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re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY!

Posted by: Dalmaniac 06:54 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY! - LegitOnce 12:46 pm EDT 04/02/14

Having seen Carole Cook, herself a read-headed protegée of Lucille Ball, as the second ever Dolly in "Hello, Dolly!", I have to say that I always wished Lucille Ball had played the role in the movie. I also pictured her teamed with Jack Benny (they had shared several television episodes). He was very much the miser that Horace was meant to be and would have played off Lucy very well. (He became ill around this time so it wouldn't have played out the way I magined it!). There was always talk about Jack playing Dolly himself on Broadway, in drag, but I tend to think this was publicity talk. Danny la Rue's turn as Dolly was a total disaster.


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re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY!

Posted by: LegitOnce 09:43 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY! - Dalmaniac 06:54 am EDT 04/03/14

My first guess at a Lucy Vandergelder would be Bob Hope.


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re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY!

Posted by: Dalmaniac 09:59 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY! - LegitOnce 09:43 am EDT 04/03/14

"My first guess at a Lucy Vandergelder would be Bob Hope."

I'll buy that too!


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re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY!

Posted by: Dalmaniac 10:10 am EDT 04/03/14
In reply to: re: Barbra vs Carol in HELLO, DOLLY! - Dalmaniac 09:59 am EDT 04/03/14

Before I go to bed (it's 1.00 am in Sydney) I think I'll recant on approving Bob Hope as Vandergelder. I love him but I think his persona is too smart. Dolly needs to twist him around and I think Benny's established persona is deluded enough to be fair game for this "wonderful woman". Also, the dynamic set up in the various Lucy Show episodes iwth Lucy Carmichael and Jack echoes the Dolly/Horace relationship perfectly.


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