| "I was in Panama and there was this broad--what was her name? | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 11:48 pm EDT 08/08/14 |
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| Maruta? Markeeta? Ah well, what difference does it make. Anyway, this dame was built like a brick....." * (Musical pandemonium follows courtesy of Bernstein and Comden and Green. * the term is "brick shithouse", btw, and this is part of the song "Conversation Piece". I bring this up as, while I think it's a funny song ("it's about this whale"), I always rather hope to hear the end of the Panama story before Chick Clark is about to let loose the "shithouse" faux pas. Anybody else feel this way? And would anyone have any idea of what the rest of the story is that he is about to tell this company? I thought about this when I visited Panama, a lovely country, a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, didn't meet anyone named Maruta or Markeeta, though did encounter quite a few who had the requisite Chick Clark specifications. :) | |
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| re: "I was in Panama and there was this broad--what was her name? | |
| Posted by: | showtunetrivia 10:43 am EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | "I was in Panama and there was this broad--what was her name? - PlayWiz 11:48 pm EDT 08/08/14 |
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| You have to assume, given Chick's character and the raucous musical interruption, that the Panama story was fairly vulgar and not suitable fot mixed company. But PlayWiz, your post demonstrates why I love this board. Where else do you find people who go to foreign counties, where obscure references to musicals pop into their minds? :) Laura | |
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| Btw, if anyone wants to watch Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | "I was in Panama and there was this broad--what was her name? - PlayWiz 11:48 pm EDT 08/08/14 |
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| it is presently in chunks on YouTube. I saw it years ago at the Museum of Broadcasting (before it became the Paley Center) and it's quite marvelous. Here's a link to the first part, then follow the letters at the end of the title. | |
| Link | "Wonderful Town" |
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| Btw, if anyone wants to watch Jane Powell in Meet Me in St Louis.. | |
| Posted by: | keywslt 06:29 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | Btw, if anyone wants to watch Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| The same Youtube poster you've linked to also has: 1959 TV version of Meet Me/St L. with Tab Hunter and Jane Powell and Reta Shaw! and 1957 TV version of Annie get your Gun w/ Mary Martin and John Raitt and Reta Shaw! Also presented in "chunks" and well worth the eye strain! And Reta Shaw! | |
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| Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... | |
| Posted by: | LovestheShow 04:32 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | Btw, if anyone wants to watch Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| And why no Edie Adams? | |
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| re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... | |
| Posted by: | stevemr 04:49 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... - LovestheShow 04:32 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| She was pregnant | |
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| re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... | |
| Posted by: | larry13 09:41 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... - stevemr 04:49 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| Edie Adams' daughter was born 7 months after the TV WONDERFUL TOWN. It is much more likely that the "Lizard of Roz"(to quote Stritch, and others I'm sure)kept Adams from recreating the part that had, deservedly, won her great acclaim. Adams was very pretty, almost 20 years younger than Russell, and had a, shall we say, slightly better voice. | |
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| re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 01:18 am EDT 08/10/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... - larry13 09:41 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| I would have liked to have seen Adams, but Jacquelyn McKeever is also very good and very pretty and seems quite a bit younger than Russell too. Adams was also by 1958 a big name on television from appearing on husband Ernie Kovak's shows so she probably would have required over the title billing after Russell. McKeever around this time was nominated for a Tony for her performance opposite Tony Randall in "Oh, Captain!" and she sounds quite delightful on the recording. Sydney Chaplin has the combination of hotness, dreaminess and somewhat faulty vocalism which seems to have been his trademark in some top Broadway shows in the 1950s and 1960s. | |
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| re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... | |
| Posted by: | Michael_Portantiere 12:12 am EDT 08/10/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... - larry13 09:41 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| I think it's interesting that many people apparently viewed Roz's husband as the "bad cop" in the relationship, when according to reports, she herself was responsible for a lot of the very poor behavior, selfishness, and bad decisions. But I guess that wasn't uncommon in showbiz marriages back in the day. | |
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| I wish she were in this version. Thanks for the info. [nmi] | |
| Posted by: | LovestheShow 05:07 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Thank you! I'm really enjoying watching this!..... - stevemr 04:49 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | SidL 10:27 am EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | Btw, if anyone wants to watch Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - PlayWiz 12:04 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| really wish producers and creative types would go back to the winning formula of changing the name of an established book,play,movie once it is adapted as a musical for the stage. | |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | simbo 04:15 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - SidL 10:27 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| Yeah, unlike that hack David Merrick, who never even bothered to change the names of "Fanny", "42nd Street" or "Breakfast at Tiffany's". | |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | Michael_Portantiere 09:45 am EDT 08/10/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - simbo 04:15 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| Guess what? There are exceptions to every rule and every generalization, even when they are largely true. The point is that, back in the day, when films (or other properties) were adapted for the musical stage, the titles were almost always changed. As to Merrick, for every 42nd STREET there were ten shows with title changes, many of which have already been mentioned here. | |
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| Posted by: | SidL 08:05 am EDT 08/10/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - simbo 04:15 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| actually "Breakfast at Tiffany's was "Holly Golightly" during it's out-of-town tryout at the Shubert Theatre in Boston But even by changing to the more recognizable name of the novella/film could not salvage this infamous bomb that closed in previews on Broadway | |
| Link | Tremont & Stuart |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | PlayWiz 04:51 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - simbo 04:15 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| Well, "Tiffany's" was a huge flop. Merrick did produce "Take Me Along", a musical version of "Ah, Wilderness", "Hello, Dolly!" ("The Matchmaker"), "Carnival" (based on the film "Lili"), etc. | |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | larry13 10:36 am EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - SidL 10:27 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| I liked that too. But, remember, many of these titles were along the lines of RUTH! or RUTH AND EILEEN(which might give the wrong idea). And, too, those were the days that the musicals had original scores as well. What gets audiences into theaters now--or what producers think gets them in--is not new songs or titles. Rather the exact opposite. | |
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| re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" | |
| Posted by: | Greg_M 02:25 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - larry13 10:36 am EDT 08/09/14 |
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| Well "Gentleman's Guide" and "Book of Mormon" are original titles and they are both big hits | |
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| re Book of Mormon | |
| Posted by: | stevemr 04:48 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
| In reply to: | re: Roz Russell in "Wonderful Town" - Greg_M 02:25 pm EDT 08/09/14 |
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| And Book of Mormon hews very closely to the original, as well. | |
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