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This is not a sequel to "Six Against the Sea," "Seven Against the Sea,"
"Nine Against the River" or "Ten Against the Sea." Look at the word "against"
for a long time. Doesn't it look misspelled? That's some craziness right there. |
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The five against the house are a group of college buddies
including Wild Bill Hickok ... |
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Uncle Bill from "Family Affair"... |
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Future Sinbad (the sailor, not the comedian)... |
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And county agent Hank Kimball from "Green Acres."
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They have lots of fun together, going to casinos and such in between
classes at good old not-at-all-fake-sounding Midwestern University. |
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"Did I ever tell you I live with my orphaned nephew and nieces,
Buffy, Jody and Cissy?"
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"Did I ever tell you I once saw Eddie Albert in his underwear?" |
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Anyway, those are four of the five. And the house they are against
is Harold's Club in Reno, which is a casino which is filled with money. |
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Oh, and this is important to know -- Uncle Bill goes crazy whenever
anyone tells him he has hair like Donald Trump.
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The fifth member of the group is Kim Novak, who is Wild Bill
Hickok's girlfriend.
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"Miss Novak, you're trying to seduce me!"
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Future Sinbad is the mastermind of the heist, which involves
the incredibly complicated scheme of putting
a tape recorder into a cart. |
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The plan goes into action with a 1949 Ford, a psychotic war vet and what's left of
Lucy and Desi's house from "The Long, Long Trailer." What could go wrong? |
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"... and then there was the time I was in Venezuela and my
manservant, Mr. French, had to take care of the kids ..." |
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On the day of the robbery, the guys dress like cowboys.
Their quarry is a heavyset guy wearing his wife's western shirt.
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Alas, the plan fails when Sinbad forgets to put batteries in the
tape recorder. And somebody calls Uncle Bill "Trump," so he
gets mad and runs into an elevated parking garage. |
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"Uncle Bill! It's me, Wild Bill! You're not standing behind me
with a loaded gun or anything, are you?" |
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Uncle Bill finally breaks down and agrees to consider medical care.
And he reveals his darkest secret:
"Did I ever tell you I once saw Eddie Albert in his underwear?" |
Bravo! This is brilliant!
ReplyDeleteYour talk of Uncle Bill brings to mind a fabulous blog I follow: http://embarrassingtreasures.com/ She's reviewing each episode of "Family Affair" and is currently in season 2. If you have a moment, you should check it out.
Thanks, I will! I have to admire anyone gutsy to wade through all six seasons of that show.
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