How to Watch Football

How to Watch Football (1938)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Robert Benchley short has him taking a girlfriend to a football game where all sorts of troubles happen. Not only do they have to fight the crowd to get into the game but once inside they also must put up with an annoying drunk as well as bad seats. While this film has an overall good idea I can't say that the payoff was as good as it should have been so with that in mind I'd put this down as a middle-ground Benchley film. We are shown various situations in the movie but none of them really provide any laugh out loud moments. There are a few scenes that will put a smile on your face and most of these deal with the drunk. Eddie Acuff might be remembered by some film buffs and he too is on hand here as a yelling fan sitting next to Benchley.