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Summary: The best "bad" movie ever!
Review: Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman . . . and a monkey! And Leslie Nielsen, by the way. Not to mention a stereotype of an Eastern guru, and a swipe at 1960s youth culture, including rock bands Postnasal Drip, The Frozen Fishschticks, and of course The Comfortable Chair (who sound pretty good, actually). This isn't great movie-making, but that's why it's so great. Bob Hope gets to do his comic magic, Gleason is as Gleason as ever, and the whole story actually holds together quite nicely. But don't get me wrong: this is not Academy Award material. And thank goodness it isn't. Maybe it was meant for the parents of 1969 while the kids were at Woodstock, but I like the pace, the perspective-- Bob and Jane, having a drink, sitting in their easy chairs (comfortable, no doubt) listening to "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)." It was out of style in the 1960s, but now we can enjoy it for what it is. And some if it is mighty zany. Hope does a few costume changes, plays golf with an ape, while Gleason is downright decadent: broads, booze and bread (a.k.a lettuce). But there's a nice moral as well involving their kids, which I'll leave for you to decide. So if you're too young to know much about the whole generational gap-- and war-- of the 1960s, enjoy this at times goofy and at other times comfy comic from the master himself, Bob Hope. And if you hate it-- well, there's always "My Favorite Blonde" and "The Lemon Drop Kid" from an era when movies could be both great *and* fun.
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Summary: The best "bad" movie ever!
Review: Bob Hope, Jackie Gleason, Jane Wyman . . . and a monkey! And Leslie Nielsen, by the way. Not to mention a stereotype of an Eastern guru, and a swipe at 1960s youth culture, including rock bands Postnasal Drip, The Frozen Fishschticks, and of course The Comfortable Chair (who sound pretty good, actually). This isn't great movie-making, but that's why it's so great. Bob Hope gets to do his comic magic, Gleason is as Gleason as ever, and the whole story actually holds together quite nicely. But don't get me wrong: this is not Academy Award material. And thank goodness it isn't. Maybe it was meant for the parents of 1969 while the kids were at Woodstock, but I like the pace, the perspective-- Bob and Jane, having a drink, sitting in their easy chairs (comfortable, no doubt) listening to "Dream (When You're Feeling Blue)." It was out of style in the 1960s, but now we can enjoy it for what it is. And some if it is mighty zany. Hope does a few costume changes, plays golf with an ape, while Gleason is downright decadent: broads, booze and bread (a.k.a lettuce). But there's a nice moral as well involving their kids, which I'll leave for you to decide. So if you're too young to know much about the whole generational gap-- and war-- of the 1960s, enjoy this at times goofy and at other times comfy comic from the master himself, Bob Hope. And if you hate it-- well, there's always "My Favorite Blonde" and "The Lemon Drop Kid" from an era when movies could be both great *and* fun.
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Summary: The Bob Everyone Forgets
Review: For those who can't say anything bad about Bob Hope...watch this movie. Utterly unfunny, sometimes distasteful. Having seen Jackie Gleason in Smokey and the Bandit II and III, it's not hard to see how he was involved in such an awful movie. But I was surprised to see Bob Hope making a fool of himself as well. About the only redeeming factor is seeing the decor, cars, etc. of the era. But you can get that in many much better 60's films. Pass on this one...unless you want to see the "other" side of Bob Hope. Additionally, the transfer is awful. It is a pan & scan, cutting off valuable information on both sides. It is comparable to something AMC might show...except without the commercials.
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Summary: Classic Bob Hope Comedy!!
Review: Hope really should have stopped making movies after The Paleface. This one in particular is so mean-spirited and unfunny that all you can really do is gape. Its view of marriage is right up there with the Three Stooges (remember the short films in which the three of them were married?) and enough to swear a teen viewer off the institution for life. Yet it's one of those bad movies I like to turn on when it (rarely) shows up on TV, maybe because of the now-quaint 60s art decoration and costumes, maybe because rarely before or since have performers of such talent squandered it so egregiously. (To its credit, though, I have to add that "Cancel My Reservation" makes this one look like "The Magnificent Ambersons.")
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Summary: Almost-but-not-quite entertainingly bad
Review: Hope really should have stopped making movies after The Paleface. This one in particular is so mean-spirited and unfunny that all you can really do is gape. Its view of marriage is right up there with the Three Stooges (remember the short films in which the three of them were married?) and enough to swear a teen viewer off the institution for life. Yet it's one of those bad movies I like to turn on when it (rarely) shows up on TV, maybe because of the now-quaint 60s art decoration and costumes, maybe because rarely before or since have performers of such talent squandered it so egregiously. (To its credit, though, I have to add that "Cancel My Reservation" makes this one look like "The Magnificent Ambersons.")
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Summary: Classic Bob Hope Comedy!!
Review: This is a classic Bob Hope Comedy well worth watching!!Happy 100th Birthday,Mr. Hope we all love you!!
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