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Sons of the Desert (1933)
The Funniest Motion Picture Ever filmed! No Kidding!
The only reason I am writing this, and I am no film critic, is because I have NEVER LAUGHED SO HARD as when I saw this very charming, hilarious, LAUREL & HARDY FILM. Speak of comedy. I love film comedy. What is it that makes this film so extraordinary is the incessant gags and the convoluted plot with a bunch of twists and turns that on the surface seem absurd but they truly can happen in life! And the results are ALWAYS RIOTOUS! In a nutshell, L&H belong to the fraternal order of THE SONS OF THE DESERT. They are to have a convention in Chicago, but realising the wives won't consent, they concoct an outrageous tale so they can recuperate in Honolulu to cure a faked malady...but their ship sinks, the boys are caught on a newsreel film in Chicago, and guess what the wives see??? Speak of coincidence! Charles Dickens never had so many! Well, the husbands try to get out of their jam and it's just too funny to describe their machinations to save face. Moreover, there is a sweet moral to the story which we all can appreciate. HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY. And so it is. By the way, the ending is just the most hilarious scene I've ever seen. Plenty of gags, great acting and broken dishes...and you can't help feeling sorry for poor Ollie. You have to see this gem of a film, produced in 1933 by HAL ROACH, and I guarantee you'll split your sides and fall down laughing.
The Twilight Zone: Stopover in a Quiet Town (1964)
Very Entertaining Twilight Zone episode (Last season).
I've always been a fan of Barry Nelson since his appearance in SHADOW OF THE THIN MAN (MGM 1941). As a matter of fact I ran into him in downtown San Francisco many years ago. Quite the gentleman. This episode is engrossing. You scratch your head and wonder along with them "What the heck goes?" They wander about in a town where everything is phony (I know what you're thinking- they must be in Hollywood or Southern California, not so). When the couple enter a kitchen and try to open the drawers and cabinets everything is fake! Imagine the horror if YOU awoke and found yourself in a house where everything was fake, just a bunch of props. SHEER TERROR!!! The reason I enjoy this segment is that it pulls you in and you have to stay tuned to the very end for the punch line. And Rod Serling's commentary borders on the comic. The moral is "Don't drink and drive, or else you may end up like Barry Nelson and his wife! No more drinking binges for them (or me)!