Honey West (TV Series) It's Earlier Than You Think (1966) User Reviews

It's Earlier Than You Think

[Prismark10 · 4/10 · 17 June 2022]

Honey West enters the world of hokum science fiction.

A man dies at Honey's apartment with a newspaper from 1865 that announced President Lincoln's death.

Several people in kilts show up claiming to be the dead man's eccentric brother. They all want to know if he handed something to Honey.

If the newspaper is real then it is worth a lot of money. The paper certainly looks authentic, it has been properly aged.

Honey West discovers that the paper is fake by use of a special ageing ray gun.

It is a nonsensical story. The people behind the news story didn't bother to do basic research as to which box the Lincolns were in.

Also there are other ways to age stuff when it comes to forging old pieces of art or furniture.

Even the action bits were silly.

Honey and Abraham Lincoln

[bensonmum2 · 4/10 · 6 July 2015]

A man shows up at Honey's door with a newspaper from 1865 announcing the assassination of President Lincoln. Is it real or is it a fake? If it's real, the newspaper is worth at least $500,000. The man who brought it to Honey isn't saying - he's dead. And the people who killed him want that paper.

As my rating indicates, I'm not a big fan of It's Earlier Than You Think. Sure, it's got a few good spots like all the guys in kilts running around claiming to be the dead man's brother. But it has much more that I don't care for, like the ridiculous aging ray. It's too ridiculous even by Honey West's standards. Overall, it's a very unsatisfying experience that I cannot rate any higher than 4/10.

For this episode's Name That Character Actor, I'm selecting Leonid Kinskey. In his long career, he appeared in everything from the Marx Bros' Duck Soup to Casablanca to Hogan's Heroes.