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Vultural
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A few reviews . . (film or TV)
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8-Sep-2023, 10:44 AM

If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium - 1969 - 6/10

Americans climb aboard the bus for a package tour of Europe.
Nine countries, eighteen days. Did I mention bus? Shoot me now.
The tourists are an odd assortment, easier to tag them, I guess.
The core is a romance between the jaded, womanizing tour operator (Ian McShane) and a fetching American tourist (Suzanne Pleshette).
The plot plays like stitched sitcoms, but the photography is remarkably good.
Proverbial “picture postcard” likely played well to armchair wannabee travelers, or aging WWII vets who always wanted to go back and visit.
Along with the gags (the good and the awful), there is an innocent charm about this.