William Daniels was taped explaining that Louis Jourdain’s extraordinary matinee idol persona fed into the hijinks of Barbara Harris’s Daisy Gamble. Her over-the-top infatuation with this out-of-reach European hunk was deliriously funny, apparently, and, though the replacement John Cullum sang the songs wonderfully and was a very good actor, the show lost a teensy bit of Harris’ genius because of the switch in casting.
Nonetheless, that girl, on Broadway opposite Cullum when I saw her, was sheer delectability. What a talent!!!! |
