The #1 song on the Billboard charts on the day I was born was a good one:
“One Bad Apple” by the Osmonds.
Fitting, it would seem, at least at times.
But the #1 movie at the box office on the day I was born?
“The Owl and the Pussycat.”
I had never heard of this film, which sounds boring and dumb, but Elysha knew it immediately because it stars Barbara Streisand.
Just what I wanted.
A romantic comedy about “a somewhat uneducated actress, model, and part-time prostitute who moves in temporarily with her neighbor Felix, an intellectual aspiring writer. Despite their many obvious differences, the two begin to admire each other over time.”
That’s the movie? Two people from differing backgrounds share a home and find unexpected love for each other.
What the hell were people thinking in February of 1971?
Admittedly, it’s 80% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes, and Streisand was nominated for a Golden Globe, but I watched the trailer.
It’s weird.
I’ll get around to watching it to confirm my uninformed, possibly unfair judgment of the film, but it’s not exactly “One Bad Apple.”
Not the movie I wanted associated with my grand entrance into this world.
The #1 movie at the box office when Elysha was born?
“The Godfather Part II”
I’m so jealous.
