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I'm going to have to disagree with a previous IMDb commentator on this one: I think Harry Langdon fans WILL enjoy this two-reel comedy from his days at the Mack Sennett studio, and they will enjoy it very much. Its kooky and bizarre elements are worked into a short that is fast-paced with constant laughs and a chase at the end -- and still a perfect showcase for Langdon's still, quiet humor. All the gags here flow perfectly from their own upside-down logic, both in terms of the short itself and the characters' reasons for acting. So it seems perfectly natural that Harry should be clutching the side of a car as it drives down the street stabbing the wheel with a pen-knife -- and that's hysterical. It's in parts like this that you can really see the influence he is said to have had on Stan Laurel -- especially in his apologetic little pat of the tire.

Harry's comedy performance here is wonderful, and Harry Edwards collaborates with him brilliantly by this point -- using nothing more than his subtle facial expressions and bodily twitches to get gags like Harry's cold-feet solicitation of objections at his wedding or his desire to get back the money he donated at the wrong church.

Professor McGlumm, played totally straight and therefor even funnier by Vernon Dent -- is an amazing creation on his own which plays perfectly with Harry's character, who in his innocent always buys his depressing pronouncements, then slowly starts to doubt the wisdom of trusting him as he wildly swings the car through the road and almost kills him several times.

This might not play up the isolation, vulnerability, or pathos of the Langdon character the way some of his other films do, but it's as funny, well-played, well-paced, and well-written as just about anything I've seen -- and perfectly suited to the star comedian's strengths too. That said, I am willing to bet that this would play well even to viewers who don't otherwise like Harry Langdon. That said -- I recommend this to everybody!