The Woman In Red - Stood up
Teddy coaches his buddy Mikey on when and how to call him that evening pretending he’s urgently needed at the office. That will clear the way for Teddy to go to the date he made with the Woman in Red.
After helping with the blind man prank (previous post) Mikey makes the call. But by then Teddy has found out he has to stay at home with Didi to babysit their grandkid. In a hilarious response he demands the bewildered Mikey tell their bosses to take their request and ...“shove it it up their ass!” (Watch the movie to see why Didi is holding that inappropriately positioned gun).
Then … Mikey rejoins his buddies, finding them in a fracas with local louts in front of a Carls Jr. diner. It’s time for more sight gags as Buddy, still playing the blind man (on the left), punches away. The phone number posted at the adjacent business on the right led CitySleuth to this location.
… and now, both Carls Jr. at 305 W. 6th Street in the Wilshire/Vermont neighborhood of Los Angeles and the Olympic Auto Body Shop (with the same phone number) are still there today. The shot was filmed looking across Virgil Avenue (map).
Teddy doesn’t know that it was Ms. Milner who had answered the call and received his offer of a date. She doesn’t know it was meant for the Woman in Red. She patiently waits for him to arrive.
He never does - she ends up closing the place. But where was this filmed? Teddy referred to it as “… La Primavera Restaurant in North Beach”; there was a Primavera in North Beach at that time but it has long since closed and besides, this place looks too swanky for North Beach. There’s a later restaurant scene in the movie filmed at the Prince in Los Angeles but these interiors appear to be somewhere else. If anyone can shed light on where this was they are encouraged to contact citysleuth@reelsf.com.