I just watched Never Too Late for he first time last night....I thought it was funny but I have to admit I was disappointed when the movie ends before she has the baby! I really wanted to see if they had a boy. I also wanted them to show the nursery Edith was redecorating for half the movie! I felt like alot of the storylines (showing the new football stadium etc) were dropped which made the movie in general fall a little flat for me... anyone agree?
shareWhen I saw this movie when it came out originally, I was also disappointed they didn't wait til the baby was born.
shareI still get brought down when I think of how it ended... (no baby).... :(
shareOMG You guys are all such Downers. Who cares if we see the "secret" baby?!?!
This movie is Hilarious. That's All.
"This movie is Hilarious. That's All."
Now I think it's the funniest movie ever. :)
I couldn't even watch it in one sitting (just now) because I was laughing so hard. I used up half a box of tissues just wiping my eyes from tears of laughter. :)
Connie Stevens sure was one lucky lady, acting opposite Jim the Hottie. :)
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Ellery Queen(Jim Hutton) = HOT SEXY ADORABLE ATTRACTIVE CUTE
It would have been nice, but not really necessary. Actually, I wanted to see the YOUNG couple announce that they were having a baby!
Very, very funny movie!!!! VERY funny!
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Ellery Queen(Jim Hutton) = HOT SEXY ADORABLE ATTRACTIVE CUTE
Hello, MrsElleryQueen:
I was expecting a late twist where the young couple were expecting as well. Did you notice the very young Timothy Hutton during the fantasy sequence near the beginning?
I was also somewhat disappointed that they didn't see the film through to the birthing, but this is still a terrific comedy — a bold look at a taboo topic for its era. I would have loved to have seen it on Broadway.
Yup, a very bold movie for its time. Did you notice who produced and directed this movie? Producer: Norman Lear, who went on to produce "All in the Family" (a very controversial and bold TV show). Director: Bud Yorkin, who directed one of the early "All in the Family" episodes. I saw most of the "All in the Family" episodes about ten years ago, and seems to me that they got some ideas from this movie.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
I indeed did notice the credits for Norman Lear's production and Bud Yorkin's direction of this fine film. Glad to see they were pushing the envelope on social issues a few years before "All in the Family" blew them out of the water. Those two were largely responsible for what I consider the finest decade in television — as well as in popular culture in particular and life in general.
One little criticism about this film: It seems seems more concerned with how middle-aged pregnancy affects the man rather than the woman. It's certainly easier to portray the husband's response here, especially when he's a good 10 years older than his wife, but it seems to be a complete nonissue with her. Or maybe that's the point.
I guess this is what you get when couples stop sleeping in separate beds.
Another great film, written and directed by Normal Lear, is "Cold Turkey," where a tobacco company offers a town $25 million if they can all quit smoking for a month. It's hilarious!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066927/
Good point about the pregnancy being a nonissue with her. Wouldn't she be concerned about possible complications and such? Oh well...
As for the seventies, well...I was born in '76, so I don't know if it was the best decade to live in. I grew up during the 80s...a terrible decade! I prefer the post-1991 time period.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
Pardon me! I thought you were older because you seem so mature, at least in your tastes. I didn't think Jim Hutton and "Ellery Queen" had a lot of fans from later eras.
I'm a bit younger than little Timmy but still old enough to remember the '60s vaguely and the '70s fully. I thought something very special was ending when the '80s arrived, as I was right. I've since grown to appreciate the '80s, though I still prefer the '70s and the '60s in terms of music, television and film, generally speaking.
Yup, I'm mostly interested in movies & TV shows which came out before I was born. I discovered "Ellery Queen" quite by accident in my local video store (which closed shortly after I discovered this series). Most people my age or younger wouldn't know Jim Hutton. (I've also been told by a lot of people that I'm mature and serious for my age.)
Oh, so you answered my question about your age in this post! Yes, the 60s and 70s must have been special times for you and others. Lots of people around your age on the Classics forum. Feel free to join in! I haven't seen much of you there. The odd time, maybe...
By the way, I'm a big fan of music from the 1954-64 period. Rock and roll is the best.
On a slightly different note, did you ever end up seeing "Who's Minding the Mint"? I remember you talking about it some time ago...
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
I had a hunch that the "1976" in your screen name might be your birth year, but I though maybe it was a reference to the year that most episodes of "Ellery Queen" aired. I need to get the boxed set and watch them all again.
It's great that people your age (or any age, really) reach beyond their era to discover gems like that show. The '70s had a wealth of great television with detective shows like "Ellery Queen" and "The Rockford Files," cop shows like "Starsky & Hutch" and "The Streets of San Francisco," all those excellent Norman Lear comedies, and variety shows like "The Carol Burnett Show." Carson was also cool to watch if I stayed up past my bedtime, "Saturday Night Live" was funny then, and the late-night hours also offered quirks like "Tomorrow" with Tom Snyder and "The Midnight Special."
I also watch a lot of film and television from the '50s and '60s – shows like "The Twilight Zone" and "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" continue to startle me.
I try to keep my mind open today, but frankly, there's not all that much on television that interests me, what with the fake "reality" shows and the detective and hospital shows with the models and the gadgets. As for movies, some decent ones are still being released, but I'm not big on gimmicks like "jump scares" and GCI.
Rock 'n' roll was super in the era of 1954-64: Buddy Holly, the Everly Brothers, Roy Orbison, the Beatles, the Stones, the Beach Boys, the Kinks, the Zombies, the Supremes, Dusty Springfield, Aretha Franklin. I love prog rock and hard rock from the '70s, old-school soul, real country music, jazz, blues, and anything else that relies on genuine musicianship instead of sampling and Auto-Tune.
I visit the Classics forum occasionally, but my movie watching is all over the map, so I generally don't stay in one place very long.
And no, I still haven't seen "Who's Minding the Mint." I hope to come across a decent copy one of these days.
Funny you should mention "The Twilight Zone". I saw my first two episodes of it last night. One of them (the one with Jim Hutton) really scared the living daylights out of me!
I agree with you about today's TV. Back in the 80s, I loved sitcoms, but for the past 20 years, I haven't been into TV shows very much. I have zero interest in reality shows.
Music? I love Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, the Everly Bros, the Beach Boys, Jack Scott, Johnny Tillotson, the Diamonds, the Crew Cuts, Bobby Curtola, Connie Francis, Lesley Gore, the Supremes, the Platters...and the list goes on.
Hey, good luck tracking down "Who's Minding the Mint".
By the way, do you live in the States? I live in Edmonton, Canada.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
Is the "Twilight Zone" episode you saw "And When the Sky Was Opened"?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0734555/
That's a great episode. I saw it several years ago, but unfortunately I didn't vote on it here. (I probably didn't realize at the time you could vote on individual episodes of TV series.) Fortunately, I can find most of this series at my local library.
Those are all great artists. I love doo-wop and vocal groups – the Ink Spots, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, the Ronettes – you get the picture!
Yup, that's the episode I saw. Well done, but very scary!
As for doowop artists, I find that I mostly know their one-hit wonder songs. Lots of different artists/groups, but I mostly just know one or two songs by each of them.
Excuse my complete ignorance, but which one is the Golden State? I live in the province of Alberta, in the city of Edmonton.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER
Yes, that episode is really weird, and that theme has been duplicated in films a lot.
I'd say if you only know one or two songs by doo-wop artists, you're ahead of most people. The names do tend to run together after a while, especially because most acts begin with "the."
I've been listening to oldies ever since about 1986, when I saw "Back to the Future" on VHS. Ever since I saw the scene where Marty McFly walks into his home town (in the year 1955) and hears "Mr. Sandman" playing in the background, I was hooked. It's been oldies for me ever since! Actually, around the same time, there was an episode of "Family Ties" in which Alex P. Keaton got his sisters to sing that song. Both Keaton and McFly were played by Michael J. Fox, and I remember reading an article where he said that he likes that song. (He was born in Edmonton, like me! At least he was smart enough to leave this city.)
I was young when I saw "Back to the Future" for the first time and that "Family Ties" episode, so I didn't really know where to start looking for oldies. No youtube at that time, of course. I got some help from movies in the next few years, because some movies would have old music as part of their soundtracks. Examples:
"The Naked Gun" - "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman & his Hermits
"Hot Shots" - "Dream Lover" by Bobby Darin
"Groundhog Day" - "I Got You Babe" by Sonny & Cher
I forget which movie it was, but they played "Could This be Magic" by the Dubs during the opening credits. The movie was from the early 90s
Various songs by the Beach Boys were played in the TV show "Full House" and "America's Funniest Home Videos", so I listened to the Beach Boys nonstop while I was in junior high school.
I found a lot of music in the library when I was older, and in 1994, the "Forrest Gump" soundtrack introduced me to even more music. Once I discovered Jim Hutton and his early 60s music, I got to know more Connie Francis songs, a few rare gems by the Diamonds, etc.
Basically, I've been searching for oldies on and off for about 26 years now. That's probably why I'm so familiar with so many of them.
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Jim Hutton: talented gorgeous hot hunk; adorable as ElleryQueen; SEXIEST ACTOR EVER