No, Rob Reiner Didn’t Invent Rom-Coms, But He Perfected Them (Ft. When Harry Met Sally, The Sure Thing, and It Happened One Night)
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History Harpies: Pop Culture, Past and Present di Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff and Christine Caldwell Ames
S1 · E18
8 feb 2026
01:08:46
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Lauren and Christine take a road trip, sing show tunes, and bicker as they revisit two classic rom-coms directed by Rob Reiner, and the one directed by Frank Capra that started it all. And we’ll have what she’s having.
Parole chiave
New York City
class
fashion
Florida
Oscars
masculinity
film history
Tim Robbins
Rob Reiner
When Harry Met Sally
The Sure Thing
John Cusack
Daphne Zuniga
Meg Ryan
Billy Crystal
It Happened One Night
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Frank Capra
Carrie Fisher
Bruno Kirby
Nora Ephron
rom coms
romantic comedies
Anthony Edwards
California
hitchhiking
road trip
1980s
1930s
Hays Code
walls of Jericho
Nicolette Sheridan