Hank and Lank as the Sandwich Men

• 1910

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This Essanay slapsticker was the sixth entry in the studio's Hank and Lank comedy series. Filmed in Chicago, these one-reel comedies starred two anonymous comics, one short and one tall, who were evidently hired on the basis of their resemblance to comic-strip characters Mutt and Jeff. In this episode, Hank and Lank are hired to wear "sandwich boards" advertising a restaurant. Unbeknownst to the heroes, a practical joker alters the words on their placards. As a result, Hank and Lank unintentionally offend a group of roughneck Irish laborers, who proceed to beat the boys to a pulp.