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Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966)
Awful
This movie is like a film school lab.
The subject would be how important WRITING is to the success of a film. Here you have three wonderful actors who have entertained you on the Dick Van Dyke show for years. They were all experts in delivering comic lines.
But the thing is their LINES were funny. Here you have the same actors with a dreadful script in a film that lasts for less than 90 minutes and if you sit through the whole thing it will seem like hours. A hint: if you watch the first five minutes and think the film can only get better, here's a spoiler, it doesn't.
This movie was co-written and produced by Morey Amsterdam. As some reviewer stated, The Dick Van Dyke show had 158 episodes and Amsterdam didn't write any of them. I know he previously had a career in vaudeville and was a stand up comedian and musician, but just using one line jokes over and over for an hour and a half is awkward and eye-rolling.
As I said, watch the first five minutes, if you're entertained, stay with it, otherwise you can turn it off and thank me for giving you an hour and a half of your life back.
Newhart: It Happened One Afternoon: Part 1 (1983)
I can't believe this is the same show I've been watching
I started watching the first season of "Newhart" and really enjoyed the humor and the comic timing of the various characters.
This opening episode of the 2nd season was dreadful. The jokes fell flat and the timing was off. Even Bob Newhart who made his career out of his perfect timing, seemed to be just reciting his lines. Many of the jokes had no audience reaction. The creativity from the first season was missing. If this was the first "Newhart" episode I'd have seen, I'd never have watched another.
The most ironic fact is that this episode was written by Barry Kemp who created all these characters.
The Entertainers (1991)
Absolutely the worst
Bob Newhart is totally miscast as a struggling comedian with a chimp act.
The writing and direction are laughable. You'll think you're watching a college film school project. It was like looking at an automobile accident. You can't turn away so I watched the whole thing and it never got better.
Bob Newhart is TOTALLY miscast here. I have no idea why someone as famous and talented would have agreed to appear in this thing. Watch it and see what you think.