Ma and Pa Kettle

I don't know about you but I thought that Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride were hilarious as Ma and Pa Kettle. They have 15 kids and live on a junk-laden farm in Cape Flattery, Washington. I think that Ms. Main is priceless as Ma. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in the role of Ma in the Fred MacMurray/Claudette Colbert comedy "The Egg and I". The Kettles were such a hit in that movie that Universal Pictures signed them up for 9 Kettle movies. They were a huge success and brought Universal out of near-bankruptcy.

Last night TCM showed 4 of the classic comedies starting with "Ma and Pa Kettle" where Pa, wanting a new tobacco pouch sends off a slogan to a tobacco company and ends up winning a "house of the future". The Kettles move in and all hell breaks loose.

Here is a clip of Ma and Pa getting tax advice from their friend Billy