Helen of Abajinian

Great fun. To comment on the previous review, there is very little not to like in this purely comic episode (only Kurdish watchers might wish to object to the recurring comic slurs against their people, which today would probably be censored...). Richard Boone is not trying to conceal how much he enjoys himself, particularly his scenes of theatrical negotiations with Abajinian, first as his paymaster and then as the future father-in-law of the dance-entranced, unable to fend for himself, bridegroom. The reversal of roles between the supposedly seducing cow-boy and seduced virgin works also quite well. Needless to say, none of the Armenian-playing actors, starting with the excellent Harold J. Stone, seems to have any Armenian connections.