lurch-17

I only watched episode One of the Einstein story. Great Cast, great sets, accurate story - lots of important history.

But the time-jumping editing left me out. Each two or three minutes the time frame changed and I (and others) were faced with a different time, different location, and different-looking actors playing the main characters - for no good reason at all. The story did not need it. We were constantly lost as to when it was, where it was, and who was doing it. Time jumping is occasionally necessary to tie together the same idea or motive over a long period. Not the case here. Chronologically would have been great. I did not bother watching subsequent episodes.

Bizarre intricate plot with no redeemable characters. Eustace (Willie Best) steals the show with the most lines of any character. Early Craig Stevens (later of Peter Gunn fame) playing the usual straight man. Milton Parsons and on-screen sister Cecil Cunningham stealing the show for acting talent and sicko psycho comic relief.

The Whodunit turns into the Whocares very funny comedy.

Especially Willie Best and Milton Parsons. Somehow I have to make six hundred characters to get this accepted.

Watch this movie. Would be interesting to know which actor/actress made the most bucks from this.

Watch it.