Word: humored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...producers of Love Rides the Rails skillfully turned an essentially dull script into a quickly paced and delightful mix of color, off-hand humor, pleasant music and a good deal of unblemished verve. The show lags at times, and the lines are seldom inherently funny, but the very lack of slickness and pretension make the pauses suitable relief before what is expected and does arrive at the next moment...
...poetry in this issue is not all obscure. John Hollander's songs, sung by a picaresque hero called Dick Dongworth, are the most notable contribution. Hollander combines a slight air of humor and intense irony to good effect. He varies his rhyme scheme to fit the special tone of each poem, and his rhythm fails only at one point in the last song. Less monumental, but equally effective, is "In Rainwoods," written by an anonymous poet, blasphemously dubbed Sam Hall. The rainwoods contain soft red leopards and a girl and a great sense of wonder...
...humor of the feature is pretty laborious, there are some funny shorts on the bill. In one of them Robert Benchley says funny things about sleeping; and another, Christopher Crumpet's Playmate, has a happy ending. Two are Mr. Magoo. Through two of his wildest endings Magoo remains imperturbable...
...cover the misfortune, which they figure is best done by earthing old Harry on top of the hill, are inevitable. The script Hitchcock uses is in the manner of a very garrulous Noel Coward, lacking a great deal of the sponteneity and verve which make salon situation humor tolerable. Funny verbal exchanges might have saved the endless repetition of burying Harry, digging him up, and then burying him again. Poor cold Harry must not have been amused...
...anonymous person tried to continue the revolt after the committee report criticizing the seniors. But his efforts failed, despite his assertion that "we must have some indulgence for Mr. Adams' humor. The mortifications and disappointments of his life have soured the old man's temper--and he must needs disgorge his venom...