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It Pays to Be Ignorant

1948 · 10 min

A breezy, silly send-up of quiz shows where everyone plays dumb and the jokes land fast and harmless.

Directed by
Herbert Polesie
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lulu McConnell, Harry McNaughton, George Shelton
Overview
The first of a very short series, since it would become a TV series in 1949, based on the radio program that ran on CBS from 1944 through 1949. The premise of the program was intended as a satire and parody version of the "intellecutual" quiz shows on radio in the 40's, such as "Information Please" and "The Quiz Kids."

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Directed by
Herbert Polesie
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Lulu McConnell, Harry McNaughton, George Shelton
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • campystrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • media
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • mockumentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism6
Romance0
Tension1
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight1

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Herbert Polesie
Written by
Ruth Howard, Bob Howell
Starring
Lulu McConnell, Harry McNaughton, George Shelton
Runtime
10 min
Country
United States of America

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