THE BEST

What's your favorite romance movie? The best on-screen kiss? The biggest heartache flick?

I'll get right to it--Lady and the Tramp. When they get to the end of that piece of spaghetti, well I wish I was Tramp. And I'm not much into dog kissing. But Disney did it for me.

I also need music to along with the romance. I think that's why "A Man and a Woman" is one of my favorites along with "Top Gun". Without the music, and, of course, I haven't forgotten "Lara's Theme" from "Dr. Zhivago," then it may just be a bunch of mush.

Color, or technicolor as the old movies advertised, is a necessity for me, too. Burt Lancaster's kiss on the beach just didn't get it for me, though it is highly regarded as one of the bests on-screen smooches ever. Even a comedy like the great "Seven Year Itch" had a great kiss with Tom Ewell laying it on Marilyn Monroe. And, no, not all Monroe kisses were that great--she had to be in color.

So there you have it. For a pre-Valentine's Day movie guide to big kiss screening. You may just want to NetFlix one, but remember the criteria--music, color, and quality movie, too.

You know, I once was really attracted to a leather couch because of the name. It was out of some of our favorite furniture line--the Bogart Collection. It was called (I thought) The Big Kiss couch. After we purchased it, I discovered it was called The Big Kid couch. Oh, well. It's still a nice piece of furniture, but I bet they would have sold more calling it The Big Kiss.