Where the Boys Are Where the Boys Are Where the Boys Are is a 1960 Metrocolor and CinemaScope American coming-of-age comedy film directed by Henry Levin, written by George Wells based on the 1960 novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout, about four Midwestern college co-eds who spend spring break in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The title song "Where the Boys Are" was sung by Connie Francis, who also co-starred in a supporting role. The film was aimed at the teen market, featuring sun, sand and romance. Released in the wintertime, it inspired many American college students to head to Fort Lauderdale for their
The Blue Giraffe The Blue Giraffe "The Blue Giraffe" is a science fiction story on the concept of mutation by American writer L. Sprague de Camp. It was first published in the magazine "Astounding Science-Fiction" for August, 1939. It first appeared in book form in the anthology "Adventures in Time and Space" (Random House, 1946); it later appeared in the anthologies "World of Wonder" (Twayne, 1951), "The Science Fiction Bestiary" (Thomas Nelson, 1971), "Androids, Time Machines and Blue Giraffes" (Follett, 1973), "Isaac Asimov Presents the Great Science Fiction Stories: Volume 1, 1939" (DAW Books, 1979), "" (Bonanza Books, 1983), and "An Anthropomorphic Century"