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5.0 out of 5 stars Timeless humor, November 9, 2006
Amazon Review By Daniel J. Filice (Burbank, CA)
If you, or anyone you know is struck with the dream of acquiring a trailer for the fun-filled fancy-free experience of traveling all around the country to camp, sight-see, fish and to enjoy all the other care-free experiences that follow, then this movie should be a "must-see" before any purchase is made. But do it only if you can laugh at yourself. Watch this movie not as a warning, but watch it to peer into the proverbial crystal ball to see what could happen, and usually does, when someone wanders into a boat show, car show, home improvement show, etc., and buys something that seems so perfect at the time, but ends up being one of the worst decisions ever. I'm guilty of this. Life is filled with bumps that make our dreams go off-course, and this movie is all about this, as told from a first-person narrative (initially) after a husband and wife buy an RV trailer. This movie is hilarious, and although the movie is from the 50's, the humor can be easily related to life today. Lucille Ball falls in love with a lovely trailer and also falls for the "perfect dream" of camping and traveling and living the "good life" that awaits all RV-ers. She convinces her husband to join the "dream" so they buy the dream trailer. The movie follows their many bumps of trailer life that almost causes a divorce. How many people, when traveling on vacation, collect things like cups, shot glasses, etc. to remember their visits? Lucille Ball does one better. She collects rocks (virtual boulders) and fills the trailer with them, and the scenes of Desi Arnaz trying to maneuver their 30ft, overweight trailer up and over the Rockies afterwards is worth the purchase price. This is a beautiful transfer. After writing this, I've got to watch the movie again.