...boning the wife by the time Henry became a fish?
I think is was fairly obvious. Which made the audience feel ok with Henry hooking up with Ladyfish.
my wife and I have our hands raised in agreement!
Smoke me a kipper. I’ll be back for breakfast
This movie was made in more innocent times. No I believe that George and Henry's wife waited until they were married.
In the kingdom of the blind, you're the village idiot.
This movie was made in more innocent times. No I believe that George and Henry's wife waited until they were married.
I don't live to be liked or disliked - Keeper of the Purple Twilightshare
I believe you. I thought she and George were waiting for the right time. But that they still were "nice" people and she had to have a really good reason to ask for a divorce. I guess back then you'd call it alienation of affection because Henry preferred the fish to Bessie. I think like you the Bessie was a bit of a bully. Henry needed an escape and George was the bad boy on campus coming home to impress another man's wife. There's a lot more going on in this movie that what you might get on the first pass through.
I still love this silly movie though.
It's entirely possible that I am missing the point of your message.
There's certainly some obvious chemistry between the two, and I think that was done to make it easier for audiences to accept Henry hooking up with Ladyfish.
Look at his initial reluctance to spawn when Ladyfish comes on to him, intercut with scenes of his wife back on land. Infidelity, especially in a kid-friendly comedy, would have been a very tough topic to work through at that time, and since they'd set up a nagging, belittling wife in Henry's life to provide a reason why he wants to escape and become a fish, they had to temper his undersea romance with Ladyfish somehow, so there are hints of the wife's interest in George.
I remember when I saw this when I was a little kid and even then I thought old George and the little wifey were just a little too friendly.
Later I thought maybe they were respectable but given half a chance... Then I thought maybe they drugged Henry and turned him into a fish so they could get together. heh.
It's entirely possible that I am missing the point of your message.