What caught my ear with the radio shows was the laugh out loud humour and the incredible cheekiness/cleverness of Miss Brooks. The situations were off the wall and kept your attention.
I was thoroughly dismayed by the movie! I haven't seen the TV show, so I don't know how bad or good it was, but I can tell you the movie was a waste of my time! The story is terribly boring, the "serious" parts are unnecessary, the real laughs are few and far between. And there isn't enough Walter Denton!
Since Al Lewis is credited for the writing and directing of both the radio shows and the movie, I can only suspect that he didn't bring his gag writers along for the screenplay or the movie was heavily reworked by the studio.
This had the potential of being really great...
I was thoroughly dismayed by the movie! I haven't seen the TV show, so I don't know how bad or good it was, but I can tell you the movie was a waste of my time! The story is terribly boring, the "serious" parts are unnecessary, the real laughs are few and far between. And there isn't enough Walter Denton!
Since Al Lewis is credited for the writing and directing of both the radio shows and the movie, I can only suspect that he didn't bring his gag writers along for the screenplay or the movie was heavily reworked by the studio.
This had the potential of being really great...