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Ma and Pa Kettle have lived in a broken-down ramshackle farmhouse for twenty-five years in rural Cape Flattery, ma kettle, Washington. The Kettles' arch-nemesisBirdie Hicks, organizes a town council meeting to condemn the Kettles' "garbage dump" farm. In order to receive a new tobacco pouch for entering a contest, Pa Ma kettle writes a slogan for the King Henry Tobacco Company.

Ma and Pa Kettle are comic film characters of the successful film series of the same name, produced by Universal Studios , in the late s and s. When the future comes a-callin' in the form of modern houses, exotic locales, and newfangled ideas, Ma and Pa must learn how to make the best of it with luck, pluck, and a little country charm. Originally based on real-life farming neighbors in Washington state, United States, [2] Ma and Pa Kettle were composite characters created by Betty MacDonald in whose best-selling, semi-fictional memoir, The Egg and I , they appeared. After the audiences' positive reaction to the Kettles in the film, Universal Studios produced nine more films, with Marjorie Main reprising her role in all and Percy Kilbride reprising his in seven. Bossie is the Kettles' red and white milk cow , which provides Ma, Pa, and their family with plenty of milk. The chickens are a flock of nearly chickens kept by the Kettles on their broken-down farm, which provide them with many eggs each day.

Ma kettle

On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan Read all On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman. On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman. Birdie Hicks : [after getting the Kettles evicted] Good day. All the poor man wanted was a new tobacco pouch and instead he won a house he didn't want and he got a bad sunburn. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account. Ma and Pa Kettle G 1h 16m. Director Charles Lamont. See production info at IMDbPro. Top credits Director Charles Lamont.

Birdie Hicks is jealous of the family's new wealth, which includes a completely automated modern home, ma kettle, and accuses Pa of stealing the slogan. Una Merkel Miss Bedelia Baines.

Free returns are available for the shipping address you chose. You can return the item for any reason in new and unused condition: no shipping charges. Get ready for some good old-fashioned fun with the Kettle family in the Ma and Pa Kettle Complete Comedy Collection featuring all 10 of their classic films. The hillbilly duo have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of rambunctious children. When the future comes a-callin' in the form of modern houses, exotic locales and newfangled ideas, Ma and Pa must learn how to make the best of it with luck, pluck and a little country charm! Ma and Pa Kettle have their hands full with a ramshackle farm and a brood of ramshackle children.

On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan Read all On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman. On the verge of being evicted from their run-down farmhouse, the large Kettle family is given a new, modern home after Pa wins a contest, but he is accused of plagiarizing his winning slogan by a jealous local woman. Birdie Hicks : [after getting the Kettles evicted] Good day. All the poor man wanted was a new tobacco pouch and instead he won a house he didn't want and he got a bad sunburn. Sign In Sign In. New Customer? Create account.

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Images in this review. Add a gift receipt for easy returns. Sign In Sign In. What's going to happen when the judges come and find out the place is a dump? Stern Writing. Fred F. The community now raises the Kettles to local heroes, inciting the wrath of local shrew Birdie Hicks played by the wonderful Esther Dale who is out to prove Pa didn't concoct the slogan himself. At the ceremony Pa receives a telegram advising him that he has won another slogan contest, this time winning a free trip to New York. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. We seen an episode a long time ago and was talking about the family. Verified Purchase. The chickens are a flock of nearly chickens kept by the Kettles on their broken-down farm, which provide them with many eggs each day. Marjorie Main Percy Kilbride. See production info at IMDbPro. Many people have fond memories of Ma and Pa Kettle, a wonderfully hick, but somehow hip comedy team.

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Eligible for Return, Refund or Replacement within 30 days of receipt. Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki , which was filmed several years earlier, was not released until Total price:. Agnes is the Kettles' family Bluetick Coonhound , which also lives on the farm. Sorry, there was a problem. Ready for a fight, Ma arms her brood with slingshots and peashooters and she herself totes a more menacing shotgun but the matter is instantly settled when Pa turns out to have won grand prize in a slogan contest for a tobacco company, a fully furnished modern home remarkably one which just so happens to have been built in their own county and one close enough to hear dynamite explosions at the Kettle fortress. Back to top. Report an issue with this product or seller. To see product details, add this item to your cart. This is what comedy is all about.