Fancy Pants
Last week I was finally able to find the film Fancy Pants at the video store. It had been missing for years, and someone either FINALLY returned it, or the store bought a new copy. Either way, there it was, so I grabbed it. My mom showed it to me when I was a child and I liked it, but I couldn’t remember too much about it. I wondered if it would still appeal to me, for now as an adult (more or less), both main stars, Bob Hope or Lucille Ball, are hit or miss with me.
My fears were quickly placated– I was laughing from the get go, and throughout the entire film. Fizzy watched it with me, and she enjoyed it, too. I haven’t seen many, but for what it’s worth, this is my favorite of Bob Hope’s films. Anyone out there who, like me before watching this, doesn’t think of him as a great comedic actor, needs to see this film just to make SURE you don’t like him. He plays an American actor impersonating a British butler impersonating British royalty, and has many great scenes, including his retelling of an encounter he had where his military outfit found itself in a position of “3 against 1000.” Truly hilarious, in the rapid-paced, fast-talking, clever dialogue format that has nearly disappeared from films of the modern era.
If you find yourself enjoying Bob Hope in Fancy Pants, I only know of one other film he made that I found extremely enjoyable– Bachelor in Paradise. Funny stuff, man.
:) No big impression of Bob Hope. Never really struck me as great, but not bad either. eh.
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