{"id":97,"date":"2006-03-29T11:13:26","date_gmt":"2006-03-29T18:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97"},"modified":"2021-01-05T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:49:35","slug":"buck-privates-1941","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97","title":{"rendered":"Buck Privates (1941)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Congratulations, men &#8212; we&#8217;re glad to have you in the army!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-211x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-61676\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-211x300.png 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-720x1024.png 720w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-90x128.png 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-768x1092.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster-190x270.png 190w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/03\/Buck-Privates-Poster.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA pair of necktie salesmen (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) accidentally join the Army.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Abbott and Costello Films<\/li>\n<li>Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Military<\/li>\n<li>World War II<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary&#8217;s Review:<\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary notes, this popular wartime amusement &#8212; the biggest box office draw of 1941 &#8212; &#8220;holds up nicely&#8221; and still delivers lots of laughs. Abbott and Costello are at their comedic best, and the Andrews Sisters are simply delightful as they sing their way through several rousing songs, including &#8220;Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B&#8221; and &#8220;You&#8217;re a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith&#8221;. Highlights include Costello playing craps for the &#8220;first&#8221; time&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-craps.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-craps.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5259\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Abbott asking Costello for a $10 &#8220;loan&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-loan.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-loan.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; Costello fumbling his way through drill exercises (this scene was used as propaganda by the Japanese to showcase America&#8217;s military incompetence!):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-drill.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-drill.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5261\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Costello in the boxing ring: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-boxing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-boxing.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5262\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Andrews Sisters&#8217; &#8220;classic hip-shaking performance of &#8216;Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B'&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-andrews.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/02\/buck-privates-andrews.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5258\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes.  Along with <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=130\"><em>The Naughty Nineties<\/em><\/a> (1945), this is one of Abbott and Costello&#8217;s best vehicles, and worth watching. <\/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\/tt0033436\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/buck-privates\/review\/120917\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Congratulations, men &#8212; we&#8217;re glad to have you in the army!&#8221; Synopsis: A pair of necktie salesmen (Bud Abbott and Lou Costello) accidentally join the Army. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Abbott and Costello Films Comedy Military World War II Response to Peary&#8217;s Review: As Peary notes, this popular wartime amusement &#8212; the biggest box office draw of 1941 &#8212; &#8220;holds up nicely&#8221; and still delivers lots of laughs. Abbott and Costello are at their comedic best, and the Andrews&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=97\"> 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-97","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\/97","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=97"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61681,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97\/revisions\/61681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}