When Bye Bye Birdie went from stage on Broadway to a Hollywood film it brought its 2 male stars Dick Van Dyke and Paul Lynde. (Sorry Chita Rivera - your part is going to Janet Leigh). Paul joked that the film should be called "Hello Ann-Margret" since all the focus was on her sizzling sexpot appeal.
Charles Strouse was asked to write a title song (which the play didn't have) and he came up with this. It was referenced in Mad Men season 3.
cue WIND MACHINE !!!
BONER
ReplyDeleteI was going to write something, but Lex's comment stopped me in my tracks.
ReplyDeleteI featured a post about Jesse "Conrad Birdie" Pearson on my blog a little while ago. Here I go, tooting my own horn again.
ReplyDeletehttp://blog.marshotelonline.com/2009/02/05/from-my-sketchbook-jesse-pearson/