The Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle: Volume Two (At the Fair / On Vacation / At Home / At Waikiki)
by Charles Barton, Charles Lamont, Lee Sholem
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Actor: Byron Palmer, Lori Nelson, Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride, Russell JohnsonDirector: Charles Barton, Charles Lamont, Lee Sholem
Brand: Universal Studios
Writer: Betty MacDonald
Writer: Connie Lee Bennett
Writer: Elwood Ullman
Writer: Harry Clork
Writer: Jack Henley
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 326 minutes
Published: 2004-05-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-05-04
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Adventures of Ma & Pa Kettle: Volume Two (At the Fair / On Vacation / At Home / At Waikiki)
Movie Review: Got a hankerin' for volume 2 of the Kettles
Summary: 5 Stars
The hilarity continues with a second hearty helping of Ma & Pa Kettle. Pa (a lazy, slow-minded fellow who looked like a cross between Stan Laurel & Ichabob Crane) and Ma (with her potato-sack figure & blustery personality) were memorable screen comedy figures who had perfect chemistry, thanks to the talented Percy Kilbride & Marjorie Main.
"..At the Fair" has Ma & Pa cooking up a scheme to finance their daughter Rosie's college education: Enter themselves in various contests at the County Fair. Naturally, gullible Pa buys a no-good nag for the harness race, and Ma gets opposition in the jam & bread baking contests from her old rival, the snooty, sharp-tongued Birdie Hicks.
"..On Vacation" once again gives Ma & Pa a break from their homestead & fifteen kids when in-laws Jonathon & Liz invite them along on a trip to Paris. Before the plane even touches down in the City of Lights, Pa is entrusted with a mysterious envelope by a kindly stranger. Once settled, it isn't long until the Kettles are embroiled in espionage, with Pa working (yep, you heard right!!) as a G-man to "smoke out the spies". Familiar character actor Sig Rumann (famous as a comic foil for the Marx Brothers) plays one of the bad spies. There are some memorable comic moments made mostly through the Kettles' confusion over French customs.
"..At Home" puts the Kettles back at the old place. After son Elwin enters an essay contest to qualify him for college funding through a popular magazine, it's up to the Kettles to whip their disaster of a property into a "model farm" before the judges arrive. With Pa "supervising" (from his hammock, natch!), there follows some hilarious gags with cardboard water towers, falling barn boards, paper walls & even a funny chase with "authentic Indians" (courtesy of Geoduck, Crowbar & friends). One of the judges, a spoiled, fussy man (Alan Mowbray) suffers one indignity after another with frogs, eggs, mud, etc. But when the Kettles invite friends & neighbors over for Christmas, he realizes what a big heart this family really has.
"..At Waikiki" opens with the Kettles suffering through a sweltering heat wave (Pa fixes the air conditioner..backwards!). They are rescued by an invitation to paradise: Relative Rodney Kettle asks Pa to run his fruit processing company (Pa just falls into some of the cushiest positions without even trying!). But opposition wants to seize the company for themselves, and they kidnap Pa, spiriting him away to another island on a "hidden treasure" rouse. So it's Ma to the rescue (aided by a parallel-universe Hawaiian Kettle-like brood) to get Pa out of danger (a rousing slapstick battle here). Russell Johnson (the Professor on "Gilligan's Island") has a small role as a thug, as well as Faye Roope (known as Mrs. Stevens on "Bewitched") as a wealthy woman who has disastrous encounters with the Kettles. This was Kilbride's last performance as Pa Kettle before retiring; Main continued the Ma Kettle role for two more films.
I was disappointed Universal didn't take the time to at least put together a featurette about the Kettle movies & their two stars. However, just having & enjoying these last four comedies once again is reward enough!
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