Word: humorous
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...election frauds that have marked Conservative victories in recent years have been gifted with a charming sense of humor. Election-day dodges in "unfavorable" districts have ranged from high-powered laxatives in the food of poll watchers (opposition watchers chalked up added counts as victims dashed from the room) to voting booths atop unclimbable poles (Argentine law provides secret polling booths, but does not specify locations...
Reves found Thyssen "a charming old gentleman, unusually witty, with a perfect sense of humor. He loved good food and the best wines, and our luncheons rarely took less than three hours. . . ." Thyssen told some juicy tales of the private lives of Nazi bigshots, but when he remembered how they had hoodwinked him, he would pound his head and mutter, "Ein Dummkopf war ich!" ("What a dumbhead...
Along the same lines as a forthcoming cinema with McLaglen & Lowe, Call Out the Marines, the radio show is written by eagle-beaked, serious-faced John P. Medbury, veteran newspaper humorist and radio gagster. Like most Medbury scripts, this one takes full advantage of his enormous library of humor, which includes everything from the Encyclopedia of Comedy to 10,000 Jokes, Toasts and Stories. He has written for Burns & Allen, Olsen & Johnson, Fred Astaire...
Hope tries hard to pep things up by wearing a negligee, insulting old women, hiding in a bait box full of anchovies, etc., but it's no use: the hoary farcicle smothers his brand of fast, wisecracking humor. For his truth-telling pains, he wins the $10,000 and Paulette Goddard. Perhaps it's Hitler's fault, but telling the truth isn't very funny any more...
There's no use beating the dead; it's best just to let "Viva O'Brien's" book lie anonymous with all of its abortive attempts at humor and hope someone will mercifully bury it. A much cheerier subject is the technical genius which has been employed in the production. Topped by the novel triumph of a swimming pool built into the stage, a colorful and impressive array of no less than a dozen distinct scenes is presented--effective enough in themselves to keep a normal audience awake. The presence of the afore-mentioned body of water is thoroughly exploited...