I have just finished viewing "Look Who's Laughing" and enjoyed it very much. I am a big fan of Fibber McGee and Molly and couldn't wait to watch it as it was referenced on their radio program.
Did you spot Arthur Q. Bryant (Doc Gamble in the program; Elmer Fudd to the rest of you)? He was the one that informed the mayor that McGee resigned as president of the chamber of commerce. Sterling Holloway (Winnie the Pooh) was the soda jerk who talked to Charlie McCarthey. Even Harlow Wilcox is in it, though he isn't selling Johnson's wax as usual, but foreclosing on McGee's house. I am also astonished at how young "Uppy" is in this movie (imo she looks like Billie Burke); she always came across as someone much older in the program.
There is one thing I really need to correct, however. One reviewer commented that "Baby Snooks is even in this one but is not credited and is dubbed onto Mollie while she talks on the phone". THIS ISN'T TRUE. This is Molly's own voice when she does the character of the little girl in the radio program, named "Teeny". You can tell its her and NOT Baby Snooks (voiced by Fanny Brice) because Baby Snooks has a childish, almost infantile way of speaking; Teeny, on the other hand, is a more mature, wisecracking voice peppered with 1940s slang and "I betchas". If the reviewer actually listened to any of the episodes from Fibber McGee and Molly, he would have known this since Teeny appears on almost every episode Molly was on. Furthermore, his claim to "love OTR" (OTR-Old Time Radio; a website hosting hundreds of radio programs) is questionable since episodes of both Fibber McGee and Molly and Baby Snooks can be downloaded and listened to. He could have easily discerned the difference between the two characters.
That aside, one sorely missed actor from the radio series was Bill Thompson. I was really looking forward to seeing him in one of his many radio characters (especially Mr. Wimple and Old Timer)or even to hear his own voice. Ah well, all in all a good movie, and a great way to put faces to voices.
Did you spot Arthur Q. Bryant (Doc Gamble in the program; Elmer Fudd to the rest of you)? He was the one that informed the mayor that McGee resigned as president of the chamber of commerce. Sterling Holloway (Winnie the Pooh) was the soda jerk who talked to Charlie McCarthey. Even Harlow Wilcox is in it, though he isn't selling Johnson's wax as usual, but foreclosing on McGee's house. I am also astonished at how young "Uppy" is in this movie (imo she looks like Billie Burke); she always came across as someone much older in the program.
There is one thing I really need to correct, however. One reviewer commented that "Baby Snooks is even in this one but is not credited and is dubbed onto Mollie while she talks on the phone". THIS ISN'T TRUE. This is Molly's own voice when she does the character of the little girl in the radio program, named "Teeny". You can tell its her and NOT Baby Snooks (voiced by Fanny Brice) because Baby Snooks has a childish, almost infantile way of speaking; Teeny, on the other hand, is a more mature, wisecracking voice peppered with 1940s slang and "I betchas". If the reviewer actually listened to any of the episodes from Fibber McGee and Molly, he would have known this since Teeny appears on almost every episode Molly was on. Furthermore, his claim to "love OTR" (OTR-Old Time Radio; a website hosting hundreds of radio programs) is questionable since episodes of both Fibber McGee and Molly and Baby Snooks can be downloaded and listened to. He could have easily discerned the difference between the two characters.
That aside, one sorely missed actor from the radio series was Bill Thompson. I was really looking forward to seeing him in one of his many radio characters (especially Mr. Wimple and Old Timer)or even to hear his own voice. Ah well, all in all a good movie, and a great way to put faces to voices.