Buz and Tod arrive in Harleyville where they deal with the town jinx.Buz and Tod arrive in Harleyville where they deal with the town jinx.Buz and Tod arrive in Harleyville where they deal with the town jinx.
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- TriviaTod shows no interest in the fishing taking place all during the episode, leaving it to Jonah and Buz to fish. In real life, Martin Milner was such an avid angler he hosted his own radio show, "Let's Talk Hook-Up".
- GoofsBeing filmed in Calabasas, California, everything has a southwest look to the terrain and nothing looks like the area around Kansas City, with the tall hills and mountains and southwestern brush. While filming locations were often not where they claimed, except in cities which couldn't be confused, the terrain was usually similar to where the story was supposed to take place. This is an exception.
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For fans of the series, I expect an entry like this-- played mainly for laughs-- remains a matter of taste. It does feature classic comic Buster Keaton doing his slapstick skits. At the same time, comedy amounts to a rather jarring departure from the series' usual high drama. There's also old time funnyman Joe E. Brown doing mainly a nice guy rather than schtick. I expect producers didn't want the two of them seemingly competing for laughs.
Anyway, there's no real plot except for something about a missing ring. That provides an excuse for a few last-minute moments of action as Buzz and Tod have mock fisticuffs with three local tough kids. Otherwise the two perform good-naturedly on the comedic fringes. Too bad that the little youth gang includes John Davis Chandler whose specialty as a psychotic, Mad Dog Coll (1961), is unfortunately wasted here. The supporting cast also includes an early John Astin doing amusing tongue-in-cheek as a station attendant. All in all, I would recommend the entry mainly to fans of Keaton and Brown, but not necessarily for fans of the series.
Anyway, there's no real plot except for something about a missing ring. That provides an excuse for a few last-minute moments of action as Buzz and Tod have mock fisticuffs with three local tough kids. Otherwise the two perform good-naturedly on the comedic fringes. Too bad that the little youth gang includes John Davis Chandler whose specialty as a psychotic, Mad Dog Coll (1961), is unfortunately wasted here. The supporting cast also includes an early John Astin doing amusing tongue-in-cheek as a station attendant. All in all, I would recommend the entry mainly to fans of Keaton and Brown, but not necessarily for fans of the series.
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- dougdoepke
- Aug 3, 2016
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