Last night, I crawled into bed and turned this movie on. When it comes to old movies, this is a classic. Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy star in this romantic comedy about an office staff being replaced by a computer. Katherine's character has been in love with Mike for years. And he's the kind who assumes she will always be there for him. When he drops in unexpectedly, he finds her entertaining another man (Tracy) in her apartment! "We've known each other for what, six years?" he asks her. "Seven," she replies back. They exchange a few lines about their relationship, and he says "I'll see you tomorrow. Come to think of it, I won't, I'll be in Chicago." He kisses her cheek and heads back to his own busy portion of life.
During the company Christmas party, there's champagne and tipsy girls. With bottle of champagne in hand, Bunny waves it and says "This is for laughs..... and I've had a couple of laughs already!"
These "electronic brains" are replacing everyone; however, it doesn't go as planned. A few mishaps and the information that comes out is only as good as the humans who enter the data. When Mike comes waltzing back to see Bunny, carrying a beautiful box of roses, their conversation is interrupted by Tracy. There's a question that the computer needs to answer: "Should Bunny marry Mike?" The answer comes back "No." Of course, this movie has the proverbial happy ending.
And I cried myself to sleep.
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