Joan Davis has always given me a few moderate chuckles here and there, and in a few instances, some downright knee-slapping moments as well. Some of her TV comedy a bit forced and obvious, with little regards to timing and sometimes seemingly too desperate to please. If Lucy was the physical comic, Eve Arden the verbal comic and Betty White the innocent, overly cheery comic, then where does Joan Davis fit as far as '50s female TV comedy stars fit? Sort of potpourri, a mixture of both Lucy and Eve, and if not as youthful as Betty, she is definitely as enthusiastic as the still working golden girl would remain.
Here, Joan is a man-hungry hat salesgirl desperate to catch a man, and she ends up being trained by none other than the ultra large and ultra masculine Hope Emerson, the very same year she terrorized Eleanor Parker in "Caged" right to an Oscar Nomination. Emerson ended up as her neighbor on "I Married Joan", proving that allegedly mannish women can be funny as well as imposing. This pilot didn't sell but has some really funny moments that really make you wish it had.
Here, Joan is a man-hungry hat salesgirl desperate to catch a man, and she ends up being trained by none other than the ultra large and ultra masculine Hope Emerson, the very same year she terrorized Eleanor Parker in "Caged" right to an Oscar Nomination. Emerson ended up as her neighbor on "I Married Joan", proving that allegedly mannish women can be funny as well as imposing. This pilot didn't sell but has some really funny moments that really make you wish it had.