Busy Bodies is a
1933-Events:*British Film Institute founded.*March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey....
short comedy film starring
Laurel and HardyLaurel and Hardy were a popular comedy team composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy . They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe.The two comedians...
. A series of gags set in a
sawmillA sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of 100 years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....
, it is often regarded as one of their best sound shorts despite there being virtually no plot.
Stan and Ollie arrive in high spirits for their new jobs at the sawmill and after walking into planks of wood Stan traps Ollie's hands in a window frame. After freeing him they trick
Charlie HallCharlie Hall was a movie actor.Charlie Hall was born in Birmingham, England. He learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens visited his sister in New York City and stayed there finding employment as a stagehand...
into smoking despite a "
No SmokingNo Smoking is a cartoon made by the Walt Disney Company in 1951, featuring Goofy. This cartoon is another episode of the "Goofy the Everyman" series of the 1950s...
" sign.
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Busy Bodies is a
1933-Events:*British Film Institute founded.*March 2 - King Kong premieres in New York City.* June 6 - The first drive-in theater opens, in Camden, New Jersey....
short comedy film starring
Laurel and HardyLaurel and Hardy were a popular comedy team composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy . They became famous during the early half of the 20th century for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe.The two comedians...
. A series of gags set in a
sawmillA sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards.-Sawmill process:A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of 100 years ago; a log enters on one end and dimensional lumber exits on the other end....
, it is often regarded as one of their best sound shorts despite there being virtually no plot.
Stan and Ollie arrive in high spirits for their new jobs at the sawmill and after walking into planks of wood Stan traps Ollie's hands in a window frame. After freeing him they trick
Charlie HallCharlie Hall was a movie actor.Charlie Hall was born in Birmingham, England. He learned carpentry as a trade, but as a teenager he became a member of the Fred Karno troupe of stage comedians. In his late teens visited his sister in New York City and stayed there finding employment as a stagehand...
into smoking despite a "
No SmokingNo Smoking is a cartoon made by the Walt Disney Company in 1951, featuring Goofy. This cartoon is another episode of the "Goofy the Everyman" series of the 1950s...
" sign. Stan then tears a strip off Ollie's pants with a
planeA plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber. Planing is used to produce horizontal, vertical, or inclined flat surfaces on workpieces usually too large for shaping...
and in the resulting 'tit for tat' dips a paintbrush in glue and sticks it onto Ollie's chin. Finding it is not possible to pull it off he prepares like a barber and shaves it with a plane. Ollie then gets propelled through a ventilator duct and out of an attic vent port and their car gets sawed in two lengthwise by a large
band sawA band saw uses a blade consisting of a continuous band of metal with teeth along one edge. Workpieces are fed into the cutting edge on vertical machines. The saw may be powered by wind, water, steam, electrical motor or animal power. The band rides on two wheels rotating in the same plane. Band...
.