Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic in their Ford Model T, but manage to run into a variety of issues with the temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar, and repetitions of the word ‘goodbye’. This segment may have been inspired by UK comedian Harry Tate and his famous 1907 ‘Motoring’ sketch, a vaudeville staple well-known on both sides of the Atlantic. A brick-throwing argument with a neighbor threatens to escalate into an all-out turf war until the local parson gets involved. The families manage to finally get their day underway, only to plunge neck-deep into a seemingly shallow, water-filled pothole.
Stan Laurel as Stanley
Oliver Hardy as Ollie
Edgar Kennedy as Uncle Edgar
Kay Deslys as Mrs. Hardy
Isabelle Keith as Mrs. Laurel
Baldwin Cooke as irate neighbor
Lyle Tayo as irate neighbor's wife
Harry Bernard as neighbor across the street
Clara Guiol as wife of neighbor across the street
Charley Rogers as Minister
Directed by James Parrott
Written by Leo McCarey (story), Hal Roach (story), H.M. Walker
Produced by Hal Roach
Starring Stan Laurel
Oliver Hardy
Edgar Kennedy
Kay Deslys
Isabelle Keith
Cinematography Art Lloyd
George Stevens
Edited by Richard C. Currier
Music by William Axt, S. Williams
Release date August 10, 1929
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