One clock. Zero sanity. Maximum chaos.
Practical Effects
Rube Goldberg-style clock contraptions built for pure visual comedy.
Acting
Edgar Kennedy's slow-burn frustration to explosive breakdown mastery.
Director
Charles E. Roberts
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Edgar Kennedy starred in over 100 comedy shorts, perfecting his 'slow burn' reaction shots that influenced generations of physical comedians.
This 1939 short captures Depression-era anxieties about domestic space and noise—urban crowding made literal through one relentless machine.
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