Another one of the "noisy" sound shorts from Educational, only mentioned because some uninformed source somewhere keeps marking nearly every short that came from Educational as being a silent. FYI to uninformed source; Educational wired for sound in 1928.
Is this worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see what 1928 audiences found funny. If you’re a fan of early talkies, you might get a kick out of the historical context, but everyone else will probably be reaching for the mute button within five minutes. The whole premise hinges on the idea that r...
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"Is this worth your time? Honestly? Only if you have a weird itch to see what 1928 audiences found funny. If you’re a fan of early talkies, you might get a kick out of the historical context, but everyone else will probably be reaching for the mute button within five minutes. The whole premise hinges on the idea that radios are hilarious just by existing. There’s a lot of screeching sound effects that are supposed to be static, but they mostly just sound like a cat being put through a blender. ..."
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