Movies

The Glass Bottom Boat (1966) Doris Day in an idiotic espionage farce. In hindsight, it is clear that American culture was on the brink of revolution and this is a perfect example of the type of decadence that spurred it on. There is hardly a scene which is not irritating or stupid in some way. Worse, the eponymous boat barely appears and is irrelevant to the plot so if you are a big glass bottom boat fan and are looking forward to seeing a movie about one, this is not it. You are going to be saying for the rest of the night, "I thought there would be more of the boat." There are only two redeeming features to this film: First, Day's next-door neighbors are played by George Tobias and Alice Pearce, who appeared as Gladys and Abner Kravitz on Bewitched, providing a sort of TV Land merging of universes effect. Second, Paul Lynde in drag. Ellen Corby also appears, but not significantly. 2/10