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| Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: bobby2 10:41 pm EST 12/23/21 | |
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| Did they change the ending? I saw it as a very small child with Alice Ghostley (per my other thread) and again recently with Jane Lynch. Funny I don't remember the Lynch version that much. I swear at the end of the original Miss Hannigan is arrested too and says (I can remember Alice Ghostley saying it in that way of her's) I never liked you anyway. This version was confusing. Why do the kids and Miss Hannigan suddenly appear at the house? In the past it seemed more smooth of a transition. (isn't there a scene at the orphanage where the kids find out about Rooster and Lily?) Also the Hannigan/Warbucks song. Was that totally new? |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: bsturtle 07:52 am EST 12/24/21 | |
| In reply to: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - bobby2 10:41 pm EST 12/23/21 | |
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| Yes, they changed the ending. I suppose they wanted a bit of a "happier for all" ending with some redemption. As for the song, no, it is not new. It's not typically in the musical, but it was written for and included in the original film starring Carol Burnett. |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: bobby2 05:23 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - bsturtle 07:52 am EST 12/24/21 | |
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| how did the original end? I forget. | |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 11:04 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:02 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - bobby2 05:23 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
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| Hannigan, Rooster, and Lily are all carted off. Warbucks befriends the orphans and promises they will have a better life from now on (including school - yuck!!). And then they all sing, in many productions, about getting a "nudie" for Christmas this year. :-) (Oh, and Sandy makes a big entrance towards the end of the song as he is reunited with Annie.) |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: bobby2 11:34 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - Chromolume 11:02 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
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| How does Miss Hannigan get to Warbuck's mansion to be caught? And does she say to Annie that she never liked her? (sorry to be obsessive about this but it got me curious.) |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 11:42 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - bobby2 11:34 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
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| No prob lol. Hannigan and the orphans have been invited to the Warbucks mansion for Christmas. And yes, Hannigan says to Annie - "Brat! I'll let you in on a secret - I never liked you, you little gold digger. [Then, to the orphans] And I never liked any of yous either!" | |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: bobby2 12:10 am EST 12/25/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - Chromolume 11:42 pm EST 12/24/21 | |
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| Ah! Great, thanks! I could have sworn I remembered Alice Ghostley saying something like that in her unique way. As I remember it got a huge laugh and was a great exit line for Miss Hannigan. This version sort of implied that she ended up with Bundles. Strange that they wanted her to have a good ending when she had been so awful to the kids. (The Carol Burnett version forgave her too. I think she appears riding an elephant at the end---as if that is a good thing?!) |
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| re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan | |
| Posted by: Michael_212 09:34 am EST 12/25/21 | |
| In reply to: re: Annie Live ending re: Miss Hannigan - bobby2 12:10 am EST 12/25/21 | |
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| When I saw it, Dorothy Loudon got such a huge laugh on "I never liked you" that I never knew there was any more to the line until years later when I read the script. (She gets dragged off during the line, so no time to pause for the laugh.) | |
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