in many way dirty work be a predictable l and h short on the surface with the boy go to sweep someone chimney . guess what happen next . that right slapstick at it most sucessful ensues . but there one or two thing that seem untypical . ollie for example be very unlikable and he arrogant and he rude and and not only to stan look at the way he address the servant with hey you and take a childish huff very easily with his catchphrase be i have nothing to say . in short ollie play a bully in a very unlikable way and i much prefer to see him to play the arrogant coward where he always at his funniestdirty work also lack the reportary regular of the other l and h short like finlayson and long and busch and housman which mean when we switch to the mad scientist plotline there a slightly creepy atmosphere that jar with the rest of the movie have say that this be still a good short mainly down to stan . also watch out for a scene feature a fish . many joke or plot from l and h feature fish and this be another one .