy and the sly wit is here, some of the material may not be new but how it's executed actually doesn't feel too familiar and it doesn't get repetitive. It's all simple but it is effective in its simplicity without feeling too thin.

Laurel and Hardy are on top form here, both are well used, both have material worthy of them and they're equal rather than one being funnier than the other (before Laurel tended to be funnier and more interesting than Hardy, who tended to be underused). Their chemistry feels like a partnership here too, before 'Two Tars' you were yearning for more scenes with them together but in 'Me and My Pal' and on the most part from 'Two Tars' onwards we are far from robbed of that. Their comic timing is impeccable, especially Laurel as Hardy's wife.

'Me and My Pal' looks good visually, is full of energy and the direction gets the best out of the stars, is at ease with the material and doesn't let it get too busy or static. James Finlayson is his usual reliable self.

Concluding, very good. 8/10 Bethany Cox

it's a real puzzle...a fun one, that is

[lee_eisenberg · 9/10 · 23 November 2019]

This time around, Ollie's about to get married, but Stan brings over a jigsaw puzzle, and everyone who lays eyes on it gets addicted! Sure enough, it leads to a series of slapstick scenes. As someone who enjoys jigsaw puzzles, I can confirm that they can be addictive. Anyway, "Me and My Pal" is a riot. Definitely recommend it.

Also watch last year's "Stan and Ollie" if you haven't seen it.

Underwhelming for the most part

[Horst_In_Translation · 4/10 · 15 February 2018]

"Me and My Pal" is an American black-and-white short film from 1933, so this one has its 85th anniversary this year and to show you how old it actually is, this is from the year when Hitler came into power in Germany. The stars here are Laurel and Hardy again and the fact that this is from their sound film days shows us that it is far from their early works. But I don't think it is among their best from their sound film years, let alone from their entire body of work, so I can somewhat see why it also isn't among their most famous. Anyway, I want to mention Finlayson again here as he is maybe my favorite supporting player from Stan&Ollie's works and also here he makes for some of the better moments despite his minimal screen time. Ollie is about to marry, maybe one of those wives bullying him in other works, but before they are indeed spouses, a lot of mayhem happens obviously and Hardy being late is so so little of a problem that the father of the bride wishes he didn't come at all. It's an okay watch for everybody who loves the duo, not just likes them, but this one, mostly because of the script, is not a film that will turn you into a fan in my opinion. Then again it is highly unlikely that this is the first of the legendary duo that you will come across. Seems also that they were lacking good titles at that point in 1933 already as the very general name of this film with focus on their friendship (that still isn't deeper than usual) here could have applied to each and every L&H movie. By the way we call them Dick und Doof here in Germany, fat and stupid, but that's just a side-note. Pretty mean no? Finally I want to say that especially Laurel's character was written very forgettably here. A bit of a disappointment.Don't watch.