"The Larkins" Gun-In-Law (TV Episode 1958) Poster

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(1958)

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7/10
Crossed wires
Sleepin_Dragon5 April 2023
Ada has to put on a good spread for Eddie's potential employers, at the same time, Jeff has to provide tea for a young group of competition winners, who are expecting a show of cowboys and Indians.

It's a comedy of its time, so expect a few laughs, and also expect a few prevailing attitudes of the time also.

I found this somewhat more accomplished than the first episode, good use of farce and slapstick. Expect to see several familiar faces, watch out for Warren Mitchell.

It wasn't just about Battleaxe Peggy Mount this time, the laughs were split across the board, David Kossoff was given the best moments, dressed up, protesting at the behaviour of the kids, he was perhaps just outdone by Eddie's mishap with the crockery.

Amusing, 7/10.
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4/10
Gun-In-Law
Prismark104 April 2023
Warning: Spoilers
Ada Larkins is giving a party for their son's Eddie prospective new employer and his wife.

Meanwhile son in law Jeff is writing his new western book. His publisher Maxie Green (Warren Mitchell) wants Jeff to entertain the kids in order to publicise his book.

Jeff does not want to invite the kids for dinner. However in a mix up, Ada and Alf mistakenly believe that Maxie was sent from Eddie's prospective new employer. They think they are organising a party for prospective employer and his wife plus four kids.

On the day, Alf has to dress like a Red Indian. Jeff as a cowboy and his gun fires blank bullets. When the prospective employer and his wife arrive, they are oblivious to the brattish kids. Denying to Ada that the kids belong to them.

It all gets too much for the wife who collapses, especially whe Eddie drops a bowl of trifle on her.

At the end of it, Eddie gets the job to sell tonic tablets to people who endure extreme commotion.

The plot is basically the boss and his wife comes to the house for the dinner party. That is straight out of the I Love Lucy playbook. It has the mix up with the kids. It was notable that one of the kids was black, Ada thinks he was adopted.
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