![]() ![]() Needless to say, then, as a source of humor No Time for Sergeants is practically a goldmine. Even the Reserve Officers Training Corps receives its share of jests. Confusion reigns, and the Air Force totters. ![]() This arrangement backfires, however, and the plot of the comedy becomes a plot against Will-to get him through the classification tests. He "promotes" him to PLO (permanent latrine orderly). To begin with, Will's sergeant appreciates his desire to be helpful. His genial "howdy" to privates and generals alike, disarms even the Air Force, yet not before he has reduced it nearly to shambles. Its star, of course, is Will, played by Andy Griffith. No Time for Sergeants is a boisterous satire, and a very funny one, too. The jokes are earthy and the grammar bad, but no one expects sophistication. Maurice Evans has produced this new play almost as a sequel to the Teahouse of the August Moon, and though it lacks the subtle charm of its predecessor, its homespun good-humor is undeniable. The resulting comedy, which Ira Levin adapted from Mac Hyman's best-selling novel, shows how a Georgia farm boy can send the U.S. His naive, well-meant blunders form the best argument yet discovered against continuing the draft, or at least the best remedy for accepting it. Will Stockdale, the hero of No Time for Sergeants, is a genius at this artless art. ![]() Some people have a knack for blurting out the wrong words at the wrong time. ![]()
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