The Bank Dick
“Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !”
Comedy
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
VIBE
A whirlwind of escalating absurdity and physical gags. Expect rapid-fire jokes, outlandish situations, and a sense of delightful, low-brow chaos. It’s pure, unadulterated, old-school comedic mayhem.
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