Call of the Cuckoo

MOVIE #1,854 • 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿 • 07.29.24 In this rare non-Fred Guiol-directed two reeler, Laurel and Hardy play two wacky gentlemen at a school for radio announcers (“The quicker they go daffy the sooner they get a diploma”). This “school” is in the front yard of a family trying to sell their house for some reason? Man, this is one of the laziest and nonsensical premises yet. Anyway the wannabe announcers don't dissuade the buyer and the sale (which isn't a sale but a house swap?) goes through. The grime-looking family arrive at their new place, which — unbeknownst to them — is a total lemon that was built in two days. It starts falling apart as soon as they arrive. The jokes here are as lame as they come (example: when the dad turns off a light another one turns on?). I did like the Looney Tunes logic bit of the kitchen sink shooting out gas and the stovetop spraying water…

L&H and the other comics from the announcer school don’t show up again until the final shot/goof (they bought the house next door !) and are only on screen for a matter of seconds. Stan does shoot Ollie in the ass with an arrow, though…

𝕋ℍ𝔼 𝕃𝔸𝕌ℝ𝔼𝕃 & ℍ𝔸ℝ𝔻𝕐 𝔽𝕀𝕃𝕄𝕆𝔾ℝ𝔸ℙℍ𝕐 ℝ𝔼𝕍𝕀𝔼𝕎 𝕊𝔼ℝ𝕀𝔼𝕊
new posts every other monday

---

CHRONOLOGICALLY
⫷ MOVIE #1,853 - (YOU ARE HERE) - MOVIE #1,855 ⫸

---

Call of the Cuckoo (1927) is a Hal Roach two reel silent film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film's principal star is comedian Max Davidson, though the film is just as well known for cameos from other Roach stars at the time. These cameos include renowned supporting player Jimmy Finlayson (the source of Homer Simpson's "D'oh!" catchphrase), the oft underrated/ignored Charley Chase, and a pre-teaming Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. It was released on October 15, 1927.