According to IMDB, Warner Brothers was thinking about making a series out of this film. This makes sense, as MGM's Hardy Family was very successful and enjoyable. But the 'Hobby Family' never took off with the public, and I could certainly see why when I watched this film. First, aside from the father, the various family members all seemed like one-dimensional caricatures. They were their hobbies...and nothing more. Second, these family members all seemed incredibly self-centered and difficult to like....and they certainly WEREN'T like the Hardy family! The uncle refuses to work, the wife calls the husband at work literally three times in the space of three minutes...and had nothing important to talk about and he was having a meeting with the new boss! The son and daughter simply see Dad as a walking, talking checkbook! I really, really hated these people....and can't believe it's just me who felt that way. Eventually, Dad, also becomes a jerk with a hobby.
Fortunately, the film does get better later...though still, at times, these folks are really, really annoying...so annoying that you have a hard time believing it! Seriously. Warner Brothers' films are generally very well written, even their B-movies like this one. But "Everybody's Hobby" is simply poorly written and unlikable....a clear miss and reason enough to not make any more Hobby Family films.
By the way, they refer to a 'CCC Camp" late in the film. The CCC stood for the Civilian Conservation Corps...an organization started during the Roosevelt administration to create jobs for young men by giving them projects such as clearing underbrush, putting in roads and various outdoor beautification projects.
Fortunately, the film does get better later...though still, at times, these folks are really, really annoying...so annoying that you have a hard time believing it! Seriously. Warner Brothers' films are generally very well written, even their B-movies like this one. But "Everybody's Hobby" is simply poorly written and unlikable....a clear miss and reason enough to not make any more Hobby Family films.
By the way, they refer to a 'CCC Camp" late in the film. The CCC stood for the Civilian Conservation Corps...an organization started during the Roosevelt administration to create jobs for young men by giving them projects such as clearing underbrush, putting in roads and various outdoor beautification projects.