Description
The first of three (3) films to star Rock Hudson, Doris Day and Tony Randall, Lisa and Charles Adrian chew over whether Pillow Talk can be said to have succeeded on its own terms.
Pillow Talk
Year: 1959
Screenplay by: Stanley Shapiro and Maurice Richlin
Based on a story by: Russell Rouse and Clarence Greene
Director: Michael Gordon
Stars: Rock Hudson, Doris Day, Tony Randall, Thelma Ritter
Show notes:
In this episode we reference the films The African Queen (1951) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043265/), Bringing Up Baby (1938) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029947/), The Shop Around The Corner (1940) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033045/) and You’ve Got Mail (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1). We also mention (or allude to) the films 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/), Joe Versus The Volcano (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3), Failure To Launch (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0) and Dirty Dancing (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092890/), which have all been discussed in previous episodes.
For anyone who is interested, Wikipedia has an entry on party lines in telephony: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Party_line_(telephony).
Next month we will be watching Wedding Season (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11426572/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0).
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzaltzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
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