Considering my father was completely obsessed by model trains, I particularly appreciated this installment in the Joe McDoakes series! And even if you don't come from a family with model railroaders, you'll like this one.
The story begins with Alice on some radio show with a host named Mr. Agony (Arthur Q. Bryan*). She begins pouring her heart out to the man about her husband and his weird addiction to model trains. It all began with Joe buying his nephew a train...and not even letting the kid play with it. Then, Joe got his own trains and it filled the living room. Then, he put trains all over the house...culminating with a dinner party where trains ended up ruining everything.
This one works for one major reason...the punchline at the end if pretty funny. Plus, although ludicrous, the story also was pretty funny...and a big improvement over the previous two stinkers in the series.
By the way, Arthur Q. Bryan was the voice of Elmer Fudd...and he looked quite a bit like him, too!
The story begins with Alice on some radio show with a host named Mr. Agony (Arthur Q. Bryan*). She begins pouring her heart out to the man about her husband and his weird addiction to model trains. It all began with Joe buying his nephew a train...and not even letting the kid play with it. Then, Joe got his own trains and it filled the living room. Then, he put trains all over the house...culminating with a dinner party where trains ended up ruining everything.
This one works for one major reason...the punchline at the end if pretty funny. Plus, although ludicrous, the story also was pretty funny...and a big improvement over the previous two stinkers in the series.
By the way, Arthur Q. Bryan was the voice of Elmer Fudd...and he looked quite a bit like him, too!