Running around for 10 minutes claiming that he's got a bone in his throat, George Burns can't find help and he wonders why. He encounters a dizzy shop girl (veteran character actress Dorothy Adams in one of her early appearances), tie sales man Chester Clute and counter girl Gracie Allen who chews his ear off on every subject in the world are regardless of the bone in his throat. When he exclaims that she should go to the doctor, check to see if she has a brain and then fire the doctor if the doctor claims that she does, it's one of the few great burning insults of the history of movies.
Irregardless of the fact that Burns is constantly talking and not at all sounding like he's choking on anything, the only funny thing really about this short is the fact that the large collection of extras really don't seem to be concerned about his alleged plight. Gracie is actually only on screen for a few minutes, basically about a third of this short oh, so she really doesn't make any impact. There's nothing really funny in this even for a quick vaudeville sketch other than the fact that it shows that even in the 1930's, the public could literally ignore a man in peril and go about their business as if nothing else was happening.
Irregardless of the fact that Burns is constantly talking and not at all sounding like he's choking on anything, the only funny thing really about this short is the fact that the large collection of extras really don't seem to be concerned about his alleged plight. Gracie is actually only on screen for a few minutes, basically about a third of this short oh, so she really doesn't make any impact. There's nothing really funny in this even for a quick vaudeville sketch other than the fact that it shows that even in the 1930's, the public could literally ignore a man in peril and go about their business as if nothing else was happening.