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Sons of the Desert
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Sons of the Desert is a 1933 comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach and directed by William A. Seiter.Stan and Ollie are neighbors and fellow members of the "Sons of the Desert" society. They very much want to go to the society's national convention in Chicago, but Ollie's wife, Lottie, has a previously scheduled vacation in the mountains and categorically refuses to let Ollie go. Stan and Ollie conduct a wacky scheme in which Ollie fakes an illness and convinces his wife that he needs a health cruise to Hawaii. It works, and the boys attend the convention—but they have difficulties on the way home.Charley Chase, a fellow veteran of Roach-produced short comedies going back to the silent days, has a supporting role as an obnoxious conventioneer. | |
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Brotherhood of Funny Hats | |
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Brotherhood of Funny Hats: The eponymous Sons of the Desert. | |
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Right Behind Me | |
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Right Behind Me: Betty walks in on the boys while Stan is giving Oliver "advice" on dealing with his wife: | |
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Diabolus ex Machina | |
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Diabolus ex Machina: Ollie's scheme would have worked, if the cruise ship hadn't sunk on the way back from Hawaii. | |
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Failed a Spot Check | |
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Failed a Listen Check: Downplayed. Lottie does notice that her brother's friend, with whom she's speaking on the phone, sounds very much like her husband — especially when, after he realizes who he's talking to, he hastily hangs up with a stammered "Goodbye, Sugar" — but since at that point she's still certain that Ollie and Stan are in Honolulu, she sets aside her suspicions for the moment. | |
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Your Television Hates You | |
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Your Television Hates You: Distraught over the notion that their husbands might have perished at sea, Lottie and Betty go to the cinema to distract themselves while they wait for the rescue ships with the survivors to arrive the next day. This fails, as the first thing that comes up at the feature is a newsreel of the Sons of the Desert convention, causing Lottie to sob with guilt over not having let Oliver attend. After a few seconds, however, they spot two familiar faces in the convention crowd... | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown | |
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No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Lottie gives Ollie an off-screen one by throwing every dish in the house at him. | |
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The Prankster | |
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The Prankster: Charley, a particularly obnoxious conventioneer who does stuff like the squirting flower gag and the cigarette-case-loaded-with-spring-snake gag. | |
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Secret Test of Character | |
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Secret Test of Character: The wives see Stan and Ollie in a newsreel, thus realizing that they did not go to Honolulu. They then decide to see if their husbands confess. Eventually Stan does, and is pampered with cigarettes and candy by Betty. Ollie, who sticks to the cover story, takes a beating from Lottie. | |
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| Sons of the Desert / int_4192763e | type |
Malaproper | |
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Malaproper: Laurel, as usual. At one point, Lottie mangles a phrase: | |
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Mathematician's Answer | |
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Mathematician's Answer: When Stan and Ollie are sneaking out of their attic, they are seen by a police officer, who interrogates them about their places of residence. Ollie refuses to give an answer, so the cop repeats the question to Stan, who replies that he lives "Next door to [Ollie]". | |
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Off the Table | |
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Off the Table: Implied; Ollie's wife, Lottie, originally wanted him to go to a retreat into the mountains instead of the convention. When Ollie's big lie is uncovered, he sheepishly suggests they take that trip into the mountains. Lottie doesn't verbally answer, but ends up hitting him with many dishes. | |
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Death Glare | |
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Death Glare: Betty Laurel gives a pretty intense one to her husband when she walks in on him talking about her to Ollie, made all the more dangerous by the rifle she happened to be carrying at the time. She also bears this while ruminating on the (as far as she knew at that point) hypothetical possibility of Stanley ever lying to her. | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper | |
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Hair-Trigger Temper: Lottie, Ollie's wife. | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm | |
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Grievous Bottley Harm: Lottie has a habit of either cracking vases over Ollie's head or chucking them at his head from across the room. | |
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Serious Business | |
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Serious Business: The Sons of the Desert take their oath to attend their annual convention very seriously. | |
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Henpecked Husband | |
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Henpecked Husband: Both Laurel and Hardy. | |
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Duck Season, Rabbit Season | |
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Duck Season, Rabbit Season: Ollie attempts this while arguing with Lottie, but she catches herself just in time. | |
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Not So Above It All | |
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At one point, Lottie mangles a phrase: | |
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HA HA HA—No | |
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HA HA HA—No: When Ollie first tells Lottie that he'll be going to the convention the next week, she at first says that she hopes he'll have a nice time there...then laughs with no humor and informs him that he is not in fact going to the convention. | |
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Oh, Crap! | |
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Oh, Crap!: Ollie has one when he sees the newspaper headline reporting the sinking of the ship they told their wives they were on. Earlier, when Ollie is talking on the phone to Charley's sister and finally realizes that it's Lottie. | |
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Catchphrase | |
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Catchphrase: As usual, we're treated to Ollie's "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" and "Why don't you do something to help me?" | |
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Honesty Is the Best Policy | |
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Honesty Is the Best Policy: Spoken word for word by Betty while she pampers Stan as reward for his telling the truth. | |
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Hypocritical Humor | |
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Hypocritical Humor: Ollie criticizes Stan for letting his wife boss him around. Then we meet Ollie's wife... | |
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Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male | |
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Double Standard: Abuse, Female on Male: Particularly at the end of the film, between Oliver and his wife Lottie. | |
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Not That Kind of Doctor | |
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Not That Kind of Doctor: Ollie asks Stan to get a doctor to help him fake a medical excuse. Stan calls a veterinarian. | |
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Toxic Friend Influence | |
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Toxic Friend Influence: After discovering the boys' deception, Betty and Lottie get into an argument regarding on who most of the blame lies, with Betty declaring that it was entirely Ollie's "negative influence" that got Stan involved when he is normally entirely honest with her. | |
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Contrived Coincidence | |
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Contrived Coincidence: Charley, the annoying conventioneer that Stan and Ollie meet in Chicago, happens to be Lottie's younger brother. | |
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Delayed "Oh, Crap!" | |
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Delayed "Oh, Crap!": Stan takes a few beats to realize the implications of the newspaper headline about the ship sinking. | |
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Literal-Minded | |
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Literal-Minded: After the boys are trapped on their roof in the middle of a thunderstorm and Stan declares that he's going to go inside and tell Betty everything, Ollie accuses him of being "yellow"* as in, "cowardly". Stan blinks in confusion for a moment, then remarks, "Must be the lightning." | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness | |
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Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: From a most unlikely source. | |
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Comically Missing the Point | |
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Comically Missing the Point: When Ollie upbraids Stan for being whipped. | |
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