You're Darn Tootin'

[Angus McLaurel]

Laurel & Hardy are members of the local orchestra, but with getting out of sync with the conductors signals, they disrupt the entire show and are fired. They are then evicted from their boarding house, because they can`t pay the bill.

They try and earn some money as street entertainers, but without much luck, as they continue to fight with each other and later involving members of the public in a war against pants.


An average silent film that starts off quite promising with a good musical (but silent) sequence within the orchestra. Stan`s clever idea of nicking Ollie`s music sheet when he drops his own is funny, as this leads to Ollie retrieving the sheet from beneath the conductors feet, and getting his hand stamped on several times (Painful!)

The routine in the boarding house with the salt and pepper is good, but what sort of a name is "Sturgeon"?, his mother must`ve thought he was an ugly baby!... Anyway...

They move on to the busking sequence. This is where the film begins to lose your interest. with the milking of the gag where they can`t get `Started` in their music. Stan is an expert at shin kicking though!, which leads to the finale. Why the ripping of each other`s pants? what was that about? must be a 1920`s fetish.

I like the beginning of the film but I found myself uninterested halfway through. 5/10

[mgm]

Pity the music on my Virgin copy doesn't try to fit as well as some copies do. They look like the salvation army in those uniforms. Is the clarinet made by MFI?. What a mixing little turd Sturgeon is. I like the way they storm out of the house.

Was Stan's out of time foot stomp the inspiration for Clive Dunn (no relation to Ronnie) in Dads army?. There are a lot of holes about aren't there. The trousers must have all been made of cheap material in the 20's. Thank Christ they all have undies on!, especially the big bloke. Pleasant but unsubstantial. Rating 5/10