Go Chase Yourself

The writing was bland and the characters weren't funny at all. A road trip comedy with potential but fell flat. Wilbur's character to me was trying to imitate the three stooges. As much as I love Lucille Ball I'd skip this one.

Silly but amusing comedy built around radio comic Joe Penner as a stupid bank clerk who becomes involved in a bank robbery when he wins a trailer in a lottery. Some good gags - I like the one where Joe pulls up to a gas station with the trailer and no car - and able support from people like Lucille Ball as Joe's wife, and Friz Feld as a fortune hunting Casanova, make this a breezy way to spend 70 or so minutes. Pity other more "important" pictures weren't as enjoyable.

While this may not be the greatest movie ever, it is a lot of fun to watch. Joe Penner is hilarious, and Lucille Ball is also great. It's too bad Mr. Penner had to die so young, he was a bit of a comic genius. If you like good clean family fun, then this is a movie not to be missed.

The teaming of zany Joe Penner and Lucille Ball might incongruous to many the two actually make this RKO comedy work. Though how Lucy ever got hitched to Penner will be one of life's mysteries.

Penner is a dumb as a brick bank clerk who spills the beans on his bank's security measures. When its robbed Penner is thought of as an inside man. Not only that, wouldn't you know it the bank robbers hitch their getaway car to Penner and Ball's new trailer which they just won in a contest. Penner's asleep inside and soon enough the three crooks discover they have a hostage if needed.

Then to Top it all off Penner and the crooks get involved with June Travis who is running away from home to marry Fritz Feld, a no account phony count from some mittel Europa country. And Lucy hooks up with Feld rushing to claim his bride.

The laughs come fast and furious inthis comedy although Penner is something of an acquired taste. He died young and who knows how he might have done on television.

Tom Kennedy who matches Penner in wit and IQ is always a favorite. One of the dumber crooks and/or cops on the big screen when he's on the other side. He's my favorite here.

Lots of laughs in this ancient chestnut.

Wilbur (Joe Penner) is a bit of an idiot...and his wife (Lucille Ball) is quick to let folks know. This is especially the case after the guy is accused of robbing the bank where he works....and she insists he's just too stupid to have done it! However, the real crooks who did it are holding him prisoner in a trailer he just won...and the police have assumed that because he's missing, he must have stolen the money. Along the trail, the wife gets paired up with a silly gigolo and you know that eventually it all will get straightened out.

This is an okay film. It has some funny moments, but a few times Penner overacts and is a bit insufferable. Add to that an ending involving a runaway trailer (which is NOT done well) and you have a recipe for a film which is a time-passer and nothing more.