For the third and last "Gas House Kids" film, it's murder in a spooky house involves a movie star detective (Michael Whalen), the typical dumb police officer (James Burke), a spooky looking man who looks like an undertaker (Milton Parsons) and a wisecracking bird. It's a staple of comedy that pretty much every comedy team had tried, and few had succeeded in. The four Gas House Kids head to the movie capital of the world to meet their idol (Whalen), are offered a place to stay by Parsons, and find more going on than just Parson's weird experiments.
This movie doesn't try in the least to be original with a plethora of gags that were used a dozen times. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer gets to repeat his off key singing, joined by Bowery Boy Bennie Bartlett, former rival rascal Tommy Bond and Rudy Wissler. the only difference in this haunted house is that it's populated by Parsons pretty daughter and her bevy of friends, and that means that there will be a musical number to bring the story to a hault. There are a few very funny lines, and the visit to Whelan's movie studio is well handled with a funny sight gag that shows how the foursome get in. The parrot gets the laughs, but the audience, having to put up with nearly an hour of mostly unfunny stuff gets the bird.
This movie doesn't try in the least to be original with a plethora of gags that were used a dozen times. Carl "Alfalfa" Switzer gets to repeat his off key singing, joined by Bowery Boy Bennie Bartlett, former rival rascal Tommy Bond and Rudy Wissler. the only difference in this haunted house is that it's populated by Parsons pretty daughter and her bevy of friends, and that means that there will be a musical number to bring the story to a hault. There are a few very funny lines, and the visit to Whelan's movie studio is well handled with a funny sight gag that shows how the foursome get in. The parrot gets the laughs, but the audience, having to put up with nearly an hour of mostly unfunny stuff gets the bird.