Stan and Ollie work in a factory testing horns. This involves blowing them all day long. When Ollie is handed the dreaded G flat horn, he has a breakdown. Four of his predecessors have already cracked once given the G flat horn! Dr James Finlayson diagnoses a case of hornophobia and recommends an ocean trip and lots of goat's milk. Well, Ollie doesn't much care for an ocean trip so Stan suggests they hire a boat but just keep it docked to get a bit of authenticity to the cure. Of course, they also bring a goat along. However, events transpire so that killer Richard Cramer (Nick) escapes from prison and hides out in their boat at the same time as the goat chews threw the rope casting all 3 to sea. Uh-oh – it's Stan, Ollie and a killer
They are always interesting to watch but I found that things just get a bit tedious at times. Actually, a bit annoying. Set pieces seem to drag on. Still, Stan laurel throws in a couple of classic lines of dialogue and I find his general attitude to situations quite funny, eg, the scene where he shows Dr Finlayson out of the flat. On arriving, Stan had closed the door in Finlayson's face as Finlayson arrived in the flat to treat Ollie. This prompted a noise of disapproval (although not the customary "Doh!") and then the reveal of Finlayson on the floor as Stan opens the door to investigate the sound. Well, on exiting, he closes the door after Finlayson and hears the same sound, but this time, he doesn't open the door to see what has happened. He locks it with a key. Ha ha. He pulls off a nice, sneaky move and we are there to see it.
The film is okay – I don't like slapstick but I can take it in small doses from these guys. The scene at the end where Stan has to put together a trombone in order to blow a sound frustrated me as he took forever and a day to get his act together.
They are always interesting to watch but I found that things just get a bit tedious at times. Actually, a bit annoying. Set pieces seem to drag on. Still, Stan laurel throws in a couple of classic lines of dialogue and I find his general attitude to situations quite funny, eg, the scene where he shows Dr Finlayson out of the flat. On arriving, Stan had closed the door in Finlayson's face as Finlayson arrived in the flat to treat Ollie. This prompted a noise of disapproval (although not the customary "Doh!") and then the reveal of Finlayson on the floor as Stan opens the door to investigate the sound. Well, on exiting, he closes the door after Finlayson and hears the same sound, but this time, he doesn't open the door to see what has happened. He locks it with a key. Ha ha. He pulls off a nice, sneaky move and we are there to see it.
The film is okay – I don't like slapstick but I can take it in small doses from these guys. The scene at the end where Stan has to put together a trombone in order to blow a sound frustrated me as he took forever and a day to get his act together.