'When Hayseeds come to the city they are reputed to do, or say, some funny things, and city dwellers laugh heartily at them. But when Townies go to the country they are equally as funny to bush people.
'In fact Beaumont Smith shows them as greater comedians than the Hayseeds ever were in his new and original film satire, Townies and Hayseeds.
'The City Family consists of Pa Townie, Ma, and the bunch of children named after Australia's capital cities — Masters Sydney, Melbourne, Miss Adelaide (named Adelaide because she was so cultured), Brissy, and the youngest kids, Hobart and Perth. They stay with Dad Hayseed for a month as 'paying guests,' and afterwards Dad and Mum go to town to stay with them at Potts Point. The humor Is original and quaint, and the film is one of unusually witty titles, clever topical illusions, and it has been made to be laughed at.
'One of the main comedy situations is the attempted suicide of Pa Townie at the Gap; of course the 'suicide' is frustrated, but it is one of the funniest scenes put on the screen for many a day.'
Source:
'Townies and Hayseeds', Sunday Times, 8 July 1923, p.23.
