{"id":130,"date":"2006-04-01T14:03:51","date_gmt":"2006-04-01T21:03:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=130"},"modified":"2020-12-04T20:42:26","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T03:42:26","slug":"naughty-nineties-the-1945","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=130","title":{"rendered":"Naughty Nineties, The (1945)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Strange as it may seem, they give ball players nowadays very peculiar names.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Poster-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Poster-1-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Poster-1-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Poster-1-82x128.jpg 82w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Poster-1.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 193px) 100vw, 193px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAbbott and Costello try to rescue their friend&#8217;s showboat from the hands of some unscrupulous cardsharks.  <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abbott and Costello Films<\/a><\/li>\n<li>At Sea<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, while Abbott and Costello&#8217;s first period piece &#8220;isn&#8217;t slickly made&#8221; it contains &#8220;several of their most famous routines&#8221; and remains an &#8220;excellent A&#038;C sampler.&#8221; The storyline is innocuous but relatively enjoyable, and &#8212; most importantly &#8212; never interferes with the ongoing litany of gags. Unlike Peary, I didn&#8217;t find the scene in which Costello is &#8220;hanging over the side of the boat in order to spy on bad guys through their porthole&#8221; and ends up causing the &#8220;heavily lathered Joe Sawyer&#8221; to look into the porthole, &#8220;think it&#8217;s a mirror,&#8221; and &#8220;begin to shave off the lather&#8221; particularly funny. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1673\" height=\"1021\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving.png 1673w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-1024x625.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-128x78.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-1536x937.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Shaving-442x270.png 442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1673px) 100vw, 1673px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, I was tickled pink by countless other hilarious moments, including Abbott and Costello performing their beloved &#8220;Who&#8217;s On First?&#8221; skit:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First-1024x656.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First-1024x656.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First-768x492.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Whos-On-First.png 1507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Costello fearfully confronting a plateful of fried &#8220;cats&#8221;:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats-1024x681.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats-1024x681.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats-128x85.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats-768x511.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cats.png 1459w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Costello frosting a ramshackle cake:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake-1024x669.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"418\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake-1024x669.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake-128x84.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake-768x502.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Cake.png 1473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Costello shakily singing &#8220;My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean&#8221; in time to Abbott&#8217;s stage directions:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie-1024x657.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"411\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-47323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie-1024x657.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie-128x82.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie-768x493.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Bonnie.png 1513w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many amusing skits<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1625\" height=\"1019\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still.png 1625w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-1024x642.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-128x80.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-768x482.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-1536x963.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/04\/Naughty-Nineties-Still-431x270.png 431w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1625px) 100vw, 1625px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See?  <\/strong><br \/>\nYes. While some reviewers disagree, I believe this film is a distillation of Abbott and Costello at their best.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Genuine Classic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0037939\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rinkworks.com\/movies\/m\/the.naughty.nineties.1945.shtml\">At-a-Glance Movie Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Strange as it may seem, they give ball players nowadays very peculiar names.&#8221; Synopsis: Abbott and Costello try to rescue their friend&#8217;s showboat from the hands of some unscrupulous cardsharks. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Abbott and Costello Films At Sea Comedy Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, while Abbott and Costello&#8217;s first period piece &#8220;isn&#8217;t slickly made&#8221; it contains &#8220;several of their most famous routines&#8221; and remains an &#8220;excellent A&#038;C sampler.&#8221; The storyline is innocuous but relatively enjoyable,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=130\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56235,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions\/56235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}