D. Day.

That's what my friends and I used to call her.
She was one of the greats.
How do you not love Doris Day?
I never met her.
I did see her in person.
Once, in the 70s.
At lunchtime at Nate n' Als, the deli in Beverly Hills.
I was with somebody, sitting with my back facing away from her.
My lunch partner spotted her immediately and informed me.
I had to turn around.
It was indeed her.
By herself.
She had a veil over her face.
So I couldn't really get a good look at her.
God knows what was going on under the veil.
She was so wonderful in the movies.
Particularly the ones she made in the 50's.
My favorite is "Calamity Jane".
A truly great and under-appreciated musical.
That's where "Secret Love" came from.
From beginning to end a total delight.
I also loved "Young At Heart".  Even though Sinatra stole it out from under her.
Boy, was he good.
And the ones she made with Jack Carson.  Whom I was a big fan of.
What fun!
If there wasn't a Doris Day, would there have been an S.Z. Sakall?
If you don't get the reference, go to Wikipedia.
I was less crazy about the ones she made with Rock Hudson.
She was too old to play the virgin.
I'm not alone in this opinion.
When I was working on "The Odd Couple", Tony Randall corralled my writing partner and me to
come up with a new script for another Doris Day-Rock Hudson movie.
Wouldn't that be great?
And of course, there'd be a great part for Tony.
Tony was indeed great in the other ones.
But the movies had kind of passed Doris by at that point.
But we indulged Tony and agreed that this was indeed a great idea.  And we'd do our best.
We never gave it another thought, and I don't think Tony did either.
Anyway, at 97, she had a great run, and she will be truly missed.

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