What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968)

A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

Director:

George Seaton

Writers:

Vincent McHugh (story), Robert Pirosh,

Stars:

George Peppard, Mary Tyler Moore, Don Stroud

Cast

Cast overview:
George Peppard	...	Pete
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Liz
Don Stroud	...	Barney
Susan Saint James	...	Aida
Dom DeLuise	...	J. Gardner Monroe
Nathaniel Frey	...	Conrad
John McMartin	...	The Mayor
Charles Lane	...	Dr. Shapiro
Jeanne Arnold	...	Gertrude
George Furth	...	Murgatroyd
Morty Gunty	...	Sgt. Gunty
Joe Ponazecki	...	Officer Ponazecki
Frank Campanella	...	Capt. Wallace
Thelma Ritter	...	Mrs. Schwartz

Storyline

A new infection that simply makes people feel happy is treated as a threat by the authorities while its "victims" work to spread it to others.

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Plot Keywords:

nurse costume | unemployment | telephone call | apostrophe in title | bird cage | 

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Taglines:

It's good for what bugs you!!! (and what's so bad about that?)

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English German Greek Russian Spanish

Release Date:

24 May 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

17 syntages gia na ginete eftyhismenos

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Thelma Ritter's final film; her screen debut, Miracle on 34th Street, was also directed by George Seaton, making Ritter one of a handful of actors to be directed by the same person in both their first and last films.

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Quotes

Pete: Come 'ere! Come 'ere. Look. In this cruddy pile o' junk: a flower. The odds against survival must've been a million to one. But it made it. Couple of drops of rain, and some sun...
Liz: Pete, what's wrong? What's the matter with you?

User Reviews

Silly but fun

This movie was very silly but fun and actually a little thought-provoking. Mary Tyler Moore and George Peppard play two hippies who live with several of their friends in a dingy New York apartment. Their only goal in life is to "tune in and drop out" of mainstream society. After a toucan carrying a "happy virus" infects them, however, they "clean up" their acts, and begin to dress and act like your typical 60's establishment types. Moore and Peppard begin to think about marriage and children. The virus spreads all over New York City and people begin to be nice to one another. This alarms the makers of such products as alcohol, tobacco and gambling since demand for these begins to plummet! I always liked the scenes where rude New Yorkers begin to treat each other with respect and kindness, and the "hippy pad" was intriguing to me as a little kid. It wasn't just the silliness of the movie, though, that I liked. It actually made me think about how just waving a wand and making everyone happy would have a lot of unintended consequences. It was an early introduction for me to the economic concept of opportunity costs.