quotes: doris day

Name the movie:

1. Greetings, chum!
My, we haven't seen you, let's see now, since you didn't go to Switzerland.
Yeah, I got a big kick out of planning that trip. What looks good this time of year?
How about the Canadian Rockies?
Canadian Rockies? Don't you remember? I already haven't been there!

2. Now I need to put the meat on broil but your hair is on bake. Which should I do first?
I think the *hair*, Molly.
False hair, false eyelashes, false bosoms. In my day women were flesh and blood, now they're 70% nylon and 30% foam rubber.

3. I haven't felt like this since Culver Military Academy.

4. A kiss? What does that prove? It's like finding out you can light a stove. It doesn't make you a cook.

5. The next man that laughs is gonna get his head ventilated.

6. The State Department could use her. What a party girl she'd make - in Moscow!

what a character

Name the movie where Doris Day plays:

1. Kate Mackay

2. Kit Preston

3. Kitty Wonder

4. Katherine "Babe" Williams

5. Calam Cannary

with six you get eggroll

the year: 1968

the genre: comedy


the cast: Doris Day (Abby McClure); Brian Keith (Jake Iverson); Pat Carroll (Maxine Scott); Barbara Hershey (STacy Iverson); George Carlin (Herbie Fleck)


the plot: Abby McClure, a widow with three sons, and Jake Iverson, a widower with a teen-age daughter, get fixed up. When a serious courtship does begin, their respective children - most specifically Abby's oldest, late teen Flip McClure, and Jake's only offspring, late teen Stacey Iverson - are their biggest obstacles as Flip and Stacey don't want their role of male and female head of their respective household replaced.


don't miss: the fate of the wig. I'll just say that a sheepdog was involved and leave it at that.



listen for: "False hair, false eyelashes, false bosoms. In my day women were flesh and blood, now they're 70% nylon and 30% foam rubber."



did you know: this was Doris Day's final big screen appearance, following a 20 year career in the movies.



extra bonus points: if you know which two M*A*S*H alumns appeared as hippie bikers in this film.



also listen for: "If this wasn't my house I'd go home!"

that touch of mink

the year: 1962

the genre: comedy


the cast: Cary Grant (Philip Shayne); Doris Day (Cathy Timberlake); Gig Young (Roger); John Astin (Everett Beasley); Audrey Meadows (Connie Emerson); Alan Hewitt (Doctor Gruber)


the plot: Cathy Timberlake is an old fashioned country girl who meets the man of her dreams, Philip Shayne, after his Rolls Royce splashes her with mud. Philip is taken by Cathy's honest heart, but there's one problem - he's not interested in marriage while Cathy, of course, has never thought of anything else.



don't miss: the credit that reads: "Our special thanks to Bergdorf Goodman for being Bergdorf Goodman."




listen for: "The Four Horsemen now have a riding companion. There's War, Famine, Death, Pestilence, and Miss Timberlake!"




did you know: Cary Grant was a big fan of "The Honeymooners" and Audrey Meadows in particular. He was responsible for getting her the part of Connie.



also don't miss: John Astin as creepy unemployment officer Everett Beasley - quite a different character from Gomez Addams.



also listen for: "[very drunk] Do you like the way I walk?" "Poetry in motion."




did you also know: that the name Rock Hudson appears on the list of potential husbands Roger shows to Cathy.

the glass bottom boat

Since it's my birthday week, I thought I'd share some of my very favorite flicks...


the year: 1966

the genre: comedy


the cast: Doris Day (Jennifer Nelson); Rod Taylor (Bruce Templeton); Arthur Godfrey (Axel Nordstrom); Dom DeLuise (Julius Pritter); Dick Martin (Zach Molloy); John McGiver (Ralph Goodwin); Paul Lynde (Homer Cripps); Eric Fleming (Edgar Hill); Edward Andrews (Gen. Wallace Bleeker)


the plot: Jennifer Nelson and Bruce Templeton meet when Bruce reels in her mermaid suit leaving Jennifer bottomless in the waters near Catalina Island. She later discovers that Bruce is the big boss at the space lab where she works as a PR representative. Bruce hires Jennifer to be his biographer - but only to try and win her affections. General Bleeker and Bruce's colleagues believe that Jennifer is a Russian spy out to get GISMO - Bruce's top secret research for the military - and have her placed under surveillance. When Jennifer catches on...Watch Out!




watch for: the "special" hors d'oeuvre.




don't miss: Julius Pritter. Any scene he's in is a keeper.




listen for: "I haven't felt like this since Culver Military Academy."




did you know: The actors who played Norman and Mabel also played married neighbors on Bewitched.




extra bonus points: if you know who makes a special appearance at the party.






also listen for: "The recognition signal is: "Vladimir Sent Me". Over!"




count: how many banana cream cakes meet their demise.