Harold Lloyd had switched from his Lonesome Luke character to his more normal looking "Glasses" character the previous year. He had insisted on this because he felt that he wanted to be able to do more than Chaplin-at-Keystone slapstick comedy. In this one, he's still doing that style of comedy -- with a coda that suggests Chaplin's Mutual short THE ADVENTURER -- although there' s little to complain about in this one, It's quite funny.
Harold, dressed in formal morning clothes, snags a ride with Snub and Bebe to go a picnic. There are several good, rough gags along the way, and Harold gets to do some good pratfalls and kicks, as well as a good, early thrill gag. If you're looking for a story, or character, as Harold would later offer when he worked at greater lengths in the 1920s, you won't find those here, but you will find some well executed jokes and gags. Producer Hal Roach was definitely building a team that could build good comedies.
Harold, dressed in formal morning clothes, snags a ride with Snub and Bebe to go a picnic. There are several good, rough gags along the way, and Harold gets to do some good pratfalls and kicks, as well as a good, early thrill gag. If you're looking for a story, or character, as Harold would later offer when he worked at greater lengths in the 1920s, you won't find those here, but you will find some well executed jokes and gags. Producer Hal Roach was definitely building a team that could build good comedies.