A toupee transforms one sad sack's entire existence in 11 perfect minutes.
Acting
Bill Thomas's physical comedy is devastatingly precise.
Writing
Every line lands like a small, sad triumph.
Director
Paul Unwin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Paul Unwin later directed episodes of Casualty and Peaky Blinders, but this remains his most tightly controlled comic gem.
The 1994 Oscar shorts lineup was notoriously strong — this lost to Bob's Birthday, another British cringe-comedy about a middle-aged man.
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