The Laurel and Hardy silent films were in some ways them finding their feet and honing their partnership and thus they are a mixed bag. However they were half a dozen or so made that stand up against anything they did in the sound era and You're Darn Tootin' is one one of them, Structured into three different scenarios we first meet the boys as they play in a band in a bandstand one afternoon. True to form it does not go smooth and they disrupt everything and everybody around them. After they are fired the focus switches to them in their boarding house as they try and have a meal, but even this most simple of tasks seems beyond them. Finally we see the boys try to earn a new living busking out on the streets and this is where the most memorable scenes come as they soon get into a fight, kicking ankles and punching stomach which rapidly grows and soon there's a mob fighting and trousers are getting ripped off left right and centre in an hilarious finale which is one the funniest scenes the boys did in the silent era. If you have a sense of humour you'll love this short.
Review of You're Darn Tootin'
