REVIEW: FUGGET ABOUT IT “Al Capone Wears Ladies Underwear”

Posted on October 28, 2012August 20, 2019 by Lloyd Toronto

Powerful New York mob boss Jimmy Falcone enters the Witness Protection Program and brings his family — wife Cookie, daughters Theresa and Gina, son Anthony, and Uncle Cheech — along for the adventure of a lifetime. Far from New York’s busy streets, the Falcone family arrives in the peaceful town of Oakville, where the pace is far slower and Jimmy doesn’t always get his way.

Spoilers Below

Uncle Cheech gives an intro about the events leading up to the Falcones, er, I mean McDougals relocating to Vagina, er, I mean Regina, Saskatchewan. Theresa wants to seal the deal with a bind guy at school, yet it’s her biggest struggle when she learns that he only cares what a woman has on the inside, so her looks are indifferent. When Gina informs Jimmy and Uncle Cheech about Al Capone’s hidden treasure in Moose Jaw (where he ran his profitable bootlegging business), they go searching for it. It turns out that Scarface himself is frozen in the underground tunnel.

When the Falcones thaw Capone out, Jimmy is delighted to work for the ex-public enemy. What ensues is Capone adapting to modern times. For instance, when Capone sees the Falcones have a moving picture show in their living room, and asks who the coloured fella is on the television, when Jimmy tells him it’s the President of the United States, Capone can’t take him seriously.

After learning Jimmy sold out his boss in New York, Capone is out to get him. When Jimmy tells RCMP Special Agent Strait McCool about his predicament, the Mountie has him committed. Meanwhile, Theresa finally wins the blind kid’s heart through manipulation, but then spots a boy in a wheelchair that sparks her interest.

One of the highlights of the episode is the RCMP barbeque, where every police officer talks exactly the same, including the black and Sikh officers.