"Pistol Packin' Nitwits" marks the last comedy short El Brendel and Harry Langdon made for Columbia Pictures. Now I don't consider this to be tragic, as BOTH men made some god-awful shorts at this studio...and Langdon's death soon after finishing this film put an end to his string of forgettable shorts. As for Brendel, he was fired at about the same time and later found a niche working on television.
In this story, El and Harry go to work for Queenie, a lady who owns a bar in an old west town. She's had trouble with some of the guys who come to the bar and she hires to two...even though they are complete pipsqueaks.
You know this is not much of a comedy when the best moment is a dancing number with El and Harry! Overall, very few laughs and a film that makes you wonder who thought any of this would be funny.
In this story, El and Harry go to work for Queenie, a lady who owns a bar in an old west town. She's had trouble with some of the guys who come to the bar and she hires to two...even though they are complete pipsqueaks.
You know this is not much of a comedy when the best moment is a dancing number with El and Harry! Overall, very few laughs and a film that makes you wonder who thought any of this would be funny.