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While most kids I knew were busy watching reruns of the Brady Bunch, I
grew up on old black and white comedies like His Gal Friday
with Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell, and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken
with Don Knotts. What can I say? My parents had me - by accident -
later in life, and I was raised on old-style comedy. Back then, the
comic dialog wasn't "in your face obvious" but quick and subdued. If
you weren't paying attention, you'd miss the punchline. By the same
token, the slapstick stylings of Charlie Chaplin and Lou Costello were
impossible to ignore. |
