Taxi boys with ben blue and billy gilbert
blue--annoying sounds and just annoying
dance lessons
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The Hal Roach Studios is most famous for its Laurel & Hardy films. Additionally, they produced some wonderful films with Harold Lloyd, the Little Rascals and Charley Chase. But they also worked with some lesser-known comics...and they results were mostly uneven or even sub-par. This would definitely include the shorts by The Boy Friends, Thelma Todd/Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd and Patsy Kelly as well as The Taxi Boys. Each of these series are pretty much forgotten today...and generally for good reasons.
In "Bring 'Em Back a Wife", The Taxi Boys (Ben Blue and BillyGilbert), the film seems like a plot not quite good enough to be used for Laurel & Hardy so they gave it to this unlikable duo. The boss is worried about folks paying too much attention to his girlfriend, so he makes a new rule...only married men will be able to keep their jobs. So, Billy comes up with an insane idea...to have Ben pose as his wife and fool the boss.
The biggest problem with the film is Ben Blue. Ben simply comes off as weird and obnoxious. Many times, he makes weird noises...as if he has Tourette's...and it's not funny. As for Billy, Gilbert was always excellent in supporting roles at Roach...and he tries his best given the material and Blue's lack of talent and unlikability. He was, in his day, the closest thing they had to Pauly Shore. Nuff said!
