This entry of “Universal Variety Views” has narrator Graham McNamee narrating while movie chimpanzee Jimmy the Chimp shows he can operate a service station as good as the next man. Jimmy pumps gas into the car from the pump with gas priced at fourteen cents a gallon, and taxed at four cents a gallon, and then does an oil-change on the Studebaker on the grease-rack lift. Just to show he is not a one-trick-pony…uh…chimp…Jimmy displays his carpentering skills with a saw, hammer,nails, brace-and-bit auger, takes time out to strike a match and light his cigar—-hey, it’s his gas station, he can do what he wants—-and then opens his beer bottle with a bottle-cap opener and takes a swig. Meanwhile, Mrs. Jimmy is threading a needle and doing some darning while rocking away in a rocking chair. The plot is a bit thin, but the editing is great. |
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Ratings: | IMDB: 0.0/10 | |
Released: | July 6, 1941 | |
Runtime: | 10 min | |
Genres: | Documentary Comedy Short | |
Cast: | Graham McNamee | |
Crew: | Henry Clay Bate Thomas Mead | |
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