Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.Benchley tries his best to demonstrate the routine one should follow to start the day right.
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- TriviaThe Sunday Daily News, dated June 13, 1937 boasts having 12 pages of comics. In the days of cities having multiple newspapers, comics were one of the big selling points on which paper to subscribe. In today's world of newspaper consolidation, contraction, demise, and on-line subscriptions, comics (and comic strip artists) have suffered. Readers are quite lucky if they get four pages of comics on Sunday.
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First in the "How To..." series.
Talented B-Movie director Roy Rowland got his start in pictures directing shorts for MGM back when movie theaters showed short films instead of soda commercials before the feature. His most famous shorts are the comical "How To..." series. These 11 minute spoofs were "mockumentary" educational films on how to do seemingly simple tasks. In this, the first of the series, narrator Robert Benchley instructs an average joe on the "proper" way to wake up, get ready and "start the day." Of course, it wouldn't be a "How To..." film unless every possible thing went wrong along the way. From a toothpaste shortage to a faulty shower, the film is one disaster after another until its modest punchline. Those looking for unappreciated talent should consider Roy Rowland.
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- notdempsey
- Sep 29, 2004
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