A Fish Story (1909)

Jack is going fishing notwithstanding the objections of his wife. Two friends decide to follow him. Jack throws out his line but whenever he catches a fish the friends exchange the same for an old shoe or other articles of equal value. At last he fishes a note out of the sea telling him, "there is only one sucker there today and that is the one fishing." Jack is furious and cannot see the joke. On the way home he buys fishes and shows them to his wife as the wonderful catch he made. The friends, however, work another joke on Jack. They throw a note through the window reading as follows: "Jack, old boy, come back and we will bite. Forgive our rudeness. Miss Fish." The dark clouds on Jack's matrimonial sky caused by the jealousy of his wife are easily dispersed after explanations are made and the laughing friends are seen through the window.

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GenresComedy Short