FUN ON THE FARM
MORE ME AND GUS, by Frank S. Anthony and Francis Jackson; illustrated by Nevile Lodge. A. H. and A. W. Reed, 9/6. ‘HE strange thing about this threeman humorous team is that it really is a team in spite of physical separation in time and place. As everyone probably knows, Frank Anthony wrote the original about. a quarter of a century ago, fetlock deep in Taranaki mud; Francis Jackson re-wrote, altered slightly and added slightly, in the midst of Wellington’s 1952 wind and busy noise. And Nevile Lodge fitted in with his.drawings of mud, cows, old men, young men, ploughs and pigs. I know by test that old men find these absurd goings-on of Mark and Gus in Mossy Road wildly funny-Gus falling through the borer-eaten floor, Mark beginning his speech but never finishing, Gus _ water-divining, Gus having trouble with a plough, a hedge, a dog, lots.of pigs, all grand hilarious stuff to bring back the bad, wet, muddy, but good old days. I wonder how it appeals to young men up there in the mud today. One thing is clear-the two modern ecoks, Francis Jackson and Nevile Lodge, have had great fun cooking up what the publishers call ‘tthe mixture as before." No doubt the time will come when another modern cook, that gifted Teader, will turn these sketches into radio entertainment in a new series. Many listeners will look forward to that
time with pleasure.
J.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 12
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242FUN ON THE FARM New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 724, 29 May 1953, Page 12
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