Scratch-As-Catch-Can: Weird Wrestling and Insurance Sales

Is this worth a watch?

If you like old-school, frantic physical comedy that doesn't care about making sense, yeah, jump in. But if you need a story that actually goes somewhere or characters who act like real humans, stay far, far away. It’s a messy, loud, 20-minute fever dream.

Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough are basically human pinballs here. They’re playing insurance men, but they’re clearly just playing themselves, which is the only reason this works at all. They have this frantic energy that makes you wonder if they drank way too much coffee before the cameras rolled.

The whole insurance plot is basically just an excuse to have them wrestle people. It’s weird! Why is the insurance company hiring guys who look like they belong in a ring rather than an office? Don't ask, because the movie definitely isn't going to tell you. 🤼‍♂️

There’s this one bit where they try to sell a policy to the president of their own company. It’s completely unhinged. The way they just manhandle the poor guy into signing papers feels less like a sales pitch and more like a heist movie gone wrong. I laughed, but I also felt a little stressed out.

Walter Brennan pops up, which is always a treat, even if he looks like he's wondering how he ended up in this specific room. The rest of the cast is just there to get knocked over or look confused.

Some random thoughts:

• The pacing is basically 'sprint until you hit a wall.'
• The dialogue is mostly just shouting over each other.
• Why are they wearing suits to a wrestling match? It's a look.

It’s nowhere near as polished as something like Blood and Sand, obviously. It doesn't have that weight. It’s just a scrappy little short that probably played before a bigger feature to wake everyone up. It succeeds at that, at least.

Sometimes you just want to see two guys in suits get tossed around a room for no reason. It’s silly. It’s dumb. It’s barely a movie. But honestly? It’s kind of refreshing compared to the over-serious stuff we get today. Just don't blink, or you'll miss the entire point—if there even is one. 🤡