this early short subject and beloved to some of u while really show one of the great quality that would set his ( best ) comedy apart represent he be strange . not exactly verbal comedy and nor really slapstick and w. c. seem to create his own oddball universe much like and but never quite and ours . i love this short from the first time i saw it a a kid and and i think it one of a kindness really make it his best ( though others be quite funny . ) mack sennett want something more in the way of conventional slapstick while feilds have to fight for this while which be in part a spoof of sentimental wilderness poetry about alaska . nobody like it at the time . field himself say and maybe it not good . but i like it . thank godness he stick by his gun and go on to create his own one of a kind comedy world .