You know how to whistle, don't you?

What's Up, Doc?

(1972)

Saw this when it was new, when I was 19 or so and had never seen Bringing Up Baby, and thought it was wonderful. And I didn't even know from Cole Porter then, so most of the soundtrack was lost on me.

Can still see why it could seem wonderful to anyone who had never seen BUB. Streisand's no Hepburn, and O'Neal's no Grant, and plaid satchels are no leopards, but still: it's not bad. And it's probably fair to say that Babs c. 1972 was probably as big a deal as Kate c. 1938--Kate, in fact, was "box office poison" then. And Babs does have a certain charm . . . if you can forget Kate.

In any case, anyone from my generation, whose most recent memory of O'Neal was in Love Story, appreciates the final line.