Billy DeBeck

There's feudin', fussin' and a whole lot of good ol' fashioned fun goin' on as those back woods rascals, Barney Google and Snuffy Smith, rustle up a rib-ticklin' tub of mountain mirth. Barney and Snuffy are joined by the craziest collection of cantankerous characters ever to come out of them thar' hills, including Loweezy, Jughaid and Jerky Jockey for hours of down home country comedy.

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A hillbilly moonshiner enlists in the army. Monogram Pictures' comedy was inspired by the then-popular comic strip character.

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Tiny Barney Google sleeps under a tree. Along comes his enormous wife, who begins to do the washing. Six babies ranked in a tub persecute Barney.

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Barney Hellum and Slim Summerville give policeman Kit Guard a rough time in this funny Barney Google short, which is based on the comic strip character.

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Comedy short based on the comic strip "Barney Google" by Billy De Beck. A print survives with the Library of Congress.

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FBO "Barney Google" short.with horses and ostriches.

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Barney Google is returning to Kokomo with his menage: race horse Spark Plug, trainer-jockey Sunshine, and ostrich Rudy. The people turn out to greet him -- the race horse, that is, and Sunshine. Feelings about Google are less kind, and soon the four of them are on a train headed elsewhere, causing havoc to passengers and crew.

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