What to Do on a Date (1950)

★★★★★ · We need this instruction, right NOW! · Ligeia DeSoto · 2016-09-09

A lot can change in just a few years to the point where this hilarious instructional movie no longer becomes hilarious but becomes a seriously needed pointer in our modern lives. I cannot believe how horrific socializing has become in this high-tech addiction style of humanity. The amount of loneliness and suffering can be fixed with the very simple guidelines this film brings: shared interests and activities! Yes, once upon a time Joel & The Bots heckled this film, and we all laughed and enjoyed ourselves. Well, it's time to take Joel & The Bots back out and re-learn all of this stuff. The…

★★★★★ · Or what NOT to do! · Cambot · 2002-11-20

Quite possibly the perfect glance into a long gone era, filled with strict moral codes and conduct. It's the story of Nick-oaf in the ways of the world, and Kay-the object of his desire. What these two see in each other who can say. What we do know is that all teens need are fun activities to do and everything will be just fine! So get youself over to the scavenger sale and help fix it up. Conform...CONFORM!!!

★★★★★ · Dates - then and now · iljc116 · 2004-10-18

In the past, couples spent their dates doing the things in the film. Now, people like my boyfriend and I spend our dates laughing at the film. (p.s. - after watching this he asked his father if he ever went to weenie roasts if he was a teenager, and he said yes...we tried not to laugh, while he stood there confused)

★★★★ · A date in Stepford · DrKnapp · 2004-01-06

These are some of the many unfortunate kids who were were raised in the Coronet living room (and it shows). Come along with Kay and Mick as they embark on their many dating adventures: setting up for a sale, riding bikes. Nobody will be seated during the compelling sipping pop scene! What have we learned? Guys: Be cheap. Girls: Expect nothing. And for heaven's sake, don't touch each other! Part 2 to this film would logically have to be "A Date With Your Family", cause there ain't no second date here! A laff & a half.

★★★★ · Who Are You, Nick Baxter? · Dodsworth the Cat · 2022-12-21

"Say, you like to do lots of things, don't you?" asks Nick Baxter. It's a really obvious and stupid thing to say, but it doesn't matter what lines you give him, because the guy who plays Nick will say them all the same way. (See the loser-turned-winner version of Nick in "The Benefits of Looking Ahead," a 1950 Coronet short). The actor's never identified on screen, but we suspect after leaving the world of Coronet Instructional Films he went on to another career. He played Nick in several films, every line delivered with the same deliberate cadence (when he's annoyed, he just delivers them…

★★★★ · What to Do on a Date · Christine Hennig · 2002-12-27

Now, honestly, how many teenagers do you know who don't know what to do on a date? Amazingly, they found one clueless enough for this film. Of course, what they're really hoping to do is convince teenagers that what you do on a date is lots of wholesome group activities at the local teen center. Our really dorky hero has to be cattle-prodded into asking the girl next door to go to a rummage sale with him, where much to his surprise he finds out that she likes weenie roasts and taffy pulls! And what a coincidenceÂÂthose things are on the teen center schedule of upcoming wholesome events! It's…