Showing posts with label My Friend Irma. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Friend Irma. Show all posts
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My Friend Irma - a review
The music I have written in my lifetime - literally, thousands of pieces, I have been told that the darker, sadder things are the best. I tell you this because I think it's true that I enjoy writing about OTR that I find intolerable.
One of those shows is My Friend Irma. Now I know some of you like the show - and hey, I'll be the first to admit that even I LOVE THE THREE STOOGES.
However, My Friend Irma is not the Three Stooges.
What we have here is Irma, who did such a good job of playing a completely ditzy blonde that she was typecast forever afterwards. I actually feel sorry for her because everything I have ever read about her is positive and she was not a ditzy blonde in real life. As a matter of fact, she was a "blonde bombshell."
However, on My Friend Irma she plays a COMPLETE airhead. She is played perfectly by Marie Wilson. But no one - not any of the Three Stooges even - could be as dumb as she portrayed. If anyone were that dumb, they'd be classified as someone with mental conditions - and then it just wouldn't be funny.
And to me, it's not funny. Irma has her funny moments (I suppose) but I think what makes it not so funny are the even more not-so-funny supporting characters.
One of those actors is John Brown, someone I love in everything he does - but here, he's tepid and while not awful, just not funny. He plays Irma's "boyfriend" but he treats her awful and never works. He's a bum but he's a bum that's almost as dumb as Irma. He knows the street, maybe, but he's dumb. And not funny.
The same goes with the other actors involved. Jane Stacy, the level-headed roommate of Irma (played by Cathy Lewis) is too straight with no sense of humor and little personality. As a matter of fact, she's a little snooty. And oh, she's definitely not funny.
Mrs. O'Reilly the nosy landlady and Professor what's-his-name; they pop in now and then to see what kind of mess Irma has gotten herself into - they sound they like they are straight out of a 7th grade Junior High School comedy. And oh, they aren't funny either.
I've endured at least 20 episodes of this nonsense and that's at least 19 more episodes than I needed to endure.
A one half star rating - if that, I'll give it. It's not even a time-killer. It's just something I have tried to endure so I could write about it.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
One of those shows is My Friend Irma. Now I know some of you like the show - and hey, I'll be the first to admit that even I LOVE THE THREE STOOGES.
However, My Friend Irma is not the Three Stooges.
What we have here is Irma, who did such a good job of playing a completely ditzy blonde that she was typecast forever afterwards. I actually feel sorry for her because everything I have ever read about her is positive and she was not a ditzy blonde in real life. As a matter of fact, she was a "blonde bombshell."
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| Marie Wilson (Irma) |
And to me, it's not funny. Irma has her funny moments (I suppose) but I think what makes it not so funny are the even more not-so-funny supporting characters.
One of those actors is John Brown, someone I love in everything he does - but here, he's tepid and while not awful, just not funny. He plays Irma's "boyfriend" but he treats her awful and never works. He's a bum but he's a bum that's almost as dumb as Irma. He knows the street, maybe, but he's dumb. And not funny.
The same goes with the other actors involved. Jane Stacy, the level-headed roommate of Irma (played by Cathy Lewis) is too straight with no sense of humor and little personality. As a matter of fact, she's a little snooty. And oh, she's definitely not funny.
Mrs. O'Reilly the nosy landlady and Professor what's-his-name; they pop in now and then to see what kind of mess Irma has gotten herself into - they sound they like they are straight out of a 7th grade Junior High School comedy. And oh, they aren't funny either.
I've endured at least 20 episodes of this nonsense and that's at least 19 more episodes than I needed to endure.
A one half star rating - if that, I'll give it. It's not even a time-killer. It's just something I have tried to endure so I could write about it.
©Jimbo 2010/2011
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At your service: versatile actor John Brown
I've been asked to post about John Brown.
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John Brown is a mystery. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry.
What's odd; the guy was everywhere in old-time radio - and he was a great actor with several dialects.
I loved him in every role I can think of, including my favorite role of his, Broadway, on the Damon Runyon Theater.
Not that much else exists (free on the net) about versatile John Brown. I will watch for new information in the future.
You can actually find a lot more information here; I can't post particulars for a number of reasons, including Google copyright violations.
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| Herald-Journal Sept. 1949 |
John Brown is a mystery. He doesn't even have a Wikipedia entry.
What's odd; the guy was everywhere in old-time radio - and he was a great actor with several dialects.
I loved him in every role I can think of, including my favorite role of his, Broadway, on the Damon Runyon Theater.
Not that much else exists (free on the net) about versatile John Brown. I will watch for new information in the future.
You can actually find a lot more information here; I can't post particulars for a number of reasons, including Google copyright violations.
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