"Hilarity and amusement"??  I don't think so.  This is one of the worst versions of this story I've ever heard.  That's an Achilles heel of CBSRMT - hilarity.  Sometimes they get it right, but many times the humor just isn't there.  Stick with the Charles Laughton film, even though Margaret O'Brien cries every three minutes. It's still better than this.

