The cumulative effect of this dedication to sight gags and silliness is irresistible.

One of Laurel and Hardy's best shorts, and one I remember from my days as a young lad, watching nightly re-broadcastings of the duo's finest moments on Canada's Global Television Channel with my parents. This one's particularly advantageous for seeing how the pair operates, as it has no one else, save for a brief appearance by favourite Billy Gilbert as the junkyard owner who is able to rip them off by selling the craft, clearly unfit for the seas, to the boys to begin with.

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