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8	->'''Brad Allen:''' Look, I don't know what's bothering you, but don't take your bedroom problems out on me.
9	->'''Jan Morrow:''' I have no bedroom problems; there's nothing in my bedroom that bothers me.
10	->'''Brad Allen:''' Oh, well, that's too bad.
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12	''Pillow Talk'' is a 1959 romantic comedy film directed by Michael Gordon (you've heard of his grandson, Creator/JosephGordonLevitt). It was the first of three films to pair Creator/DorisDay with Creator/RockHudson; also in the cast are Creator/TonyRandall and Creator/ThelmaRitter.
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14	The plot concerns Jan Morrow (Day), a career woman, and Brad Allen (Hudson), a playboy songwriter. Much to her chagrin, her telephone line is connected to his through a party line, and his multiple romances make it near impossible for her to make a decent work-related call. When he meets her in person, he disguises his voice and adopts the name Rex Stetson. The charade works, since she's never seen him, but can it last?
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16	A huge commercial and critical success when it came out (earning five UsefulNotes/AcademyAward nominations, and winning for Best Original Screenplay), ''Pillow Talk'' is often considered the TropeCodifier for the RomanticComedy all the way up to today, solidifying many of the staples of the genre throughout the years: a serious career gal who's too busy for love, a dashing playboy who [[LadyKillerInLove falls in love]] with one of his attempted conquests, a masquerade made to deceive a love interest, BelligerentSexualTension, slapstick comedy, DoubleEntendre up the ying-yang, etc etc. For many scholars of the genre, this is ''the'' RomanticComedy.
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18	''Film/DownWithLove'' (2003) is an AffectionateParody of this film and the tropes it popularized, complete with having Tony Randall in it (in his final film role).
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20	Not to be confused with TalkingInBed, for when heads are on pillows and talking happens.
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23	!!This work features examples of:
24	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Brad Allen lied about who he was to seduce Jan, and then gets her to go away with him for the weekend. After Jan finds out and the Jonathan shows up to rescue her, [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech she tells him off]], claiming him his sexual problems could never be cured, and storms out with Jonathan. Then Jonathan comes back in and chastises Brad for not bringing his own champagne.
25	* BrickJoke: In an early scene, one of Peirot's clients is admiring an African-looking sculpture until Jan informs her that it's a fertility goddess. Towards the end, Jan uses it as a finishing touch when [[spoiler:decorating Brad's apartment. (Judging by the final scene and end credits, it must've been effective!)]]
26	** A visual example: Brad (as Rex) tells Jan he gets a warm feeling around her "like a potbelly stove on a frosty morning". Later we see a potbelly stove in Brad's apartment [[spoiler:after Jan redecorates it.]]
27	%%* TheCasanova: Brad.
28	* ChekhovsGun: In an early scene, The African-looking sculpture that one of Peirot's clients is admiring; Jan informs her that it's a fertility goddess. Towards the end, Jan uses it as a finishing touch when [[spoiler:decorating Brad's apartment. (Judging by the final scene and end credits, it must've been effective!)]]
29	* CoolCar: Jonathan tries to give Jan a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster as a present. Tony Walters' MG TF 1500 counts also.
30	* CreativeClosingCredits: "TheEnd" appears written on some pillows, then [[spoiler: [[BabiesEverAfter pink and blue pillows stack on top of them, each reading, "not quite..."]]]]
31	%%* CrowdSong: "Roly Poly".
32	%%* DeconfirmedBachelor
33	* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Doris Day hums a few bars of the theme song to herself as the opening music fades.
34	%%* DistractedByTheSexy
35	%%* DramaticIrony
36	* DrivingADesk: The effect appears when driving to and from Connecticut.
37	%%* DoubleEntendre: The movie is full of them.
38	* HangoverSensitivity: Brad, after he gets drunk from his excursion with Alma.
39	* LadykillerInLove: After his deceit is found out and Jan wants nothing to do with him, Brad realizes he's fallen in love with her.
40	* LivingWithTheVillain: Jan's unaware that her new boyfriend is also her arch-rival.
41	* MisterSeahorse: Oddly enough...Brad ducks into an obstetrician's office to avoid Jan and Jonathan and ah, claims to need an appointment for himself. Becomes a RunningGag because the doctor really wants to see him just in case a miracle of science has occurred.
42	* OhCrap: Brad, when Jan finds out the truth about who he is.
43	* PrettyInMink: Jan has a white mink jacket and a lynx-trimmed coat.
44	* PullTheThread: Jan deduces Rex's real identity when she finds the sheet music of the song she kept hearing on Brad's calls.
45	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jan to Brad (after finding out his ruse), where she states that at least her "bedroom problems" can be solved in one bedroom, his couldn't be solved in a thousand!
46	* SplitScreenPhoneCall: Used for Jan and Brad's phone calls as a gag to create the illusion that they're doing certain activities together.
47	* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: "You Lied". The singer even looks at Rex while singing it.
48	* StylisticSuck: Jan's redecorating of Brad's apartment.
49	* TitleThemeTune: Sung by Doris Day.

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