RDenial

I am convinced that this TV series has been completely lost or has been destroyed in a fire or something. I do not ever remember seeing this show in syndicated reruns since it first aired. It does not appear to be available in any format. This was a very funny and popular show and now is completely forgotten except by a few of us. I watched this show every single week when it aired. Admittedly part of the reason being I was totally infatuated with Sue Ann Langdon who played Arnies wife. If you look the word "perky" up in the dictionary chances are that Sue Ann's picture will be displayed. Where was I? Oh yes, Arnie. Anyways, it was a funny show with good characters. If the show has not been lost or destroyed then the good folks at TVland should start airing this immediately. This is a lost treasure that needs to be dug up.

Thankfully Hollywood forgave Arbuckle in time that he was able to make 6 talking shorts before passing away. I gave this short a 9. It is not hilariously funny for a modern audience but probably as good or better than any other shorts of it's day and does have it's moments. You can tell his ordeals have taken their toll on him as a man, but Arbuckle still had the knack of being funny. The scene where the doctor examines him after swallowing a bee is very funny indeed. One reviewer here mentioned that Arbuckle was a long time heroin addict by the time this film was released. I have read about everything there is on Arbuckle and have never heard that from any other source and do not believe it for a second. Arbuckles alcoholism was well known but that hardly made him a heroin addict. I would like to know where the reviewer got that info.