Edgar Kennedy's brother-in-law, Jack Rice, has done it again. He's bought a half-interest in an experimental outboard motor, financing it by selling half of his interest to his sister, Florence Rice; that means that Edgar is on the hook for a lot of money. Fortunately, an old beau of mother-in-law Dot Farley, Texas oilman Tom Kennedy (no relation) is coming to court the old battle-axe. Edgar sees a hope of getting his money back and getting rid of the two spongers. Unfortunately, things never turn out well for Mr. Kennedy in his long-running "Common Man" short comedy series for RKO.

Miss Rice gets more than her usual share of bird-brained malapropisms in this one, and it's always good to see Tom Kennedy playing one of his comic characters. Post-war budgets are clearly tightening; the motor's testing clearly involves a lot of process shots. It's not one of the best of the series, but it has a goodly number of roughneck laughs.

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Edgar learns that an old, rich, oil-man flame (Tom Kennedy) of his mother-in-law (Dot Farley) is coming to claim his bride. Meanwhile, his brother-in-law (Jack Rice) has bought an interest in an outboard motor that is supposed to run all day on a cupful of gas. The suitor says he will finance it if the test is a success. Edgar is accidently pulled into the lake with the motor and it works well, but the "rich" beau says he will finance it as soon as he can find somebody to finance the drilling of his first oil well.

Edgar Kennedy, Florence Lake, and Jack Rice in Motor Maniacs (1946)

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