Tit For Tat

Laurel and Hardy Two-reeler. The title could sum up some of the very best bits L&H ever did. You know how it goes. Somebody does something nasty to somebody else: Dumps a bucket of water or paint over his head, pours molasses over him, makes him sit down on a crate of eggs, stuffs something awful down his pants. The offended guy retaliates. Then comically increasing retaliation. All through these indignities the offended party just stands there and takes it, blood boiling, then takes his revenge. There is no reason in the world why anyone would just stand there and take it … except that it’s funny that way, and that’s reason enough. This time its with an angry grocer next to the electrical appliance shop the boys have just opened, and it’s a classic.