“You like boats, but not the ocean. You go to a lake in the summer with your family up in the mountains. There’s a long wooden dock and a boathouse with boards missing from the roof, and a place you used to crawl underneath to be alone. You’re a sucker for French poetry and rhinestones. You’re very generous. You’re kind to strangers and children, and when you stand in the snow you look like an angel.”
– Phil Connors (Bill Murray), Groundhog Day (1993), screenplay by Danny Rubin and Harold Ramis, story by Danny Rubin
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“Groundhog Day” is a great romantic comedy. Are you a fan of the genre, Scott?
- E.C. Henry from Bonney Lake, WA
I like a certain kind of rom-com, more com than rom. Some of my favorites: The Goodbye Girl, When Harry Met Sally, Some Like It Hot, It Happened One Night – and if I go further back, I’ll be dating myself — which, I believe, is illegal in this state.
Are you familiar with Billy Mernit? He’s written the book on the rom-com genre – literally. The book is called “Writing the Romantic Comedy”. I’ve recommended it to my students for years now. I’ll be pimping Billy’s book and website in the next week or so.
How about you? What are you favorite rom-coms?
fyi, danny rubin, one of the writers of ‘groundhog day’ also has a blog: blogusgroundhogus.