Many of the 1940s Andy Clyde comedies at Columbia Pictures mostly centered around him having to put up with a nosy mother-in law and a freeloading brother-in-law. Shemp Howard did a great job playing his brother in-law in a few entries in the late 1930s. Dick Wessel took over the role in the late 1940s and his persona is a little bit different compared to Shemp. While Shemp was able to ad-lib and offer a lot of wisecracks, Wessel just seems to act like an overgrown child who always runs to his mother for comfort.
The third featuring Dick Wessel in the role has Andy and his wife saddled with her mother and brother and Claude (Wessel) is now a novice inventor who thinks he has developed the latest in termite spray. He tries to pitch the idea to Andy's boss, and mayhem ensues.
The short, at least, has a lot of good physical comedy with Clyde and Wessel, nice direction by Edward Bernds, and a competent script by Elwood Ullman. The short would be remade again in 1956 as Andy Goes Wild, using 90% of stock footage.
The third featuring Dick Wessel in the role has Andy and his wife saddled with her mother and brother and Claude (Wessel) is now a novice inventor who thinks he has developed the latest in termite spray. He tries to pitch the idea to Andy's boss, and mayhem ensues.
The short, at least, has a lot of good physical comedy with Clyde and Wessel, nice direction by Edward Bernds, and a competent script by Elwood Ullman. The short would be remade again in 1956 as Andy Goes Wild, using 90% of stock footage.
