Breakfast in Bed (Details)
citation: Collier's, May 15, 1948, 121(20):13, 40, 42, 44, 47
alias: None
teaser: Granted that Timberlake Ryan's lovely wife was dynamite, he still wasn't going to get up. Because the way he was fixed, dynamite couldn't move him.
summary: Timberlake Ryan wants to spend his Sunday in bed, but his wife Eve doesn't want to waste the day. She wants to do something; go to Central Park, or a museum, or Helen Beardsley's cocktail party. When excuses and complaints fail to dissuade her, Tim worries Eve by fabricating a story of him meeting a femme fatale at the party. It gives him a chance to make-up with her, finding something else to keep her in bed.
words: 4,827
genre: Timberlake Ryan, Slice-of-Life
similar: Manhattan Idyl, I'm Mad at You, Long-Distance Call, The Little Courtesies, Week-End Genius, My Cigarette Loves Your Cigarette, One-Man Show, Sounds in the Night, Man of the Cocktail Hour, Tattletale Tape; You Haven't Changed a Bit, Sneak Preview, I Like It This Way, Husband at Home, Legal and Tender, Rainy Sunday, Expression of Love, Vive la Différence, Bedtime Story, Take One Rainy Night, Old Enough for Love, The Sunny Side of the Street, No Time for the Billiard Ballet
people: Timberlake Ryan, Eve Ryan, Helen Beardsley, Clothilde, O'Dwyer
places: New York, NY: Central Park, Paradise Billiard Parlor
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