In the early 1930s, Ray Cooke starred in about a dozen Torchy short comedies. I've seen about half of them and only recently has a nice person posted several of the films on YouTube. In general, the style is pretty similar...up and coming office boy, Torchy, gets into trouble but through luck and determination, makes good by the end of the film. They aren't among the funnier shorts of the day, but they are pleasant and entertaining.
When the story begins, the big boss's Aunt Zenobia comes for a visit. At first, he asks his stick-in-the-mud office manager to escort the ladies on a night on the town...but the boss' daughter (who is definitely interested in Torchy) asks that Torchy also accompanies them.
When they get to the restaurant, it's obvious that aside from Torchy and the boss' daughter, the rest are real party poopers. However, when laughing gas is accidentally released in the nightclub, they all let down their hair and have a great time.
Okay...the idea of laughing gas is incredibly contrived and ridiculous. First, why would ANY nightclub have a giant bottle of nitrous oxide (laughing gas) there in the first place? And, it's in the kitchen!! Second, laughing gas, despite what you see in old films, doesn't make everyone laugh or get high like that. Because of this and because it's so overdone, the film isn't quite up to the series' standards...though I did enjoy the final sight gag...it was so weird!