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First, the movies you mentioned weren't really 'comedies' in the sense that, say,

Posted by powermatic (A) on December 16, 2008 at 16:26:46

In Reply to: Remember Rock Hudson and Doris Day? posted by patrickU on December 16, 2008 at 09:26:26:

the Pink Panther movies were comedies-they were 'romantic comedies', and the DD/RH pairings were the worst of the breed. They were basically designed to put two attractive people together inside a paper-thin 'plot' while using as much sexual innuendo as possible within the confines of the absurd decency codes of the time. Even the titles were intended to cause a titter-I mean, come on, 'Pillow Talk', 'Lover Come Back'-oooh, maybe they'll both be shown sleeping in the same bed-after they're married, of course!

How can you compare 'Pillow Talk' with romantic comedies like 'African Queen', or 'Pat and Mike', or even 'Philadelphia Story'? Yes, I have enjoyed 'Pillow Talk', but believe me, in an ironic, I-wish-I-still-smoked-pot kind of way. Of course, it's no surprise that 'Pillow Talk' won an Oscar-for screenwriting!, but this is not the post to discuss Academy selections.

As for the wistful 'why don't they make them like this anymore', I can only assume you've not seen 'Pretty Woman', 'Sleepless in Seattle', 'Four Weddings and a Funeral', etc. etc. and etc. Yes, for better or for worse, they are 'still making them', and in the case of 'Pillow Talk', usually for the better.

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