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Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm [VHS]

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I think this movie is one of their best. It brings tears of laughter to your eyes. Movies that make you smile and feel good are the best and this one is on top of the list of great family films. I think you will enjoy this movie and feel good for the rest of the day after watching Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm.

In this installment of the Kettle series, Ma and Pa become grandparents when their son, Tom, and his wife, Kim, become parents themselves. Kim's parents arrive from Boston to help out with the baby, and tensions rise between the grandmothers. The end result--Ma and Pa leave the start of art modern home to return to the squalor of the squattors flat. Included is the standard screwball humor, and the introduction of Kim's parents is important as background for Ma and Pa Kettle On Vacation (an essential film). However, for Kettle films, this one falls squarely in the middle. It is a good film, not quite as good as the first 3 (including The Egg and I), better than At the Fair, In the Ozarks, or Old McDonalds Farm.

The Kettle story began with the film THE EGG AND I (1947). They had a small part in the film, but was asked to star in their own film series, MA AND PA KETTLE (1949) and then MA AND PA KETTLE GO TO TOWN (1950). In this fourth film, Pa goes into town with his two Indian friends to get on the nerves of Mr. Reed, the gemeral store owner. What Pa doesn't know is, is that he is about to become a grandfather. Pa gets confused and thinks his wife is about to have another child. Like they have 15 already. Actually, it's Richard Long that is the new daddy. The Kettles are finally settled in their new modern house they had won in that contest, but upon the sudden visit of the new grandson's other grandparents, the Parkers, who are well-to-do, the whole house is re-arranged by the new guests. But soon the Parkers are about to see how the Kettles really live. Since the house is too big or should I say too crowded for the daughter-in-law and her parents, the Kettles decide to go back to the old farm. If the man who plays "Steve" looks familar, it is Jerry Hausner who went on to play "Jerry--the Agent" in the "I Love Lucy" pilot. Then Jerry/Joe and did "Baby Crying" in the CBS "I Love Lucy" tv series.