Typical troubles with housework are examined in humorous fashion.Typical troubles with housework are examined in humorous fashion.Typical troubles with housework are examined in humorous fashion.
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Rudy Lee
- Junior Hightonsils - the Son
- (uncredited)
Dave O'Brien
- Hugo Hightonsils - the Husband
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Another entertaining entry in the MGM "Pete Smith Specialty" series starring Dave O'Brien as the not too clever man who assumes he can fix anything.
He starts by trying to fix a wobbly table by inserting magazines and match sticks until he topples from a chair at a great height; cleaning his new car from plum stains has him cutting down the overhanging tree until it smashes his car when it falls the wrong way; and using the string and doorknob technique to loosen a tooth doesn't work on his young son when the gag backfires.
O'Brien has a variety of facial contortions, along with his limber pratfalls, and as usual carries the short with considerable comic and athletic skill.
He starts by trying to fix a wobbly table by inserting magazines and match sticks until he topples from a chair at a great height; cleaning his new car from plum stains has him cutting down the overhanging tree until it smashes his car when it falls the wrong way; and using the string and doorknob technique to loosen a tooth doesn't work on his young son when the gag backfires.
O'Brien has a variety of facial contortions, along with his limber pratfalls, and as usual carries the short with considerable comic and athletic skill.
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- Pete Smith Specialty: The Man Around the House
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- Runtime9 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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