Ma wants to break into a chorus of "Bye Bye Birdie" as she goes up against her arch rival Birdie Hicks (Esther Dale) in three different competitions at the annual shindig. Her jelly soothes the belly; Her bread will thrill your head; and her horse is fast, of course. That's if you make rattle snake sounds to get it going. Pa, of course, still owes money to everyone in town, and gives half of ma's bread winnings to two of his debtors. But desperate to get daughter Lori Nelson into college, Ma and Pa count on winning the horse race. Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride are back in another amusing entry in this series spun off from "The Egg and I".
Good hearted and simple, this entry into the series is a realistic portrayal of annual county fairs, a part of country life that reminds us of what traditions country folks came to depend on not only for their bread and butter, entertainment, sport and social, but to guide their children to appreciating a life with more wholesome values. Main and Dale exchange some good one-liners, although Dale does get to instill some humanity into her seemingly sour old maid.
Good hearted and simple, this entry into the series is a realistic portrayal of annual county fairs, a part of country life that reminds us of what traditions country folks came to depend on not only for their bread and butter, entertainment, sport and social, but to guide their children to appreciating a life with more wholesome values. Main and Dale exchange some good one-liners, although Dale does get to instill some humanity into her seemingly sour old maid.