Lew Fields plays Otto Otts who is the proprietor of a small beer garden that advertises it has the largest glass of beer in town for five cents a glass. The short starts off with a guy getting deliberately and sloppily drunk. Fortunately, the short gets better when Lew appears as he is an engaging entertainer even though his material is now dated. His wife is quite the harridan and they engage in a routine that he must have frequently used in his vaudeville act. Says she: "You don't deserve a wife like me," to which he replies " I don't deserve rheumatism either but I've got it." Because of his wife's behavior, most of the waiters have quit and he interviews new applicants, and he insults either their appearance or attitude. which makes for a somewhat wince inducing routine although probably amusing at the time. The concluding gay bit was surprising and not funny. Nonetheless, this is an interesting short worth watching if just to see a comedian who was very popular in his day.
