Bedtime for Bonzo

Ronald Reagan teaches good manners to a naughty chimpanzee. Sounds like ironically delicious camp...I figured the gag would wear thin by the thirty minute mark. To my amazement, this likely twopenny novelty turns out to be a legitimately hilarious screwball romantic comedy. It's actually kinky in the way it adheres to tidy Production Code standards while the unwed stars suggestively "play house" (in the name of science, you see) and even arrange a stray, sly closeup of bosom. Co-star Diana Lynn is a peach, and when Bonzo makes a tricycle getaway I flat-out keeled over. Seriously fellas, rent this and watch it with your girl — she will love it if she's worth a damn.