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Writers:
Bert Kalmar (writer)
Edward Kaufman (writer)
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Release Date:
2 February 1934 (USA) more
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Cast

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Bert Wheeler ... Andy Williams
Robert Woolsey ... Dr. Bob Dudley
Ruth Etting ... Ruth Etting
Thelma Todd ... Amelia Frisby
Dorothy Lee ... Daisy Maxwell
George Meeker ... Armand Beauchamp
Phyllis Barry ... Madame Irene
James P. Burtis ... Detective Sweeney
Matt Briggs ... Det. Epstein
Spencer Charters ... Clark
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Additional Details

Runtime:
68 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Victor System)
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Miss Frisby: Two minds and a single thought.
Dr. Dudley: Yes, it's about all they can handle at one time.
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Mr. Wheeler & Mr. Woolsey Invite You To Join Them In A Little Light Entertainment, 10 November 2000
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Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) from Forest Ranch, CA

Two zany scam artists find it's all HIPS, HIPS, HOORAY! when they meet the curvaceous owner of Maiden America Beauty Products and her lovely female employees.

Wheeler & Woolsey (Bert Wheeler is the short guy with curly hair; Robert Woolsey is the bespectacled fellow with the cigar) star in this often hilarious film. The Boys were a perfect comedy duo and their movies are always great fun to watch (here they try to promote flavored lipsticks and get involved in a cross-country auto race, while keeping one jump ahead of the law ). It is indeed a pity that these very talented comics are all but forgotten now.

Cute little Dorothy Lee returns as Wheeler's perennial love interest. The beautiful & tragic Thelma Todd, a very gifted comedienne in her own right, puts the spark in Woolsey's eye.

Movie mavens will spot an unbilled Bobby Watson, who gets one funny line as a Dance Director.

Director Mark Sandrich keeps the plot moving at a frantic pace throughout. Some of the sights & situations push the borders of good taste in this pre-Production Code movie.

The Boys, Miss Lee & Hot Toddy do a wild burlesque of Diaghilev during their performance of `Just Keep On Doing What You're Doing'. Singer Ruth Etting drops by long enough to trill `Keep Romance Alive' at a radio broadcast featuring ungarmented bathing models.

And, yes, those really are frogs climbing out of the race car's radiator...

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