I can't understand why anyone would gripe about watching this amusing MGM short with DAVE O'BRIEN shown trying to enjoy time off from work by relaxing or doing household chores. The other commentators must have gotten out of the wrong side of bed.
Whether he's washing his car (only to get mud from passing cars splashed all over it), avoiding an annoying salesman who wants to sell him accident insurance (and causes him to fall down the cellar stairs), or setting up a backyard hammock (which seems to have a mind of its own), O'Brien is never less than downright hilarious.
He does his pratfalls with the finesse of a natural athlete and how he avoids getting a broken back from some of these stunts is something I'll never understand.
Well worth its Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject in this Pete Smith series.
Whether he's washing his car (only to get mud from passing cars splashed all over it), avoiding an annoying salesman who wants to sell him accident insurance (and causes him to fall down the cellar stairs), or setting up a backyard hammock (which seems to have a mind of its own), O'Brien is never less than downright hilarious.
He does his pratfalls with the finesse of a natural athlete and how he avoids getting a broken back from some of these stunts is something I'll never understand.
Well worth its Oscar nomination for Best Short Subject in this Pete Smith series.