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* TheRemake: Of a 1915 short film called ''A Bird's a Bird'', which involved a turkey.
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* TheRemake: Of a 1915 short film called ''A Bird's a Bird'', which involved a turkey.turkey.
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''Pass the Gravy'' is a 1928 short film starring Max Davidson, directed by Fred Guiol.
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''Pass the Gravy'' is a 1928 silent comedy short film starring Max Davidson, directed by Fred Guiol.
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There was quite a bit of talent behind the production of this film. It was produced by Hal Roach of the Roach, famous for his Creator/LaurelAndHardy and [[Film/TheLittleRascals Our Gang]] comedies, comedies; future UsefulNotes/AcademyAward-winning director Creator/LeoMcCarey is credited as the production supervisor, supervisor; and another future Academy Award-winning director, Creator/GeorgeStevens, was the cinematographer.
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''Pass the Gravy'' is a 1928 short film starring Max Davidson, directed by Fred Guiol.
Schultz is a suburban dad who raises chickens and is inordinately fond of one in particular, a prize-winning rooster named Brigham. His unnamed neighbor, played by Davidson, often gets annoyed when the chickens wander onto his property and eat the seeds in his vegetable garden.
Peace must be made, however, because Schultz's son and Davidson's daughter are engaged to be married. Davidson sends his dimwitted son Ignatz out to buy a chicken for a bury-the-hatchet dinner. Unfortunately for all concerned Ignatz decides to pocket the two dollars and chop the head of a chicken he finds wandering in his backyard--who happens to be Brigham.
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* AmbiguouslyJewish: Max Davidson's shtick for most of his career, playing characters that were pretty obviously [[AlterKocker Alter Kockers]] but often weren't explicitly identified as Jewish. Such is the case here.
* BindleStick: Ignatz uses one of these when hitchhiking out of town in order to escape punishment.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Ignatz looks into the camera after realizing that Brigham was the chicken he beheaded.
* ChekhovsGun: The "1st Prize" metal bracelet fastened around Brigham's leg is how he's identified at dinner.
* DramaticIrony: Invoked by several ironic comments made by Schultz as he unknowingly eats his own pet chicken. "It tastes as good as one of mine!"...."They act like it's a funeral!"...."It's my chicken and I'm going to eat it!"
* HandSignals: How Ignatz tells his sister that they're eating Brigham. Later, the sister and Schultz's son engage in increasingly desperate and elaborate pantomimes in a frantic effort to warn Davidson of this.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The film ends with Schultz throwing the chicken leg at Davidson, who has run nearly all the way down the block, and nailing him in the back of the head.
* InternalReveal: Complete with an anguished "BRIGHAM!" from Schultz after the truth finally dawns.
* {{Mammy}}: Davidson's family has a maid dressed in stereotypical Aunt Jemima manner.
* MissingMom: The two fathers sit for dinner but no mothers are in evidence.
* NoNameGiven: Of the five characters in this film only Schultz and Ignatz are named.
* NoodleIncident: While Davidson raises vegetables, Ignatz "raised what it's not polite to mention." What does this mean? The film does not explain.
* OhCrap: A succession of these as the dinner guests realize one by one that Brigham is the chicken they're eating.
* TheRemake: Of a 1915 short film called ''A Bird's a Bird'', which involved a turkey.
Schultz is a suburban dad who raises chickens and is inordinately fond of one in particular, a prize-winning rooster named Brigham. His unnamed neighbor, played by Davidson, often gets annoyed when the chickens wander onto his property and eat the seeds in his vegetable garden.
Peace must be made, however, because Schultz's son and Davidson's daughter are engaged to be married. Davidson sends his dimwitted son Ignatz out to buy a chicken for a bury-the-hatchet dinner. Unfortunately for all concerned Ignatz decides to pocket the two dollars and chop the head of a chicken he finds wandering in his backyard--who happens to be Brigham.
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!!Tropes:
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Max Davidson's shtick for most of his career, playing characters that were pretty obviously [[AlterKocker Alter Kockers]] but often weren't explicitly identified as Jewish. Such is the case here.
* BindleStick: Ignatz uses one of these when hitchhiking out of town in order to escape punishment.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Ignatz looks into the camera after realizing that Brigham was the chicken he beheaded.
* ChekhovsGun: The "1st Prize" metal bracelet fastened around Brigham's leg is how he's identified at dinner.
* DramaticIrony: Invoked by several ironic comments made by Schultz as he unknowingly eats his own pet chicken. "It tastes as good as one of mine!"...."They act like it's a funeral!"...."It's my chicken and I'm going to eat it!"
* HandSignals: How Ignatz tells his sister that they're eating Brigham. Later, the sister and Schultz's son engage in increasingly desperate and elaborate pantomimes in a frantic effort to warn Davidson of this.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: The film ends with Schultz throwing the chicken leg at Davidson, who has run nearly all the way down the block, and nailing him in the back of the head.
* InternalReveal: Complete with an anguished "BRIGHAM!" from Schultz after the truth finally dawns.
* {{Mammy}}: Davidson's family has a maid dressed in stereotypical Aunt Jemima manner.
* MissingMom: The two fathers sit for dinner but no mothers are in evidence.
* NoNameGiven: Of the five characters in this film only Schultz and Ignatz are named.
* NoodleIncident: While Davidson raises vegetables, Ignatz "raised what it's not polite to mention." What does this mean? The film does not explain.
* OhCrap: A succession of these as the dinner guests realize one by one that Brigham is the chicken they're eating.
* TheRemake: Of a 1915 short film called ''A Bird's a Bird'', which involved a turkey.
