Sad to say, the only silent Harry Langdon short I’m not fully on board with. I agree with Sam, I enjoy the whole gun gag and I like the part where Harry sneaks into bed and gets scared by the balloon. Stuffing the diamond down Harry’s throat brought forth some funny reactions too. After that? Meh.
Yeah, the whole drag thing is a drag. The whole point of Harry Langdon is seeing how he reacts, or doesn’t react, to the world. When you put a comic in drag, the humor derives from how people are reacting to him. Once Harry was in drag, this felt like material that could have been done by many other comedians. I suppose Harry’s unmistakable face and strange dancing adds a little Harry flavor, but not enough. Add to the fact I’m just not a drag comedy fan and that right there disqualifies me from being the best person to comment on this short. I guess I can’t like them all, but I like most of them, and that’s pretty good, gosh darn it.