"How to Beat the High Co$t of Living" was filmed here in my hometown. The scene where Jane Curtin does a strip-tease, and the money is sucked out of the giant plexiglass ball was filmed at Valley River Center on the shore of the Willamette River. The power company that where Garret Morris laughed at Jane's attempt to convince them not to cut off her power was our very own Eugene Water and Electric Board. This is one of the few roles Dabney Coleman had where he didn't play an idiot (compare to his role as John McKittrick in War Games, or his TV role as "Buffalo Bill," or as "Slap Maxwell"). All in all, a very fun movie. If you watch closely, you can identify various landmarks in Eugene. For example, the roof of Meier & Frank (which looks like a spinner from the game of "Life") is one of the distinctive features of Valley River Center. Jane and Susan and Jessica were all great in this movie, as were Richard Benjamin and Dabney Coleman. If you have the opportunity to rent this movie or to see it with a friend, be ready to laugh so hard that you tear up. In any case, SEE IT!!!!