In this case, the monkeys are the sometimes annoying, always over-the-top, and depending on the viewer's taste in comedy, on occasion extremely funny. This short has them working in a hotel which they turn upside down in dealing with various "straight" characters (basically the butt of their jokes) and ends up being a fast paced farce that doesn't make you want to put your hands through the screen and throttle them. Certainly, the style of these mad comics is something you're never likely to see on screen again, but there are moments where you find yourself laughing in spite of yourself. The DVD collection of the four comic shorts (and one mini-documentary which has a few comic moments) is not really recommended, and of the four shorts there (the one with Jack Benny is actually a movie out-take), this is by far the best. Perhaps that ain't saying much, but after suffering through the other three, this is the one to at least give you some sort of smile, making the sneer you have with the others totally disappear.
Review of Hotel Anchovy
Hotel Anchovy
(1934)
What's more fun than a hotel filled with monkeys?
3 June 2015
Warning: Spoilers