Because he has been barefoot. In the park !

Nice stuff Stacey

Note again that despite it being a long tailed shirt it is not billowy (like Lemmon's shirt in The App't pics I posted) a close'ish fit but not baggie (esp at the back) like modern Brooks non-slim fit.

Also note the double vents on Redford's jkt....orthodoxie's...PAH!

Thanks for the fine collection of images Staceyboy.  'Barefoot in the Park' was first a Broadway stage success (1963 - 1967) with Robert Redford and Elizabeth Ashley as the young couple,  written by Neil Simon and directed by Mike Nichols , later to direct 'The Graduate' movie.

I like the screenshot of Jane Fonda wearing the duffle coat while fixing the heater , with Charles Boyer providing support.  As an old French stager, Boyer would have appreciated the importance of sight-lines for the audience.  I fantasize in the Broadway production the stage directions at this point might have read something like : "VELASCO turns stage right, gazing in to the wings."  Let's not forget that Boyer appeared , along with Leslie Caron, in the 1961 film 'Fanny' so I guess he was on familiar territory.

A great anecdote told by Mike Nichols, how he demonstrated to his friend Redford that he wasn't suitable to play Benjamin Braddock when he auditioned for the role in 'The Graduate':

“I said, ‘You can’t play it. You can never play a loser.’ And Redford said, ‘What do you mean? Of course I can play a loser.’ And I said, ‘O.K., have you ever struck out with a girl?’ and he said, ‘What do you mean?’ And he wasn’t joking.”

Is it from Base Ball?

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Jane Fonda is a dirty old cow.

I'm not fonda Hanoi Jane.

Even the damn light-bulbs in my Giant vibrator are made in China.

It was Jimi Hendrix in an interview with Melody Maker, 28 Jan 1967...