It's a pleasure watching Dana Gould...er, Dr. Zaius on TFH. Always funny - top notch scripting and presentation. I recall seeing HTMYW several times in my childhood. It seemed so sophisticated, so adult, to my ten-year-old, my twelve-year-old, & my fifteen-year-old self. Still worth a look, if just for the exterior scenes shot in New York and seeing Jack Lemmon working with a parade of character actors from that era. And, honestly, it still looks great. Never has misogyny and white-male privilege looked been so pretty!
In the 70s, they called a premise like this "high concept." A not too bad of one, IMHO. It's very edgy, for the time. I remember enjoying it a lot as a young teen, since I was already planning on becoming a rich and famous cartoonist, myself, one day. You might say, I could really relate to this movie. A lot. Something I kept to myself, of course. Until now. That only leaves the SPOILER ALERT, I guess: With a happy ending, no less. Yep. A happy ending. Can you believe that? Quite a rarity for this type of movie. Not the one you're thinking of, either. Nope. Unlike all of today's kind of romcoms. Like "27 Dresses," or "The Ugly Truth." You know, the one staring that "300" guy, and the woman from "27 Dresses." Nothing like those.
This movie is a work of genius! My parents and grandparents love it, but no, it would never be filmed today! And I never thought of the connection between How to Murder Your Wife and the earlier Bell, Book and Candle apart form Jack Lemmon (and New York, of course).
I'd give anything for a Bash Brannigan Sweatshirt! George Axelrod wrote some great screenplays whether they made sense or not! HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE is one of my favorite comedies of all time for many reasons, the best one being the brilliant Neal Hefti bachelor-pad music score. I've watched this dozens of times since I first saw it as a kid at the theatre with my whole family; it has always made perfect sense to me. Needless to say, I never tire of listening to the original soundtrack album all the time.
Sorry, but this is a guilty pleasure for me. "Shut you old bag!" Bonus is that if your a guy and you don't get why Jack marries Virna Lisi- you need to check your T level. There just aren't any women like that around anymore.
I remember this being on NBC Saturday Night at the Movies. This is the kind of movie Richard Quine committed suicide over not being able to make any more? Even from the trailer, I'm thinking why would you make this? The Manchurian Candidate was out of circulation for decades, but this wasn't?
Don't think I've ever been able to sit thru a 60s comedy, including this one. What was that one with Matthau and Robert Morse, Guide For The Married Man. Hilariously lame. Brando probably made a few of these, as well. Not only do 60s comedies not age well, as Dr Z pointed out, they weren't funny then. This was pre-National Lampoon, Richard Pryor, SNL, 70s comedy. The jokes were lame, stale. But I'll watch any TFH that features one of these lame ass comedies. TFH is always amusing.
I'll add another one, also starring Jack Lemmon: Under the Yum Yum Tree. Sixties sex comedies are unwatchable, unless they've got Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in them.
I saw this movie when I was ten years old and I thought it was great !! The Glopitta-Glopitta Machine !!
It's a pleasure watching Dana Gould...er, Dr. Zaius on TFH. Always funny - top notch scripting and presentation. I recall seeing HTMYW several times in my childhood. It seemed so sophisticated, so adult, to my ten-year-old, my twelve-year-old, & my fifteen-year-old self. Still worth a look, if just for the exterior scenes shot in New York and seeing Jack Lemmon working with a parade of character actors from that era. And, honestly, it still looks great. Never has misogyny and white-male privilege looked been so pretty!
"They couldn't make it today, and maybe they shouldn't have made it back then either." Yup.
Dr. Zaius the woke scold
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I saw this movie on TV as a child, I'm planning to see it again. Thanks for the funny review.
“Dr. Zaius! Dr. Zaius!”
This movie SHOULD be made today!
This movie is so well made and very funny Jack Lemmon is great
Jack Lemmon was at one point a roommate of the creator of The Submariner, Bill Everett. 0:22
hot diggity Jack Lemmon!
Max Showalter is the spitting image of Casey Adams.
They're one and the same.
@@SawtoothMan Oh, please! That's like saying Hans Gudegast and Eric Braeden are related.
In the 70s, they called a premise like this "high concept." A not too bad of one, IMHO. It's very edgy, for the time. I remember enjoying it a lot as a young teen, since I was already planning on becoming a rich and famous cartoonist, myself, one day. You might say, I could really relate to this movie. A lot. Something I kept to myself, of course. Until now.
That only leaves the SPOILER ALERT, I guess:
With a happy ending, no less.
Yep. A happy ending. Can you believe that? Quite a rarity for this type of movie.
Not the one you're thinking of, either. Nope. Unlike all of today's kind of romcoms. Like "27 Dresses," or "The Ugly Truth." You know, the one staring that "300" guy, and the woman from "27 Dresses." Nothing like those.
This movie is a work of genius! My parents and grandparents love it, but no, it would never be filmed today! And I never thought of the connection between How to Murder Your Wife and the earlier Bell, Book and Candle apart form Jack Lemmon (and New York, of course).
I can see how Disney got most of the plot points for Condorman from this movie as well as The Game of X.
I'd give anything for a Bash Brannigan Sweatshirt! George Axelrod wrote some great screenplays whether they made sense or not! HOW TO MURDER YOUR WIFE is one of my favorite comedies of all time for many reasons, the best one being the brilliant Neal Hefti bachelor-pad music score. I've watched this dozens of times since I first saw it as a kid at the theatre with my whole family; it has always made perfect sense to me. Needless to say, I never tire of listening to the original soundtrack album all the time.
" i love You , dr Zaius "
Robert Crumb is obsessed with big-legged women, not big-busted women. I guess Crumb didn't make it to a lot of Hollywood parties in the '60s
thumbs up for werewolf
😊😊😊great movie
😂
Now I understand Martine Beswick's scowl.
Sorry, but this is a guilty pleasure for me. "Shut you old bag!" Bonus is that if your a guy and you don't get why Jack marries Virna Lisi- you need to check your T level. There just aren't any women like that around anymore.
I remember this being on NBC Saturday Night at the Movies. This is the kind of movie Richard Quine committed suicide over not being able to make any more? Even from the trailer, I'm thinking why would you make this? The Manchurian Candidate was out of circulation for decades, but this wasn't?
Don't think I've ever been able to sit thru a 60s comedy, including this one. What was that one with Matthau and Robert Morse, Guide For The Married Man. Hilariously lame. Brando probably made a few of these, as well. Not only do 60s comedies not age well, as Dr Z pointed out, they weren't funny then. This was pre-National Lampoon, Richard Pryor, SNL, 70s comedy. The jokes were lame, stale. But I'll watch any TFH that features one of these lame ass comedies. TFH is always amusing.
I'll add another one, also starring Jack Lemmon: Under the Yum Yum Tree. Sixties sex comedies are unwatchable, unless they've got Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni in them.