this a the first of the ma and pa kettle flick . marjorie main ( ma ) steal the show in anything she do . funny to see ida moore a emily and the daffy old lady on the train . god she be always old while she be in desk set and alfred hitchcock present . their new house be also a co star here it the house of the future with some really cool invention that pa doesn not care for . love the painting gag . keep an eye out for tom . he star in nanny and the professor . unfortunately he die real young . oddly enough and his last role be on the series death cruise . weird . direct by charles lamont and who not only direct several of the kettle film and he also do a bunch of the abbott and costello flick and so he must have know a thing or two about comedy . fun story and plain and simple humor . even the release date be april fool day and 1949. the story start out by show u what backward and country folk they be ( the neighbor be even native american ) and but a the story progress and we have sympathy and respect for them .