Conference bookie::movies

    re .0, I had a similar opinion.  I thought the first 3/4 of it was
    funny and intertaining, but then it wound-up with a very corny ending.
    
    Ted Danson and Whoopi Golderg did seem to have chemistry, though.  His
    eyes lit up when he looked at her, and I'm not sure if it was all
    acting.  I think the rumors of a romance might be true.  :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    I think we can all rest assured that Danson's sudden separation from
    his wife after this movie was filmed and his being attached to
    Goldberg's hip ever since the separation isn't a coincidence.  Frankly,
    although I liked both of them separately, I just can't bring myself to
    see a movie with both of them in it together.  It's like pairing Martha
    Raye with Cary Grant!!!
    
    Leslie

    re .2, oh, I don't know.  Actually, I take heart from their
    relationship.  It's nice, on occasion, to see a conventionally good
    looking man fall in love with a woman's personality and intelligence,
    instead of just falling for the obligatory model type.  If Ted Danson
    is really in love with Whoopi Goldberg then my estimation of him, as a
    person, has gone up.  
    
    It's not that Whoopi is ugly or anything. I don't think she is.  She
    has charisma, a great smile, talent, personality.  It's just that she's
    not the type of conventional beauty that would be found on the cover of
    Cosmo, and I think it's refreshing to see a handsome guy fall for a
    woman who looks a little bit more like the rest of us do.
    
    Lorna
    

>     ..., and I think it's refreshing to see a handsome guy fall for a
>     woman who looks a little bit more like the rest of us do.

	Ted doesn't look as handsome (though he's still far from
	ugly) out of makeup.  But your point is taken ...

    How about the fact that he "fell" for Whoopi while he was married? 
    That hardly puts him on MY pedestal.  I have always liked Whoopi
    Goldberg and have never thought of Ted Danson as handsome.  I think
    their looks are irrelevant; that's not why I have a hard time seeing
    them together.  I saw a Barbara Walters special when he was still with
    his wife (about 18 months ago) and he told of how he took care of his
    wife and brand new baby when his wife had a stroke during childbirth,
    and the adoption of their second daughter.  He was raving about his
    wife and his life as a married father then; this thing with Whoopi no
    matter WHAT she looks like kind of takes the glow off the interview.
    
    Leslie

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>    How about the fact that he "fell" for Whoopi while he was married? 

  It happens. In fact, just about every couple I know in the baby boomer
generation formed while one of them was involved with someone else. In the
psychological community it's called "serial monogamy". In Hollywood it's even
more a fact of life than in the rest of the world.

  Fact is that Mrs. Danson is probably much better off than most people who
get dumped since movie stars tend to have lots more money to add to the divorce
settlement than most people who break up.

  Life goes on and there are worse things in life than having to endure being
an unhappy millionaire. 

  George

I remember that interview with Barbara Walters, too.  They tried to 
make a point that he was happily married and not at all like his 
character from Cheers. I feel bad for his wife and kids.  No amount 
of money can replace a husband and father.

Ann Marie

    re .5, & .6, I've been on both sides of this situation.  When I was
    married I fell in love with someone else, and, at another time in my
    life, a man I was living with and was in love with, fell in love with
    another woman and left me.  People are human, it happens, sometimes it
    hurts for awhile, people learn to roll with the punches, and life goes
    on.  
    
    Maybe there's some greater cosmic justice that thinks it's time for
    Whoopi to have some love and romance.  :-)
    
    Lorna
    

    According to Whoopi on yet another BW special, she's never had any
    problems have "love and romance" ... she's twice divorced and says she
    doesn't ever want to get married again because she's "just not very
    good at it" ... she's got a problem with sharing and compromise.  Maybe
    she's "Sam's" type after all!
    
    Leslie

    Which one is Cary and which one Martha???  I can make a case either
    way, I think...   ;-) ;-)

    Exactly!  But still a mismatch IMHO.
    

    RE: .6  by 25415::MAIEWSKI 
    
    >In the psychological community it's called "serial monogamy". 
    
    When I was a kid there was a new serial every Saturday.  
    
    We were wedded to them.
    

    This movie had the look and feel of a made-for-tv movie. Danson simply
    reprises his Sam Malone lady-killer persona, Whoopie just sleepwalks
    through the whole thing and the rest of the cast (Will Smith, Paul
    Rodriguez,Nia Person, et.al) do their best, but...
    * out of *****