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According to Tommy Smothers, Lana Turner was incredibly nervous to perform live in front of an audience, but she does so winningly and with great comic timing. She rebuffs Tommy's advances as Casanova (in a long wig) and saunters around doors denying having other men in the house, while Pat Paulsen hangs on a door in a bathrobe.

Robert Morse is magnetic in a routine where he quizzes the audience on how they should behave in an office setting. His speed, charm and dexterity make for a memorable show. He seemed to have had the energy to take on the full hour on his own and still have some left over.

The only dud are the Electric Prunes who perform a trippy song, the singers head inset onto the image of the whole band. It is a passable show but not up to the standards of the Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour which is known for having legendary bands on as guests.

Although season one has never been officially released, these episodes ran on E! And can be found with some digging.

A group of con-artists (James Dunn, Raymond Walburn, William Fraley and Arlene Judge) find themselves in need of a new scheme and descend upon the hometown of Foster (Dunn) to pull a job. When they arrive, Foster is greeted by the pesky kid sister of an old friend, only now she is grown up and gorgeous (Rosina Lawrence). He decides to abandon his plans for her sake, but that doesn't stop Walburn from selling fake bonds to the locals, forcing Foster to find a way to give them their money back. The town is expecting a visit from a millionaire (Charles Sellon), so the group decides he is their next target.

This is a pleasant programmer full of laughs and great character actors. "Stars and Stripes Forever" becomes a running joke as the town literally strikes up the band for every train that comes through in case a millionaire is on it. There is a wonderful swimming hole scene with Dunn, Sellon and Walburn, a slice of Americana.

I saw this film screened at Cinevent in Columbus, Ohio in 2021.

Lucky Wilson (Robert Sterling) may have a baby face, but he is a hard-boiled gangster. He muscles in on legitimate businesses to take a cut, and cuts them if they don't comply. He runs around with a bevy of beautiful women of varying intelligence, telling them all they sure know how to make a guy realize what he's been missing all his life. One night after a run-in with the cops, Lucky takes off on a high speed chase and winds up with a bullet in his wing. He lands on a farm owned by a nice family who takes him in to recover from what they believe is a wound received by a group of gangsters.

Lucky couldn't have picked a more wholesome family. Fay Holden and Henry Travers are Ma and Pa, Marsha Hunt is Pauline and Virginia Weidler is her little sister Lizzie. Pauline plays nursemaid and develops a crush on their visitor. Lizzie talks too much, shows off and does anything to keep his attention. Once he is well enough to get to the phone, Lucky calls his pals who advise him the heat is on and he better stay on at the farm as a boarder until it is safe to come back to the city.

The epitome of a wholesome feel-good film, I'll Wait For You is polished propaganda for small town America. The acting is solid, the story is believable enough without being very detailed; it is a charming film that could have used a better, more memorable title. I saw this on TCM.