Man, it's been hot! It's days like this that remind of something my parents used to say...that nudists have the right idea! And that statement always makes me think of the 1964 Peter Sellers movie A Shot in the Dark. This was the second film in The Pink Panther series, and definitely one of the funniest. The best scene in this movie is the nudist colony sequence--it's physical comedy such as this that would inspire Mike Myers' Austin Powers series later on. Careful usage of props and scenery prevent anything from being revealed and yet it was groundbreaking for its time.
Just check out the 10 minute sequence below (unfortunately, I don't think the audio is synched with the video; I hate it when that happens.) Clouseau is on the trail of Maria Gambreli (Elke Sommer, who publicly admitted to visiting nudist colonies off-screen.) I watched it for the first time in many years and honestly, found it funnier than most of the "comedies" Hollywood puts out today.
Stay cool and safe, my Go Retro readers!
