The Jerry Builders (1930) Online

I bought this on an Alpha Video DVD titled "Lost Pathe Comedies". They were "lost" because they're unfunny. This one, "Neat and Tidy" is a British one. A young couple about to be married plan their dream home.. That's the best part of the short. The rest of the short deals with some very unfunny incompetent builders building that dream home. One scene has a joke with a very derogatory term for Italians; two idiots who can't get a piece of wood correctly on a sawhorse and a lot of other unfunny bits of business. The end shows the couple, now middle aged and STILL not married and STILL waiting for their dream home to be built. Avoid this clunker at all costs.

The overall score for "The Jerry Builders" ("Neat and Tidy") is 2.2...a pathetically low score which would seem to indicate the short film is garbage. Sadly, after watching it, I thought that the film MIGHT even be a tad over-rated!! Yes, it's THAT bad.

The story begins with some singing...a bad sign considering it's supposed to be a comedy. The story, essentially, is that newlyweds want to have a new home but the idiots building it are, well, idiots...and never get it done.

There are a few slapstick moments (such as the wallpapering bit) that ALMOST are funny....and these are the best "The Jerry Builders" has to offer. Painfully unfunny and I have no idea who thought this thing was worth making.