Did Osbourne make a mistake?

[katyscar11ett]

Not often do I catch Bob in an error but the day they aired Mr. and Mrs. Smith - Alfred Hitchcock - he said, once before the movie and once after, that this was Hitchcock's ONLY comedy. If The Trouble With Harry wasn't considered a comedy what else could it be considered? It's a comedy in my books. Opinions? :-)

[bhryun]

Well in Bob's defense The Trouble With Harry could be classified a dark comedy, after all it still dealt with murder, and a dead body. Wheras Mr. and Mrs. Smith was without a doubt the only time Hitchcock did stray away from his normal intrigue and suspense, as well a dark plotlines. So this could be what Bob meant by this comment, after all when you think about it Mr. and Mrs. Smith didn't look like any of Hitchcocks other works, even The Trouble with Harry had the same feel, of Hitchcock, this film didn't.

[katyscar11ett]

I totally agree that Mr. and Mrs. Smith certainly didn't look like a Hitchcock film. :-) But - - dark comedy or satire are STILL comedies and I don't think Bob was thinking about that when he commented. But - this does make me feel better about when I make a small mistake. I play a lot of Silver Screen Trivial Pursuit (6000 questions as opposed to 600 in Scene It) and I get so mad at myself when I get a question wrong. lol I want to know EVERYTHING about classics - which, of course, I know is impossible. I don't even think the great Osbourne (no, I'm not joking - I think he is tops) knows "all".

[markfp2]

I guess we'd be splitting as to "The Trouble With Harry" being a comedy or not.

 

As for Robert Osbourne making a mistake, I think we should cut him some slack. I doubt he would have time to research and write all the intros himself. I'm sure TCM must have writers who do that for him. I also read somewhere that he tapes a whole month's worth in one or two days so, if that's the case, I think he can be excused for not catching something now and then. I know I'd get pretty punchy if I was doing that every month.