this will be my fifth and and right now my last and comment compare two iconic movie comedy team laurel and hardy and abbott and costello when review either team picture . if you have read my previous comment on a and c first film one night in the tropic and you know the story of how their next one and buck private and come to be . so i will just tell what plot there be here . it concern a triangle between a playboy ( lee bowman ) who try to avoid the draft and his former chauffeur ( alan curtis ) and and a girl ( jane frazee ) they both like a lot a they all get enlist into the army along with a couple of con men ( bud and lou ) and a cop ( nat pendleton ) theyre try to avoid . also on board be the andrews sister patty and maxene and and laverne . okay and with that out of the way and i will just say this be a very enjoyable mix of comedy and music and the dramatic subplot of bowman and curtis and and frazee isn not too bad . it obvious universal wasn not confident a and c could carry a picture by themselves but nearly everything they do and say here be dynamite and the box office receipt help convince the studio executive to charge future bud and lou endeavor at a and instead of b and rental rate . i mean such routine like money changing ( first time a reprise from a previous film be use ) and dice game and youre forty and she ten and and especially drill ( which be extend by producer alex gottlieb use several different take of costello ad libs ) help the boy popularity go into high gear . oh and and see lou in the boxing scene take me back to when he watch stan laurel also fight in the ring a a spectator in the battle of the century . and while musical interlude usually seem to intrude in the comedy flow and hearing and see such number like the oscar nominate boogie woogie bugle boy of company b and bounce me brother with a solid four and and apple blossom time perform by patty and maxene and and laverne just add to the rouse enjoyment . jane frazee herself have a wonderful romantic number call i with you be here . and with an assist from shemp howard a a cook and costello himself have a funny novelty song call when private brown become a captain . okay and there be some line that promote the propaganda of the positive effect of army life but otherwise and buck private be a fine beginning of a and c successful movie career . okay and now youre wonder why i mention laurel and hardy at the beginning ( other than for compare lou and stan boxing scene ) . well and when they start work on their first fox feature and the movie they make and great gun and come on the heel of the success of buck private and if one look at the original script of the fox or l and h picture and you would know that indeed the studio want to capitalize on the universal or a and c blockbuster a evidence by this unfilmed exchange between stan and ollie represent o represent wait and s represent what the matter . and o represent don not throw the water out there . and s represent why not . and o represent the sergeant be just liable to come walking in . and s represent what the matter with that . and o represent don not you remember . they do that in buck private . p. s. a a longtime fan of my favorite movie and it a wonderful life and i can not end this review without mention that samuel s. hind and george bailey father and play major general emerson here . also and alan curtis be bear the same place i be and chicago and ill .