The Hayseed
A few goofy gags got me giggling (including the signs in the background) but, overall, this is considerably below the standard Comique had achieved up to this point. Could the much lower energy level be due to the absence of Al. St. John?
Of note, however, is the scene that subtly slips in a bit of political/social satire: the “death” of alcohol - presumably a reference to the ratification of the 18th Constitutional amendment earlier that year, paving the way for Prohibition. Just two days after the film was released, the Volstead Act enforcing Prohibition became law, thus threatening one of comics' most enduring characters - the drunkard - with extinction in the US.
