2003 FILMS
- handpicked by Tony Randall.
Down with Love (2003) - Barbara Novak has just come down from Maine
to New York after writing a book called Down With Love. The book instructs
women to have sex the way a man does, and to detach oneself from love
completely. Catcher Block is a successful journalist tapped to write a cover
story on Novak. He blows her off at every opportunity to cuddle with flight
attendants. However, when Novak's book is a complete success, Catcher finds
himself being blown off by her! So he starts to write an expose and
disguises himself as a naive astronaut named Zip Martin.
Lover Come Back (1961) - Jerry Webster and Carol Templeton are both
in the advertising business, but for different agencies. Annoyed by Jerry's
methods of using alcohol and women to ensure contracts for his agency, Carol
tries to get him thrown out of his profession. To avoid this Jerry bribes
the girl who'd testify against him, by starring her in a TV commercial for a
product named VIP that he's just made up. By accident these commercials are
broadcasted and to keep his job, Jerry has to come up with VIP for which he
enlists the help of Doctor Linus Tyler. Carol goes to see the Doctor to try
and get the VIP account, but because she and Jerry have never met, she
mistakes Jerry for the Doctor. Jerry then takes advantage of this situation
to win her over.