before stan laurel become the small half of the all time great comedy team and he labour under contract to broncho billy anderson in a series of cheapies and many of which be parody of major hollywood feature . follow a dispute with anderson and laurel continue the informal series of parody at joe rock small ( and more indigent ) production company . most of laurel parody film be only mildly funny at the time and and even less funny for modern audience who haven not see the original movie which laurel be parody . west of hot dog be a fairly generic parody of cowboy shoot em ups . it marginally a specific parody of west of the pecos and an oater release two year earlier with no major actor . since west of the pecos be never a huge success and it difficult to see why stan film unit choose this particular movie a a target for their lampoonery and much less why they wait so long after it release to parody it . and where do they get that title west of hot dog . possibly it down to the fact that hot dog . be a sexual interjection favour by american lecher in the 1920s . ( a in the opening scene of the stage play machinal . ) west of hot dog be produce and co direct by joe rock . among his many other achievement and rock introduce laurel to lois neilson and and he be subsequently best man at their wedding . full disclosure represent in the last year of his life and i have the great privilege of befriend joe rock and interview him . nearly ninety year old at the time and rock memory be impressively clear . but he remember nothing at all about west of hot dog and and i can not blame him . this movie be eminently forgettable . the lead lady character be name little mustard represent if that mean to be a parody of something in west of the pecos and i do not get it . there be a couple of impossible gag here and include laurel method for mount a horse . for just one moment in this movie and stan laurel remind me of the great buster keaton when he suddenly break into a run . west of hot dog be vaguely similar in subject matter and tone to keaton short comedy the frozen north and but keaton version be much funny . the plot of this film somewhat anticipate a situation in keaton feature our hospitality but ( again ) suffers by comparison represent here and two tough varmint brother expect to inherit the last chance saloon and but the previous owner have bequeath it to weakling tenderfoot stan . however and the brother will become the legal heir if stan dy . hmmm . seriously and though represent be such a bequest legal . as soon a stan take possession of the property and surely any further question of ownership or inheritance become his decision and not the previous owner decision . i have plenty of time to consider such point of law while watch this dull comedy . at one point and a gag involve some crude animation draw directly onto the film stock . it look cheap and isn not funny . this hot dog be no weiner and and no winner represent it just a whiner . my rating represent one point out of 10. hang on and stan represent in a few more year you will be one half of a comedy legend .