Fatty's New Role

When hobo Roscoe Arbuckle is found to be lacking coin, he's thrown out of Mack Swain's bar. Some of his customers play a joke on Swain, writing him a note that a bomb will show up at three. Later, when Arbuckle shows up again with some money, Swain mistakes the cheese he's carrying for a bomb.

It's a set-up for Arbuckle to do some of his gags in his usual delightful manner. Chaplin would set them up to show off his grace; Keaton would build them up into huge, realistic-looking sets. Arbuckle just did the gag and moved on to the next one. All three methods have their points.