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| re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 09:30 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town - Michael_Portantiere 09:28 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
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| Right. I guess what I should have said is if you don't remember it (or see it) in the program listing, the joke is lost. ;-) | |
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| re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 10:09 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town - Chromolume 09:30 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
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| Gotcha. Since I didn't know about the "S" and I assumed his name was spelled "Upperman," I guess I thought maybe the name was a different kind of pun, you know, "upper man on the totem pole" -- the opposite of Willy Loman, "low man on the the totem pole," which someone else here pointed out. :-) |
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| re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town | |
| Posted by: Snowysdad 09:55 am EDT 04/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town - Michael_Portantiere 10:09 pm EDT 04/19/20 | |
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| Where ever Comden and Green were at work look for these insider jokes. A couple of my favorites include all the opera jokes in "Catch Our Act at the Met" from Two on the Isle Dolores Gray: I'll play Lucia Bert Lahr: and I'll play sextette by Don Ameche D. Gray: No Donizetti Both: and we'll be putting the wriggle into Rigolett and Dr. Kitchel the Dentist who writes songs on his air hose in Bells are Ringing. This comes from Harold Karr, composer of Ethel Merman's then recent musical Happy Hunting who had been a dentist and may very well have gone back to practicing after. Also lots of people in the news at the time mentioned in "Drop That Name." |
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| re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 03:41 pm EDT 04/20/20 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 03:41 pm EDT 04/20/20 | |
| In reply to: re: Hidden puns in character names - On The Town - Snowysdad 09:55 am EDT 04/20/20 | |
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| That show is actually called ''Two on the Aisle.'' Although ''Two on the Isle'' could be a musical about Robinson Crusoe and his man, Friday. ;) | |
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