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Busy Bodies (1933) is a Laurel and Hardy short comedy from the US you can watch online on iFILM. Stan and Ollie take jobs at a lumber mill and drive in for their first shift in the brightest of moods. The good mood does not last.
Nineteen minutes of escalating havoc follow. Planks, window frames, planes and whirring blades all seem to conspire against the pair, while short-tempered co-workers turn the usual bickering into an everyone-versus-everyone brawl. The bit where their car rolls clean through a circular saw is one of the duo's most quoted gags.
Director Lloyd French builds the whole thing from one sawmill set, timing every pratfall and shove with the precision that defined silent-style slapstick. A great first stop for anyone new to Laurel and Hardy. Stream Busy Bodies (1933) online on iFILM.
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