SnoReptilePlenty Memorable, crazy movie

PiraBit if their story seems completely bonkers, almost like a feverish work of fiction, you ain't heard nothing yet.

SanEat A film with more than the usual spoiler issues. Talking about it in any detail feels akin to handing you a gift-wrapped present and saying, "I hope you like it -- It's a thriller about a diabolical secret experiment."

Bea Swanson This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "What to Do on a Date" is an 11-minute black-and-white short film from 65 years ago and the title gives away the core story of the film already. We watch a young man and he is not sure what to do with the girl he fancies when he has plans to go on a date with her. There were some not so great moments here, for example the girl must hear the other boy talking to him while she is on the phone and she'd probably not like it. But the main problem is that each girl is so different from the other that it is a bit pointless to make a film about that issue. Just do what she likes and what you like as well. On a positive note, this educational movie is among the most relevant today as young people everywhere still wonder what to do on a date these days. Oh yeah, people voted this down to the ground because MST3K picked it up and made fun of it, but I don't pay attention to these as they obviously cannot make up their mind by themselves and they probably have not even seen it. The film is better than the rating suggests, but it is still not a good watch. I do not recommend it. If you still liked it, you can check out the sequel if you find it anywhere.

ackstasis The human courtship ritual is a veritable minefield riddled with hidden explosives and tattered fragments of cardiac tissue. I was feeling lost, unsure as to how to approach that "special girl". Thankfully, director Ted Peshak had already catered for my social inadequacies. 'What to Do on a Date (1951)' is a Bible of essential information for any love-sick adolescent. A date needn't be expensive, the film tells us; just take your Juliet to a scavenger sale. Yes, that's right, to help set up. (Woohoo, free manual labour!) As we might expect, based on our experience with reality, the date goes very well. So well, in fact, that manly hero Nick scores himself a second date, with Kay agreeing to attend a dubiously-named "weenie roast." So... now that I've got the full dope: who wants to help me set up a garage sale next Friday?

pinetarrag This short tells of Nick, a shy guy who has long had a desire to ask sweet Kay out on a date. Jeff his buddy, suggests taking Kay to a "scavenger sale" a kind-of indoor garage sale, and Nick does only after his attempt to take Kay to "Wagon Train" is foiled because Kay has seen the film. They end up having a nice time and Nick sees a schedule of things to do, so he sets another date with Kay to go to a weenie roast.Overall this short film was sweet and gave some decent advice for dating, (make sure the other person will enjoy the activity, double date, choose dates that aren't too expensive etc) but the acting is wooden and the styling is badly dated. Still you can do worse for education shorts. "Drugs are Like That" for instance.

icehole4 Such as this one. While it was nice and cute in the 1950s, and reflected the morals of the time, today it is viewed as an antiquated piece of dated trash. I found it to be rather so-so. Not bad, but not great either. The story about Nick and his nerves on choosing a date is a timeless one, but how the story is handled is quite dated.