It was a simple time, with a simple formula. Only two ingredients were necessary.
1. Eliot Gould making a silly face
2. One of his female co-stars flashing some flesh.
If the photog got creative, he might add a third element of some kind, like a dog, another male co-star or another female co-star, but the only essential ingredients were the Big Two. You might be thinking, “Big deal. How many 1970 films could that possibly work for?”
I grant you that you’ve asked a good question, but what you don’t realize is that according to an important international treaty, as ratified by the U.S. Congress in the famous Gould Rush Act of 1970, no film could be produced that year unless Elliott Gould was in it. Unfortunately, in order to negotiate this treaty, the concessions America had to make to her allies included a reciprocity agreement that no film could be made in 1974 unless it starred Gerard Depardieu, a condition that began the steady deterioration of civilization that continues to this day.
Some examples:
Gould and Paula Prentiss’s breasts promote Move.
Gould and Samantha Scott’s breasts promote M*A*S*H.
The gallery selling the print says it is Jo Ann Pflug. Not likely. See below.
Gould and Genevieve Waite’s booty promote Move.
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Footnote: These have come up in an earlier thread. It seems fairly certain that the actress identified as Jo Ann Pflug is actually Samantha Scott, who did have a small role in M*A*S*H and was a Playboy favorite. She is seen below in The Head Mistress.
