10/10
You're Darn Tootin' has Laurel & Hardy truly gelling as a comedy team in one of their early shorts
2 August 2011
I first read about this Laurel & Hardy short in Randy Skretvedt's book "Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies". Then I saw the ending clip in Robert Youngston's first silent comedy compilation called The Golden Age of Comedy. I later bought the VHS tape of the film from Hal Roach Studios and now I've watched it on Hulu as linked from IMDb. As directed by Edgar Kennedy, who previously was with the boys in Leave 'Em Laughing, this was funny from start to finish from when they make a shambles of the band they're playing with to doing that to themselves on the street playing on their own to their fight with each other leading to lots of passersby getting caught in the chaos. Stan & Ollie drive each other crazy constantly with Stan, at this point, giving it as good as he gets instead of usually taking it which is quite refreshing to see but since other people are even worse to them, they really have no one but themselves to depend on. That's even more refreshing and it's for that reason that this team is considered one of the greatest ever in movies. I think I've said enough, so on that note, You're Darn Tootin' is highly recommended.
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