Friday Flashback: Rec. #175 (abbrev.): What a Way to Go

I decided to start doing Friday Flashbacks in case you missed some early posts the first time around. You're busy; I understand.

What: 1964, black comedy, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Robert Cummings, Gene Kelly, Dick Van Dyke, Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, painting chimp, IRS, wigs, psychiatrist, dead husbands, Edith Head costumes, Paris beatniks, utter joyous ridiculousness

Plus, things like this:

Representative quote:
"Put it down here, baby."
"Gee, I wish I'd said that."

Also: Yes, all those people really are in this movie.

[Originally posted 8/23/11.]