Now Hear This (1962)
6/10
If there's anything more annoying than so-called British "humor" . . .
6 May 2016
Warning: Spoilers
. . . it's FAKE English Comedy. Warner Bros. hoists itself on its own Piccard, leaving Looney Tunes fans dangling from the Tree of Life like so much Strange Fruit. The animators of the short NOW HEAR THIS contend that Satan's Left Horn translates Trump, when you use it as an ear trumpet. Though there are few if any lines of dialog in this relic from America's CAMELOT Days, you can practically hear The Donald yelling out his catch-phrase, "Get 'Em Out, Get 'Em Out!!" every time Bernie Sanders rides into the scene on his purple tricycle. If Monte Python took LSD as teenagers, their trip would pretty much follow in the footsteps of NOW HEAR THIS. Benny Hill must have paid lots of royalties to NOW director Chuck Jones. Ditto LAUGH-IN, HEE-HAW, HOOTENANNY, and THAT WAS THE WEEK THAT WAS. But being King in the Land of the Blind doesn't change the fact that you've only got One Eye. No one wins a trophy for putting their trash out first, either. Chuck's ancestor John Paul may have been better served if HE had NEVER begun to write!
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