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You're Next Synopsis
As the three fat boys, answering the radio's call of "Get Up, Babies," roll out of bed, they begin their daily morning exercises. These include "ups and downs," "Dumbel Exercises." and such, which are necessary, says the aged and crippled broadcaster, if one wishes to attain physique such as his. During the "Ups and Downs," the fat boys use pulley-weights, and finally produce from the other side of the wall a man in a bath-tub. who complains that it is bad enough taking a bath without making a personal appearance. The ''Skipping Rope" Exercise proves to be disastrous, as the next scene shows the floor undulating with the bounces of the three fat boys, and finally collapsing when they all pounce upon a medicine ball. Nothing daunted, they run out into the hall where they find their rowing machine. This carries them into the street, and down a hill, where they make the discovery that they are late for the barber school. There they ply their trade on various interesting customers, whom they elevate in the barber chair at will. One of these received a most unusual hair-cut when the clippers plow a path in his hair from his forehead. to the back of his head. Another customer's beard discloses a pigeon when one of the boys starts to cut it. Lois Boyd, the manicurist, displays her ingenuity when she removed a half moon from her table in order that the fat boys may be seated comfortably when being manicured. But in spite of their cleverness, the boys and Lois Boyd cannot fool the two-gun man who is their last customer, and the fade-out shows them being chased down the street by their ferocious client.
Girlies and Grubbers Synopsis
Honorable Mike O'Flannigan; duke of Dublin, and the Honorable Patrik O'Toole, count of Cork, touring the country, receive an invitation from their friend. Barney, to pay his two nieces a visit while in their town. Finding that her demand for rent meets with no response, the landlady collects her boarders clothes, Monty and Rock, two of the non-paying boarders, finding their clothes gone, steal the suits from two dummies which the second-handed clothes dealer had nought from a thief who had stolen them from the two Irish men, Pat and Mike, Dressed like "Beau Brummels" but without a cent to their name, the two, Monty and Rock, pose as the count and the duke, and call on the two nieces. Invited by the two girls to go to the cafe, the two accept with great willingness, it so happens that the two Irishmen go to the same cafe. Finding the bill, far, far above their expectations, and not being able to pay it, Joe manages to get the money from a "drunk", and is seen by the waiter who takes it from him, Monty seeing what is going on, picks the waiter's pocket, putting a salt cellar in its place. The ''drunk's" dog takes it from Monty's pocket and returns it to his master. Waiter discovering..how he has been fooled, chases them out. Meanwhile, Mike and Pat have discovered the girls, recognize them and go over to them, Monte and Rock return, and there is much comedy in their discovering the real duke and count, Mike and Pat start "some thing". In avoiding the count and duke, Monty and Rock come face to face with the landlady and the second-handed clothes dealer, who have suspended business for pleasure, and in the melee that follows, every one is hitting some one else, Monty manages to creep out, and is taking the girls out to the car to safety, where they meet Rock already in the car. Just as they are about to drive away, Mike and Pat who have "cleaned up" the crowd, come out, and start in pursuit of the car, which speeds away, the four looking out through the window of the hood at Mike and Pat, both angry, vengeful men.
"You're Next" holds a slight edge in general audience appreciation, but "Girlies and Grubbers" offers its own unique cult appeal.
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You're Next