Change Your Image
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMjAyMzI2MjkwOV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNzMxMzU5OQ@@._V1_SY100_SX100_.jpg)
Steve_Gaghagen
Reviews
The Bubble (1966)
Saw The Original Release
When this movie first came out, I was 16. Obler and crew did a William Castle-like ad blitz for the film and tried to give it a high-class patina. The film originally screened at the Huntington-Hartford theater in Hollywood. The HH was a great legitimate stage theater that was equipped with a screen for this event, and tickets were sold in advance.
I remember a lot about how terrible the film was, but I also remember it was an absolutely hilarious evening. This is the funniest of my recollections of the evening ... and why I disclose a "spoiler" here ... although spoiling this turkey is somehow an oxymoron.
At one point in the film, the two protagonists have been running from all sorts of horrible goings on, through forests, rivers, and caves. At one point the action slows a bit, things get a tad quieter, and the girl, who is stretched to the edge emotionally and started to break down says, "Do you know what today is?" Her male counterpart, who is holding her as they sit in mud in a cave somewhere, says, "No ... what?" She says, "Today is ... (sob sob) ... my ... birthday!" Then she starts to cry.
And from somewhere in the back of the house, near the top of the balcony, a lone voice began singing ...
"Happy birthday to you .... Happy birthday to you ..." ... and then other voices joined in ...
"Happy birthday ... happy birthday ..." ... and still more joined in ... and more ...
"Happy birthday to you ..." ... until the entire audience was singing the Happy Birthday song. The song was sung completely, and repeated at least twice growing louder and louder. The audience was laughing and clapping ... and singing this absurd Happy Birthday to the movie! After the film everyone was talking about how The Bubble was the worst thing seen since Plan 9 From Outer Space ... but everyone agreed that the audience and the impromptu Happy Birthday show was one of the finest moments in movie going memory ... at least in mine.
I'd love to hear from anyone else who was there that night! What a HOOT!