Review of Hangover

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour: Hangover (1962)
Season 1, Episode 12
1/10
Fun Times With Alcohol
16 May 2015
Even big fans of Tony Randall might not have any patience with this really bad episode. He plays an obnoxious, staggering drunk throughout, and is not the least bit entertaining doing so. Some scenes are apparently meant to be funny, staged back when being an alcoholic was a laughing matter. He wakes up one morning to find Jayne Mansfield in his bed instead of his sourpuss wife, and the rest of the show consists of predictable flashbacks that show us how he drank, drank, drank and drank some more to finally get where he is. Every scene shows him making and drinking martinis, which gets old quickly. Teaming Randall with Mansfield took little imagination, since they played essentially the same roles in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" a year or two earlier. Jayne is already on the downside of her career here, looking overweight and not at all attractive in short, short, short hair. This viewer was/is a big Jayne Mansfield fan, finding her far more intriguing and interesting than rival Marilyn, but she makes almost no impression here. Considering the two big stars at hand, this is really disappointing.
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