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Stan and Ollie are Christmas tree salesmen in California. Business is slow and a simple argument with one grumpy prospective customer (James Finlayson) escalates from a simple argument into full scale mutual destruction - with Stan and Ollie destroying the customer's house and garden, whilst Finlayson reduces their car to scrap metal... all under the disbelieving gaze of a police officer and an assembled crowd.
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Steve Smith
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The story of a man who turned the other cheek-and got punched in the nose.
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Trivia
Finn's 'house' was close to Bannockburn Drive in Los Angeles. Finn was born in Larbert, Scotland 5 or 6 miles from Bannockburn.
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Quotes
Ollie:
Wouldn't you like to buy a Christmas tree?
First Customer:
No thank you.
Ollie:
Wouldn't your husband like to buy one?
First Customer:
I have no husband.
Stan:
If you had a husband would he buy one?
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Woman slams the door in Stan & Ollie's face]
Ollie:
From now on I'll do the talking!
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Crazy Credits
Director James Horne is listed in the credits as "J. Wesley Horne."
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Connections
Edited into
Dance of the Cookoos (1982)
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This classic Laurel and Hardy silent is definitely one of their best. Sound is not necessary to realize how absurd the concept of selling Christmas trees door-to-door in California is. The film drags a little bit at the beginning, but picks itself up incredibly fast to be incredibly funny. This is a must for everyone.