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If she did nothing else but lift that one eyebrow, Dorothy Short would be worth watching.

And though Dave "Tex" O'Brien is one of my motion picture heroes (and one of the greatest screen cowboys ever), even he comes in second in watchability to Dorothy Short in this thoroughly enjoyable mini-movie.

Oscar Wilde said that re-marriage is the triumph of hope over experience, but surely the experiences of the married couple in this short would overcome any hope.

Oh, sure, by now all the events are clichés, but as performed by the great O'Brien and the charming Short (who were in real life married to each other), and with a brief appearance by the lovely Lila Leeds, "I Love My Husband ..." is fun and is really not to be missed.

Painfully hilarious Pete Smith Specialty has DAVE O'BRIEN as the man of the house driving his wife insane with his totally inept attempt to fix things.

She's a dreamy-eyed lass until he leaves for work and she discovers a mess in the bedroom and the kitchen, along with a note reminding her to get his shoes cleaned "because I'm so particular." Thoughtful hubby doesn't want to awake her in the morning so he tiptoes around until he can't keep the door behind him shut. He slams it with all his might and naturally she's given a rude awakening.

Other skits are devoted to "The Constant Loser" who can't find anything without her help, "The New Hat" in which he fails to compliment her on a new hat but it's the first thing he notices about his next-door neighbor, and "Breakfast Grouch" in which she becomes so irritated that she pushes a grapefruit into his face.

My favorite is the handyman segment, where he tries to put a nail in the wall for drapes and makes a mess of the kitchen area.

Final skit has her making the wrong play during a card game, which drives him over the top--but once again, she has the last laugh.

Funny stuff, extremely well acted and written by Dave O'Brien himself.

Wonderful Pete Smith short about all the things husbands do that drive their wives crazy. Dave O'Brien once again stars (and also directs). He's great fun as usual. But the big star of this one is Dorothy Short, who plays the wife. She was married to O'Brien for real at the time and the two work well off each other. Her exaggerated expressions are a hoot. The final bit is the best, involving O'Brien trying to fix a curtain rod bracket in the kitchen with hilarious results.

Dave O'Brien is largely forgotten today but he proved in these shorts what a great comedian he was. Dorothy Short appeared in several of these as well and she's terrific. And, of course, what would a Pete Smith Specialty short be without that patented sarcastic narration by Smith himself? The Pete Smith shorts are all good fun and this one's better than average.

Other than Laurel and Hardy (who were subtracted to MGM through Hal Roach Studios), it is amazing that the most prestigious film studio in the 1940s (MGM) made such dull short subject films. I've watched a few of the so-called "Pete Smith Specialties" and have never been all that impressed due to the rather smug narration by Smith and the usual second-rate acting (overacting) by the cast. While I LOVE MY HUSBAND, BUT! is far better than the average Pete Smith film, it is sad to say that represents about as good a film as you'll find in the series.

This film consists of a frustrated wife realizing all the jerky and thoughtless things her husband does. Again and again, she notices all these actions and by the end of the film she's ready to kill the clod. All this is set to the sarcastic comments by Smith and the acting is incredibly broad--with lots of bulging eyes.

Overall, it's watchable and mild fun but also rather sloppy. Not a must-see.

This is one in a long series of Pete Smith Specialties that began around 1934 at MGM. This, one of the comedies, is a scream. It is all about the loving wife, and her idiot uncaring oaf of a husband (played by Dave O'Brien.)

Totally narrated by Smith, we are shown different examples of things that husbands do that irritates their wives. The wife in this series plays visual comedy well.

Besides this one, there is one on WIVES, and MOTHERS-IN-LAWS. The last one is my personal favorite.

These shorts are rarely seen, even on the Turner Classics TV channel. Several in the series won Academy Awards for best short-subjects!