For boarding house co-owner Celeste Holm, that's her way of knowing which farm animal she makes more money for, exasperating husband Dan Dailey who is desperately trying to find a successful business to make it big in the small community where it seems that they were the very first settlers. The boarding house was her idea, and over the years, she is more successful getting married couples to rent rooms (while they often sleep in the living room) than he is going from business to business. First seen searching for a divorce lawyer, Holm tells the town's newcomer of all the businesses he's tried to start which he quickly sold when they didn't financially pan out to his expectations. Holm's a bit of a nag, so as a leading lady, she doesn't quite have the warmth it takes to make her character sympathetic, even though she was quite effervescent in supporting roles. Their three children are over-shadowed in the plot line by the various boarders who come and go over the years, and that is where the little comedy comes in during this film which is more of a drama with comic moments rather than a straight out comedy.
The funniest bits come from the oddly married couple of Veda Ann Borg and William Frawley, wearing a toupee that has to be seen to be believed. At one point, Borg tells Frawley that "the pancake is about to slide off the griddle" when his hair starts skidding (as Mae West once put it to Victor Moore in a similar situation), and Borg's drunken vaudeville mother, Connie Gilchrist, shows up, re-living her show business days which are long behind her. Another amusing episode concerns Holm's bringing young tenant Alan Young out of his shell by teaching him to dance so he can escort her daughter (Colleen Townsend) to a local dance. Music of the period (heard over and over again in many movies of this nature) does give a flavor to the atmosphere, but unlike the title, there is never any mention of chicken being served (other than the cow reference I mention above), and certainly not on a Sunday. The whole film is predictable, rather pointless, and only on occasionally amusing.
The funniest bits come from the oddly married couple of Veda Ann Borg and William Frawley, wearing a toupee that has to be seen to be believed. At one point, Borg tells Frawley that "the pancake is about to slide off the griddle" when his hair starts skidding (as Mae West once put it to Victor Moore in a similar situation), and Borg's drunken vaudeville mother, Connie Gilchrist, shows up, re-living her show business days which are long behind her. Another amusing episode concerns Holm's bringing young tenant Alan Young out of his shell by teaching him to dance so he can escort her daughter (Colleen Townsend) to a local dance. Music of the period (heard over and over again in many movies of this nature) does give a flavor to the atmosphere, but unlike the title, there is never any mention of chicken being served (other than the cow reference I mention above), and certainly not on a Sunday. The whole film is predictable, rather pointless, and only on occasionally amusing.