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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Big Business is a 1929 silent short comedy film directed by Leo McCarey and starring Laurel and Hardy.Here, Stan and Ollie are going door-to-door, trying to sell Christmas trees in suburban Los Angeles. They bumble their way around until they wind up greatly irritating one particular homeowner (played by frequent L&H antagonist Jimmy Finlayson); Stan keeps getting his tree stuck in said homeowner's door, and they have to keep ringing the bell to get it out. When Stan rings the bell again and tries to get an advance order on a Christmas tree for next year, the homeowner snaps and wrecks their tree. Stan, in retaliation, vandalizes the homeowner's front door. The homeowner starts slicing up their clothes. This starts a rapidly escalating war of destruction in which Stan and Ollie set about wrecking the man's little bungalow and garden while the homeowner dedicates himself to annihilating Stan and Ollie's trees and their Model T Ford.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Big Business is one of Laurel and Hardy's best-remembered silent shorts. It earned a place in the National Film Registry.For the Twin Switch comedy starring Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin, see Big Business (1988).
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 Captain Obvious: The homeowner grows increasingly enraged after Stan gets the tree stuck in his door something like four times. Finally he picks up the tree and throws it. From this Ollie deduces, "I don't think he wants a tree."
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 Crocodile Tears: After the cop finally puts a stop to the orgy of destruction, Stan and Ollie burst into tears. This gets the homeowner and cop crying in sympathy. Stan and Ollie give the homeowner a cigar, and everyone parts as friends. However, Stan and Ollie burst into laughter when nobody's looking. The cop sees this and chases off after them. Then the cigar, which actually was a trick cigar, explodes in the homeowner's face. The End.
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 Aside Glance: Ollie shoots one at the camera out of frustration, as he did many times in Laurel and Hardy films. In this one Stan does too, after incorrectly thinking that the homeowner is going to buy a tree.
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