Babes in the Goods (1934) Thelma Todd - Patsy Kelly Comedy Short

Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.

[@plophlegm]

What I love about Patsy's lines is that we immediately realize that's what WE wanted to say, but couldn't actually; she just comes right out with it ~ thanks for this nice crisp copy, feels modern somehow. Some things will NEVER change.

[@nonenoneonenonenone]

I love how realistic this comedy is.

[@billsomody6928]

Soo very funny! Poor Thelma left us way way way too soon! May she be resting in peace now in a much better place!

[@kellykaufman8459]

Thank you. Love Patsy's clumsiness, the hose mishaps, Thelma being rocked out of bed, when I see a woman in her slip, it reminds of talking to my late mother, as she got ready for work. She was a nurse who worked a 3 to 11 shift, & our conversation replaced the dinner table discussion on her work days. Thanks again.

[@toirmetalshaping]

90 years old and its Still funny

[@fredblonder7850]

I haven’t seen a top-loading portable dishwasher since I used one in the 1970s.

[@zorromaskedman685]

Just once I'd like to hear Thelma say "There's Another Fine Mess You've Gotten Us Into!"🤣 Wow, dishwasher in 1934? Not many could afford that...

[@kellykaufman8459]

The female Laurel and Hardy. Loni Anderson once played Thelma in a tv movie. I've enjoyed getting to Thelma's work in recent years.

[@PunchBuggyDreams]

These gals really makes me laugh. I feel so sad thinking that Thelma never made it 30 years old. She left way to soon.

[@nylaandrew]

The funniest

[@RetiredSchoolCook]

🥰Thank you 🥰🤣👍

[@davidglenn6219]

Wonderful!

[@KevinButler-m9r]

All that I can say is..Ok Jack,You Asked For It.

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

Great, almost wordless performance by Arthur Housman

[@briangriffin4937]

Before there was “Lucy” and “Ethel”…

[@EllisonBallard-m4y]

Funny. 1934 that came first, skits have been done many times since, but were this the first time ? Still very funny

[@shelbynamels7948]

that lush is such a ham.

[@TheSpiralnotebook]

15:30 Thelma makes derisive reference to Patsy's performance in "Done In Oil"

[@prudencepineapple9448]

ZaSu left Hal Roach studios to focus on her film career, particularly with James Gleason. As a result, Roach needed another foil to Thelma's character. Enter Patsy Kelly. I like ZaSu, but I prefer Patsy and her quick wit and sarcastic nature. Thelma and Patsy worked well together. Patsy did make one or 2 films in which she was the star. One as the head of a trucking company in the early 1940s. The other was with some Italian actress @ the mid 1930s. Can't remember title, but they both played nurses. It was actually hilarious! She was often typecast as the maid, side-kick etc. And she was a massive film buff. She also appeared in Rosemary's Baby.

[@90FF1]

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