As you can see, others - not many others, granted, but others - liked this movie. I'll leave it to you to figure out why.
It's true there are some fine comedians here, like Peggy Cass and Norman Fell. But they aren't given anything interesting to do. Cass's character only writes postcards, and with each new city, remarks on how it is spelled in the local language. That's not enough to create a funny character. Fell has no more to work with.
The other characters have no more to them, and so no more chance to be funny or interesting.
In general, the jokes are lame, and there are the usual ethnic stereotypes.
This sort of rapid bus excursion through Europe, which still exists today, could provide all sorts of humor. But you don't get it here.
What a shame.
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The one thing I will say for this movie is that, since it was shot in various European locations in the late 1960s, it does give you a chance to see certain tourist sites like Venice as they once existed but now, overrun with tourists, can no longer be seen.
Other than that, it seems hard to believe that a major studio like MGM could have released something that looks so underdone.
It's true there are some fine comedians here, like Peggy Cass and Norman Fell. But they aren't given anything interesting to do. Cass's character only writes postcards, and with each new city, remarks on how it is spelled in the local language. That's not enough to create a funny character. Fell has no more to work with.
The other characters have no more to them, and so no more chance to be funny or interesting.
In general, the jokes are lame, and there are the usual ethnic stereotypes.
This sort of rapid bus excursion through Europe, which still exists today, could provide all sorts of humor. But you don't get it here.
What a shame.
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The one thing I will say for this movie is that, since it was shot in various European locations in the late 1960s, it does give you a chance to see certain tourist sites like Venice as they once existed but now, overrun with tourists, can no longer be seen.
Other than that, it seems hard to believe that a major studio like MGM could have released something that looks so underdone.