Oh, it's Clean as a steamwhistle in River City, er, Hannibal, Mo. That's capital "C" which rimes with "T" which stands for Tom, Tom Sawyer that is. And the clean Tom I mean is the Tom of _The Adventures of Tom Sawyer_ (1973), the Universal Pictures version starring Vic Morrow as Injun Joe, Buddy Epsen as Muffed potter, etc. in a 76 minute deluxe-boxed videotape issued last year by Goodtimes video. I found it at my local K-Mart for ten bucks, and others may seek to do likewise. Tis hard to believe this little ditty--would have been truer to Twain if the original text were a short story instead of a novel-- was produeced in the '70s. Everything about it reads Ike AGe or earlier, from the _Music Man_ soundtrack to the Andy Griffith cornball dialuge. The visuals, reportadly filmed in "a 19th century Canadian village that closely resembles Hannibal" (?), may be the best part of the production. Still, completists, collectors, and those seeking bleached white family fare will rush to the bins and track this one down. Others may wish Injun Joe had got his hands on the young whippersnapper in time to preclude any possible sequels. Ah well, Lily Tomlin is probably right--It's hard to be a good cynic anymore. It's impossible to keep up.