Eh...at least the cast is good, even if they’re not given a whole lot to work with. Like PALOOKA FROM PADUCAH, it is interesting to see how similar Buster’s family was to him when it came to physical comedy, and this time we actually get to see his brother take part in the action. However, also like PALOOKA FROM PADUCAH, this short suffers from taking a slow, rural approach. In general, I’ve never been particularly fond of these types of hillbilly comedies, even stuff like THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES. Seriously, is there even one good hillbilly comed...
Well, OK, that one’s pretty good. As a whole, though, this is just not a genre that I’ve ever really understood the appeal to. LOVE NEST ON WHEELS also suffers from the fact that it’s essentially a remake of THE BELL BOY and the much slower pacing makes it feel lazy compared to the original, even if that may not have been the intention.
I will agree with metaldams on the scene with Bud and his hat. Overall, I did like the timing on that scene from all the people involved. Otherwise, though, I do have to agree that LOVE NEST ON WHEELS was a pretty weak way to end the series, unlike how the similarly named THE LOVE NEST ended Keaton’s silent short run a decade earlier.
4 out of 10
I know I’ve been pretty negative on the Educational shorts, but there were shorts that I genuinely enjoyed and would be willing to check out again, especially ONE RUN ELMER, GRAND SLAM OPERA, and JAIL BAIT. It is nice to see that Keaton did have more opportunities to do the type of films that he wanted to do in the sound era than I had thought previously. I just wish that more of these types of films could have resulted. Hey, could have been worse. Keaton’s sister could have been reincarnated as a horse.
On a side note, I had no idea until recently that MUTTS TO YOU was so hated by Stooge fans. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen that short, but I don’t recall hating it. I’ll have to check it out again.