  dating do's and don'tssome prescriptive grammarians today, such as paul brians, would call this spelling incorrect, arguing that the apostrophe denotes a possessive; if the film were made today, the title would probably be dating dos and don'ts. however, "do's" is the more traditional spelling, and was the recommended spelling at the time the film was made. the merriam-webster web site lists do's as an acceptable variant is a 1949 instructional film designed for american high schools, to teach adolescents basic dating skills, produced by coronet instructional films and directed by gilbert altschul with the assistance of reuben hill, research professor of family life at the university of north carolina. in this film, the boy is the sole initiator of any contact with the girl, and all arrangements are made under the warm supervision of the family, particularly a mother who is a matriarchal housewife. this film, as many of the other educational shorts of the post world war ii era, denotes the traditional socially conservative values that were common in the early to mid 20th century. his mother, as the film was released in the late 1940s, was raised during the end of the victorian era, in the 1910s or 1920s decade, supposing she is middle aged, where the custom of "courtship" was commonplace and is new to the "dating" concept, but she accepted it. there is a similarly named but unrelated looney tunes webtoon. == woody's first date == the film follows a young adolescent boy, woody, who receives tickets for "one couple" to the hi teen carnival. at different stages, the film offers options on how woody might respond to various situations: # what kind of girl should he date? # how should he ask her out? # how should he say good night after the date is over? the film then shows three options, for each opportunity, ending with what it deems the most successful. this allows the filmmakers to create an idealized scenario for a perfect first date. woody is cautioned not to ask a girl out based on her looks as she could be aloof or boring. instead he should ask a girl who is "fun". he is similarly told to be straightforward and not to insist that his potential date give up some other activity for him. finally, the film depicts 
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