absurd adaptation of a dinner theater perennial by alec coppel have television writer glenn ford attempt to cover up a murder by bury the corpse underneath wife debbie reynolds garden gazebo . this type of sitcom nonsense feature totally unreal support character burst into the scenario at just the wrong moment ( such a the pushy real estate agent ) doesn not usually work on film while the would be eccentricity stick out a phony artifice . comedy show from television have since put a stamp on this kind of bungle silliness . but be over the top and frazzled nerve slapstick ever really fresh . ford and reynolds be actually a good screen match and but not when pair with this leaden script . awkward and talky and and mercilessly unfunny . from .