Hitchcoc Poor Ollie. Suffering from gout, his doctor recommends he go into the country and drink lots of water. Off he and Stan go, buying a trailer, and camping where there is a well. Perfect? Nope! Unbeknownst to them, it's Prohibition and some moonshiner, to keep from being caught, have dumped their illegal alcohol into the well. Also, who should come along, but a bickering couple, Mae Busch and Charlie Hall. Mae get tired of her crabby husband and goes over to the boy's camp where they share the "water." Of course, they get incredibly drunk. Soon Charlie gets angry and the men start to outdo each other in nastiness. We all know who's going to get the worst of it. These couples are going to reprise this stuff later. This whole episode is hilarious.

mark.waltz Needing a country vacation to recover from a case of the gout, Oliver convinces Stanley to take him to the mountains where they end up with moonshine instead of water and get an innocent passersby (Mae Busch) drunk, infuriating her husband and resulting in a funny sequence of gags where his attempts of revenge turn on him. But of course, this has to take a turn to give a final shot of either one of the two in an awkward situation, only moderately funny and not the gasping laugh I hoped for. Busch is cast against type here, for once not a predatory female. There's enough slapstick to keep this flowing, but I found it only mildly memorable.

jburke293 This short is particularly close to my heart as it revolves around trailer camping in the woods and mountains. Ollie is suffering from gout and the doctor recommends rest and relaxation in the mountains and plenty of fresh, clean water. Stan knows where they can rent a trailer, so they hitch up the Model T and off they go. Unknown to them, some moonshiners have been battling government men in the hills and dumped some of their illegal liquor stash in the well behind their shack. Our boys arrive on the scene after the fact and finding the place deserted, decide to set up camp and draw some water from the well. A married couple later arrives, gas can in hand, and try to buy some gas from the boys. The man goes off to retrieve the car and leaves his wife behind and hilarity ensues with her and the boys drinking the moonshine-water. The husband isn't too happy when he gets back and starts an altercation with Stan and Ollie that is simply a riot. The high point, though, is the cooking scene when Ollie starts singing and Stan tries to join in and gets clobbered with a frying pan.This one is a must have for any true L&H fan.

Prichards12345 Them Thar Hills is a great little short, with Stan and Ollie's characters at their most lovable. This time, for a change, the ensuing calamities are not down to their ineptitude, but to the innocent imbibing of moonshine whiskey while on a camping trip to cure Ollie's gout. While there, Oliver prepares a lunch which seems to consist solely of baked beans. Stan's response? "Boy you sure know how to plan a meal!"The humour is brilliantly sustained. The boys have been inadvertently drunk before, of course - their short SCRAM, for instance. But this is the funniest, leading to a wonderful tit-for-tat bit with Charlie Hall which had me in stitches. And the brilliant well gag is fantastic. You would expect them to rework the old hittin' the gouty foot routine - but it's hardly brought up. And such was the audience response to this film Stan and Ollie made a sequel - Tit For Tat.Them Thar Hills is twenty minutes of The Boys at their best. Not to be missed.