383 Man, it sure wasn't that easy to ask a girl out on a date when I was young! But now I know why - our high school didn't have weekly weenie roasts! Life was sure easy back then! Mr. Snout 2002-11-09 00:00:00 2002-11-09 00:00:00 4 442 Quite possibly the perfect glance into a long gone era, filled with strict moral codes and conduct. It's the story of Nick-oaf in the ways of the world, and Kay-the object of his desire. What these two see in each other who can say. What we do know is that all teens need are fun activities to do and everything will be just fine! So get youself over to the scavenger sale and help fix it up. Conform...CONFORM!!! Or what NOT to do! Cambot 2002-11-20 00:00:00 2002-11-20 00:00:00 5 750 Now, honestly, how many teenagers do you know who don't know what to do on a date? Amazingly, they found one clueless enough for this film. Of course, what they're really hoping to do is convince teenagers that what you do on a date is lots of wholesome group activities at the local teen center. Our really dorky hero has to be cattle-prodded into asking the girl next door to go to a rummage sale with him, where much to his surprise he finds out that she likes weenie roasts and taffy pulls! And what a coincidence––those things are on the teen center schedule of upcoming wholesome events! It's hard to imagine that adolescence was ever this dorky. Great fun. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: *****. Weirdness: ****. Historical Interest: *****. Overall Rating: ****. Also available on Mystery Science Theater 3000, Episode #503: Swamp Diamonds. What to Do on a Date Christine Hennig 2002-12-27 08:02:33 2002-12-27 08:02:33 4 2344 These old "educational" films always crack me up, and if this film by itself didn't split your sides open then your are in luck. "What to Do on a Date" was hilariously reviewed on Mystery Science Theater 3000. You may be able to find it in some of the better movie stores. It is on the video "Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Shorts Vol. 2". I'm sure a number of other videos found in the archives made it onto the MST3K videos as well. Let the robots tell you what to think! Mikal Houston 2003-05-23 13:05:51 2003-05-23 13:05:51 3 8477 These are some of the many unfortunate kids who were were raised in the Coronet living room (and it shows). Come along with Kay and Mick as they embark on their many dating adventures: setting up for a sale, riding bikes. Nobody will be seated during the compelling sipping pop scene! What have we learned? Guys: Be cheap. Girls: Expect nothing. And for heaven's sake, don't touch each other! Part 2 to this film would logically have to be "A Date With Your Family", cause there ain't no second date here! A laff & a half. A date in Stepford DrKnapp 2004-01-06 22:48:39 2004-01-06 22:48:39 4 10074 This film is from the same folks who brought us “Are You Popular?” That film examined how girls should behave. This film concentrates on boys. Nick asks Kay to help set up the local “scavenger sale.” I couldn’t help noticing that the discards of 1950 are today’s high-priced collectibles. Kay puts out a leaded glass lamp. “Boy, that is an old-timer!” says Nick by way of conversation as she puts a “white elephant” tag on it. In another scene, one of the teens casually puts aside what appears to be a Roseville or McCoy vase to set out the food. Well, if whoever bought at that sale is still around, they’re in for good news at “Antiques Roadshow.” As in “Are You Popular?” Nick and Kay live in a town with a lot of wholesome, inexpensive activities for teenagers—weenie roasts, square dances, bowling parties—something we parents of today have cause to envy. Nick doesn’t have to worry about his grooming and reputation the way the girls do; all Nick has to do is give Kay a choice between say, a bike trip or a weenie roast. Kay, who is stuck waiting to be asked, seems to have suitably low expectations. Her main concern is not to get a reputation as being a girl who “parks in cars with boys” like poor Ginnie in “Are You Popular?” “What To Do on a Date” is a much less complicated film. Boys have to “do” very little. The burden is on the girls. If only it were this simple . . . Marysz 2004-03-02 21:48:12 2004-03-02 21:41:32 4 23027 In the past, couples spent their dates doing the things in the film. Now, people like my boyfriend and I spend our dates laughing at the film. (p.s. - after watching this he asked his father if he ever went to weenie roasts if he was a teenager, and he said yes...we tried not to laugh, while he stood there confused) Dates - then and now iljc116 2004-10-18 01:20:47 2004-10-18 01:20:47 5 40385 Somewhat dissapointing, coming from the Coronet factory and with a title like that, I was expecting a lot more. A dim wit boy asks a dim wit girl what she really wants to do on a date, (decorating for the Scavenger sale!) so they go, and the dimwit boy discovers more of what he should do to ask her again for her second date. The proposal for the 2nd date is what propels the film into high geekdom, with taffy pulls, weenie roasts and band concerts proposals thrown your way, Garsh, what is a girl to do? Despite the lead looking a lot like Chris Klein, there's not much more I can reccomend for this film. "Taffy Pulls? Swell!" Spuzz 2005-05-02 16:55:20 2005-05-02 16:55:20 3 While the film was made in 1951, and teens did behave that way then, most high school seniors would have had some dating experience already. It certainly was a different world then! A little old-even for 1951 4 ERD 2006-01-17 12:45:32 2006-01-17 12:45:32 No talk about condoms and safe sex? What??? gasaxe 2007-04-20 04:14:06 2007-04-20 04:14:06 0 THE OLD SHOW MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 DID THIS VERY SAME VIDEO. IT'S ON YOUTUBE.COM!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrmFGSM1h44 MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATRE 3000 ladybarker 2008-04-14 22:54:22 2008-04-14 22:54:22 5 Nick the half-wit has NO idea about dating. Fortunately, his good friend Jeff is quite the dating sophisticate and suggests great ideas like taking Kaye to the scavenger hunt. Nick stumbles around asking inane questions from his dating mentor. What if she says no? What do you suppose I'll have to do? And on and on. Fortunately for Nick, Kaye just loves doing things like weenie roasts, bike trips, and taffy pulls because after all she's a swell girl. Now most of us can find this little film about wholesome group activities hilarious. We can laugh at Nick's inept attempts at getting a girl he likes to go out with him. We can poke fun at the dating activities they embark on. We can marvel at how times have truly changed. We can believe that Nick and Kaye and all his friends are real dorks. However, we might do well to consider that at least Nick and Kaye are actively involved in doing something with each other and their friends instead of nerds who lamely sit home, watching this on their pc and laughing. Come on gang! Let's get out there and roast those weenies! Weenie Roasts Are Swell! Retro Geek 2008-05-10 00:15:55 2008-05-10 00:15:55 4 On Saturday Night You Would Get The Local Wino To Buy A Pint, Take Girl To The Drive In, Spike Her Coke.Get Her In The Back Seat...And Go For The Grand Slam!....That WAS The 50's! Are You Kidding.... doowopbob 2009-04-23 11:54:15 2009-04-23 11:54:15 1 13 3.83