If you like the goofball comedies of the 1940s, mixing wordplay, parodies of genres, and musical numbers; this film is as good as any made by Bob Hope. Band leader and radio personality Kay Kyser discovers, on his wedding day, that he has been drafted. When his new bride finds out, just after they are pronounced "man and wife," that her new husband will have to leave for the army that evening, she replies to a question how she feels now that she's married, "This is the worst thing that has ever happened to me!"
Kay tries to instruct recruits but does not do too good of a job. Thus, the army wants him to return to his nightclub as a counterspy -- they suspect there's an enemy agent working there. Naturally, (1) he can't tell his bride about his assignment, (2) his contact is a beautiful women, and (3) Kay and the women are arrested late at night, causing a front page sensation the next day.
Kay has to keep telling lies to his bride in order to cover his seeming philandering. Eventually, she thinks everything is just a gag, including her husband's announcement that he's found the spy ring. Even as the bad guys shoot at Kay in his night club, she thinks this is all just fun. Of course, Kay ends up the hero and the two of them FINALLY get to be alone together.
This film isn't for people who want fart jokes or expect to burst out laughing every ten seconds. Like most 1940s comedies, there are musical interludes and (horrors!) it's in BW. But if you like Bob Hope films, you'll find that Kay Kyser was every bit as funny.
Kay tries to instruct recruits but does not do too good of a job. Thus, the army wants him to return to his nightclub as a counterspy -- they suspect there's an enemy agent working there. Naturally, (1) he can't tell his bride about his assignment, (2) his contact is a beautiful women, and (3) Kay and the women are arrested late at night, causing a front page sensation the next day.
Kay has to keep telling lies to his bride in order to cover his seeming philandering. Eventually, she thinks everything is just a gag, including her husband's announcement that he's found the spy ring. Even as the bad guys shoot at Kay in his night club, she thinks this is all just fun. Of course, Kay ends up the hero and the two of them FINALLY get to be alone together.
This film isn't for people who want fart jokes or expect to burst out laughing every ten seconds. Like most 1940s comedies, there are musical interludes and (horrors!) it's in BW. But if you like Bob Hope films, you'll find that Kay Kyser was every bit as funny.