IMDB:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0170357/This is the first time I have ever really seen the social justice warriors get their panties in a knot and irrationally attack a Columbia short. Multiple reviews complain that Dudley Dickerson's character is "racist," while in reality his actually one of the more intelligent ones seen in comedies of the era.
PARDON MY NIGHTSHIRT is not only the final Andy Clyde short at Columbia pictures but also Andy Clyde's final film role as it was all TV until his death. What an unworthy way to exit as this short is a stock reworking of GO CHASE YOURSELF, which was a stock remake of Charley Chase's THE NIGHTSHIRT BANDIT. And wow is this short lacking.
An old man Andy Clyde just doesn't work for getting mistaken as a "young man" that's supposed to be part of some college fraternity/sorority initiation routines. Charley Chase was clearly too old for it, and Andy certainly didn't at 56 years old in 1948 when those scenes were filmed! Some early recycled scenes also show Andy with Symona Boniface as his wife; like so many others, death doesn't stop Symona from appearing in Columbia shorts.
Overall, it's another uninteresting but not terrible film. Andy Clyde gets along well with Dudley Dickerson, but there's not much to say here. Farewell, Andy Clyde. Perhaps we'll check out some of your other films in the future.
5/10