Ep #76 - Doris Day is Not That Kinda Girl in the 60s

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In the immortal words of Betty Rizzo: “Watch it, hey, I’m Doris Day – I was not brought up that way!” While teen stars could always be counted on to keep their pants on in the dying days of Old Hollywood comedy, Doris Day was a unique figure in that she played adult working women who were continually thrown into the most lustful of situations, and never worried audiences that she’d come out the other side without her virtue intact. As one of the biggest box office draws of the era, movie-goers would eagerly await her latest bedroom adventures in which she narrowly escapes certain fornication as frequently as James Bond narrowly escapes certain death. And, like Bond, there’s never any doubt that she’ll get her man.
In this episode, Bart and Jenna delight in some 1960s romcom frivolity as Doris Day turns down every leading man from Rock Hudson and James Garner, to Cary Grant and Rod Taylor. She also manages to do battle with a host of mechanical foes, from Automats and car washes to city-wide blackouts and robot vacuum trash dogs. Our intrepid hosts treat these movies with the seriousness they deserve.

The following films are discussed:
• Lover Come Back (1961)
Directed by Delbert Mann
Starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall

• That Touch of Mink (1962)
Directed by Delbert Mann
Starring Doris Day, Cary Grant, Gig Young

• Move Over, Darling (1963)
Directed by Michael Gordon
Starring Doris Day, James Garner, Polly Bergen

• Send Me No Flowers (1964)
Directed by Norman Jewison
Starring Doris Day, Rock Hudson, Tony Randall

• The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Starring Doris Day, Rod Taylor, Arthur Godfrey

• Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968)
Directed by Hy Averback
Starring Doris Day, Robert Morse, Patrick O’Neal