by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Though best-known for his supporting role as the drunken millionaire in Charlie Chaplin's City Lights, Harry Myers was, for many years, a talented star comedian in his own right. This Universal three-reeler casts Myers as a swimsuit peddler whose marital status never gets in the way of his various flirtations. Charmed by his latest female customer, Myers makes no secret of his fascination with the woman. But the hero's chickens come home to roost when it turns out that his newest "conquest" is actually his own mother-in-law. In the immortal words of Jimmy Finlayson and Homer Simpson: "DOH!!!"