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Pal, the Dog, gets top billing in the comedy short, "Checking Out." He's paired for the second time and row with Harry Sweet. Harry and Pal run a hot dog stand with both having matching costume of hat and apron. Trouble comes early in the ...See morePal, the Dog, gets top billing in the comedy short, "Checking Out." He's paired for the second time and row with Harry Sweet. Harry and Pal run a hot dog stand with both having matching costume of hat and apron. Trouble comes early in the form of a rival stand owner (Al Alt) who wants to put the hot dog stand out of business. By the time the scene finishes, both hot dog stands have been obliterated. With hot dog stand in ruins, Pal and Harry team up to work in a hotel. With Harry finding a love interest in the hotel operator, Pal comically has to perform both the bell hop and check boy's work. Rival Al Alt appears and forcibly removes Harry in a comical scene of defenestration. Fortunately, Harry gains knowledge that rival Alt is going to rob the hotel. In the film's comical high-point, Harry gets control of the crooks guns, entrusting Pal, the Wonder Dog, with both guns as the canine holds the crooks at bay. When one of the incredulous crooks tries to rush Pal, the dog fires a warning shot which keeps the crooks at bay until the police arrive. In the finale, Pal retrieves a minister so Harry and the hotel operator can be married. Comical flourish occurs as the minister asks anyone if there is an objection. With all eyes on Pal, the canine nods in approval ending the ceremony and the film. After having played the underling to Pal in a Mah-Jong film and this film, Sweet was probably pleased to move on from Century Comedies to other studios. Written by David Sedman See less