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How to Sleep is a short comedy film written by and starring humorist Robert Benchley. Filmed and released by MGM in 1935 (as part of their "Miniatures" series), it features Benchley as a narrator as well as film subject, discussing four parts of sleep—causes, methods, avoiding sleep, and waking up.
Mr. Benchley acts as our affable host/narrator, covering such topics as 1) the causes of sleep, 2) methods of inducing sleep, 3) methods of avoiding sleep, and 4) how to wake up, which, we're told, "is very important." But this is no dry academic lecture.
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- Comedy, Short
- Nick Grinde
- 1935-09-14
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"How to Sleep" is a funny MGM short starring - and narrated by - Robert Benchley, the famed humorist and light sleeper. In this film, Benchley illustrates how to induce sleep, how to avoid sleep, how to awaken, and how to drive yourself bonkers.
Robert Benchley tries to teach the audience how to sleep and how to fall asleep.
- Nick Grinde
- Robert Benchley
The resulting movie, How to Sleep, was filmed in two days, and it featured Benchley as both the narrator and sleeper—the latter a role Benchley claimed was "not much of a strain, as [he] was in bed most of the time."
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How to Sleep is a 1935 comedy short film (12 minutes), directed by Nick Grinde, written by and starring Robert Benchley. It is a parody of instructional films. Benchley is the narrator, telling the audience about four different aspects of sleep: causes of sleep, methods of sleep, avoiding sleep, and waking up.
