I was rather upset when at a talkback for "Pipe Dream" at Encores that had starred Leslie Uggams (wonderful as usual), the guy from Rodgers and Hammerstein almost snidely said that the show had originally co-starred someone mainly known from Howdy Doody. Judy Tyler had a helluva voice on that "Pipe Dream" OCR, and according to my older cousin, who grew up watching "Howdy Doody" on tv and watching Elvis films, she was quite beloved by many.
