When Dreary Met Shabby: Love Story (1970)

The time has come to wish a hearty Happy Birthday to Elena! We said she could choose any movie she wanted to talk about and out of all the wonderful New Hollywood classics, she chose this one. Love Story itself might be astoundingly mid, but this discussion we had about it was a rollicking good time! More than half of the episode gets spent just gabbing about the our favorite classic film romances, as well as what it even means to be “romantic”. Topics include: Instagram, Erich Segal’s alleged populism, and literacy rates then vs. now. One topic that does NOT get touched upon is Robert Evans, despite the fact that the hosts repeatedly insist throughout the episode they will eventually discuss him. Ah well, someday…