haines his way

04/24/2002:
"NIGHT WRITER"

Well, dear readers, once again I am having to write these here notes before I retire for bed, because I must be up very early for our big rehearsal day with all the singers. Do you think it's necessary to retire for bed? I'm not ready to retire, I have many more good years of productivity in me, so why should I retire for bed or anyone or anything else? Writing these here notes late into the night is unnerving. I normally have daytime thoughts when I write these here notes, so writing them at night is strange indeed, because my daytime thoughts are already nighttime thoughts but I'm used to my daytime thoughts when I write these here notes, not my nighttime thoughts and now everything is all a jumble and I am all discombobulated and also discomnormanulated, daytime and nightime thoughts-wise. My goodness, that was a sentence. That sentence was so dense, wasn't it? It was dense with denseness. It was frought with denseness. My, I'm tired. Today we rehearsed with the house band, which differs from what we rehearsed yesterday with the Baja Marimba Band. Yes, you heard it here, dear readers, we have two count them two bands in this here show we're putting on. Today's rehearsal went swimmingly - the band sounds great, and our musical director's arrangements sound great, too. I got home around three o'clock from that rehearsal. I immediately put on my shorts and put sun goop in my hair and went jogging for two miles. I looked entirely pathetic and, in fact, after my jog I was just standing in the street heaving and shvitzing and a van stopped and the person within it asked if I was dying. I tried to answer him but all that came out was heaving and shvitzing. He drove on, apparently satisfied that I was not, in fact, dying - either that or he thought I was beyond help. Has anyone noticed how long this fershluganah paragraph is? This is an endless fershluganah paragraph and it's quite unseemly.
Tonight we rehearsed with our hosts, Charlie Brill and Mitzi McCall, and also our special guest, Mr. Bill Dana. Since most of you are in other cities, I don't think I'll be giving any surprises away when I tell you that Bill is bringing Mr. Jose Jimenez with him, and it's truly hilarious. We were all roaring with laughter tonight. Tomorrow we have our huge singer and band all-day rehearsal. We have to run every number, we have to stage three numbers (my friend Murphy Cross is helping with the staging of those numbers) and everyone will be told where they enter from and how they get off, because on Sunday we have so little time before we actually do this thing, that everyone needs to know now how the whole thing works.
I've got a whole slew of new DVDs to watch, whenever I get the chance, including an advance copy of A Beautiful Mind, which I missed in theaters. I watched the first twenty minutes the other day and I must say I found it quite annoying. Hopefully it will improve. I've also transfered some more videos to DVD, including my beloved Li'l Abner. Oh, how I do love that movie. And oh what a wretched transfer that VHS tape was. That wretched transfer makes me want to retch every time I see it. It's so soft and ugly and colorless. This was a Technicolor and VistaVision film and we need a gorgeous DVD anamorphic transfer like they did for The Court Jester. Hurry up, Paramount, we Li'l Abner junkies need our fix. I also transfered one of my all-time favorite films, Mr. Federico Fellini's The White Sheik (Lo Sciecco Bianco). What a wonderful comedy, brilliantly acted by Brunella Bova and Leopoldo Trieste. Funny, warm, sad and just wonderful. Of course, I forgot to mention the great Alberto Sordi who plays The White Sheik, and Mr. Fellini's lovely wife, Giulietta Masina, who has a small role in the film. But here's the neat part about her small role - she plays Cabiria, a prostitute, and Mr. Fellini would later make a whole movie about that character, called Nights of Cabiria which, of course, served as the source material for Sweet Charity. If you've never seen The White Sheik I cannot recommend it highly enough. It's one of the greats.
What am I Ebert and Roeper all of a sudden? And what in tarnation am I still doing in this first section? Quick, quick as a wink, let us all click on the Unseemly Button below before something unseemly happens.
I've run out of things to say. My nighttime thoughts have expired and retired and my daytime thoughts haven't arrived yet. You see, you see? This is the madness of being a night writer. Well, we'll be back day-writing tomorrow. Tomorrow all will return to normalcy here at haineshisway.com. One of our dear readers asked where the best place was to order The First Nudie Musical DVD. Well, it's currently available for preorder (and at a pretty good price, too) at amazon.com. I haven't quite figured out if we'll sell them here or not - the original plan (one must always have an original plan) was to sell both the DVD of the film, and my new novel right here at haineshisway.com, where they could be autographed if the buyer so chose. But, I have to work out the logistics of that with Mr. Mark Bakalor, and he has been too busy for the likes of us. Yes, the likes of us don't hear from Mr. Mark Bakalor very much these days. But, we'll figure it out and then I will let you know how the whole thing will work.
Dear, dear, dear (that is three dears, which might qualify us for a doe), it is late and I am fading fast. I can barely keep my eyes open.
I think I will end these notes right here and now and also right now and here. Today's topic of discussion? Why, it's Ask BK Day. That is the day you get to ask me any questions you like - anything at all, and I will answer in a forthright and truthful manner, holding nothing back, although I might hold something forth. Now, be good, you Hainsies/Kimlets and don't answer the questions. I will answer the questions. You may, of course, discuss other things as well, but you leave the questions to me. One of our dear readers suggested that everyone e-mail me the questions, and maybe we'll try that sometime and see if we all like it, but for now let's just post them. Ask away.

Replies: 62 Unseemly Comments

Message to Donna --
Thanks, Donna. I've been to the Cinegrill. I took Dear Reader Sandra to see Jason Graae. BK was in the audience that night, and we got to meet him live and in person. I knew the Cinegrill closed for remodeling shortly after that and was supposed to reopen this spring (which is now) but I hadn't been able to find any updated info. I'll enjoy reading up on the history on the links. Oh, and the fun-filled weekend is for Sandra and me. DH doesn't join us in our fun.
Since BK is so busy this week, I shall refrain from asking silly questions.
Posted by Laura @ 04/24/2002 02:21 AM PST

I was listening to Louise Pitre's (Broadway star of Mama Mia) solo album yesterday and one of the songs was the Bricusse/Newley song "If I Ruled the World". Keeping in the spirit of the song what would you do if "you (I) ruled the world"?
I placed The White Shiek on my (rather long)list of favorite comedy films and so glad that Bruce mentions it again. I remember when Cabiria showed up I said to myself "The Italian Sweet Charity" So I wondered if Sweet Charity in Italian would be called "Dolce Cabiria"?
When I came to LA last year I went to see my firend Lee Lessack at the Cinegrill. Looking forward to see what they have done with it.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/24/2002 03:33 AM PST

The Night Writer - didn't that star Darren McGavin?
Posted by Lulu @ 04/24/2002 03:40 AM PST

Here are my unseemly questions for Ask BK Day..
1. How many DVDs and CDs do you have? How are they organized? Do you have them ALL at your chateau, or is there a secret fortress of media somewhere in LA that only you have the whereabouts and have a GPS chip embedded in one of your fingertips with the location?
2. IF you did a revival of Li'l Abner -- who would you cast?
3. What musical best represents you. Like the question "if you were a flavor of jellybean, what flavor would you be?" - and why?
all the best from my new secret location..
-Craig
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 06:58 AM PST

How strange it is to come online at ten in the morning and find a brand spanking new column. And comments too! I love it, I love it, I love it.
If you could revive a Sondheim musical, what would it be and whom would you cast?
Who is your favorite poet?
How do you feel about Diet Coke with Lemon? And have you any feelings about the upcoming Vanilla coke?
Posted by Lolita @ 04/24/2002 07:21 AM PST

To Michael--"If I Ruled the World" is actually a Bricusse/Ornadel song from "Pickwick," though they obviously modelled it after all those great Newley/Bricusse ballads.
To BK--since this is your Wechter week, tell us how you met and became involved with the Wechters.
Posted by JMK @ 04/24/2002 07:57 AM PST

How did the genesis of THE REAL A come into being?And what does it mean?
If the musical THE COURT JESTER came on The Great White Way(which by the way is a great idea)who would you have write additional Music and Lyrics,who would direct,choreograph and star?
What do you think of a musical version of HARVEY??
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/24/2002 08:10 AM PST

Oh boy! Question day!
Where did the name Guy Haines come from? Did Haines His Way come before or after you thought up the name?
Have you been to Baltimore? If so do you have any favorite neighborhoods and/or restaurants?
If a wrap-around skirt is tied and not sewn, is it unseemly?
Posted by Mattso @ 04/24/2002 08:19 AM PST

Good questions already! Excellent. And Laura, I shall have plenty of time tomorrow morning to answer any questions you may have, silly or otherwise, so ask away.
Posted by bk @ 04/24/2002 08:40 AM PST

Asking BK a silly one:
If you had to pick, would it be Ginger or Mary Ann? Betty or Veronica? Wilma or Betty? Alice or Emily?
Posted by Phil Crosby @ 04/24/2002 08:58 AM PST

Michael Shayne, I just got your e-mail. That is rich. All About Eve as a Korean sitcom! What WILL those wacky furreigners think up next?
Posted by Lulu @ 04/24/2002 09:19 AM PST

Mattso -
That IS an interesting question... I hope Bruce doesn't doublecross his ask bk day and crisscross his answer...
BK.. p.s. Father says HI
Posted by Bruno Antony @ 04/24/2002 09:20 AM PST

Considering that Henry Goodman was axed from THE PRODUCERS and considering that I was pleasantly suprised by John Goodman's singing from Monsters Inc. at the Academy Awards,what is your take on the casting of John Goodman as Max Bialystock? I, for one ,think it would work.A Good Man for a Good Man. Et Vous???
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/24/2002 11:18 AM PST

Guy Haines is a no-good louse, that's what he is. Why on earth did he have to get so angry with me? For crying out loud, I thought he'd be happy that I was going to have a baby! It's not like anybody but he and I would have known that it wasn't his.
And Bruno...you're no better. And here I thought you had kind of taken a shine to me.
Posted by Miriam @ 04/24/2002 11:25 AM PST

Miriam-
I have a theory that you should do everything before you die - but that does not include those who are to be disposed..
Posted by Bruno Antony @ 04/24/2002 11:46 AM PST

Bruno, why don't you go have your nails done?
I can't help it that I'm such a free spirit. I was just ahead of my time, that's all.
Posted by Miriam @ 04/24/2002 12:49 PM PST

Miriam-
The term these days isn't "free spirit".. .it's "User-Friendly" I would like to take you to a nice carousel I know about...
Posted by Bruno Antony @ 04/24/2002 01:09 PM PST

Since I am sure that Barbra Streisand reads BK's Notes religiously every day, let me just say:
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BABS!
And now on to my Very Own Trivia Question:
There is a 1993 movie about voyeurism, based on a novel by a well-filmed writer, which bears a suspicious (and uncredited) resemblance in its basic idea to a 1960 foreign film, which was the last film by a seminal director whose career began in 1919 and included films in English and one other language.
This film was, in turn, based on a 1931 novel by a good friend and colleague of the director, a director and producer himself.
This novel was science fiction, but none of the later adaptations were, due to the relentless advances in technology. The novel is still in print, but has never been translated from its original language.
Okay, the question(s).
1. (Easy) Name the 1993 film, its stars, and the novelist.
2. (Intermediate) Name the 1960 film, its director, and the language it was made in.
3. (For Advanced Competitors) Give the name of the 1931 novel, the nationality of its author, his real name, his nom de plume, and the language the novel was written in.
Curiously, my first exposure to all this was reading the 1931 novel in the original language.
Since I can provide no William.F.Orr.com T-shirts or undies or DVDs or CDs, there will be no prizes except a hearty pat on the back. I mean, something has to stump the erudite crowd that haunts these pages.
And the 1993 film is definitely relevant here, since it includes extensive discussions of the heroine's panties.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/24/2002 01:15 PM PST

For Mr. Arnold R. Brockman
Harvey as a musical? It already happened more than 20 years ago.
"Say Hello To Harvey!" Music, Lyrics & Book by Leslie Bricusse. Openned and Closed Toronto, Ontario Canada. Royal Alex Theater. September 14-October 17, 1981 (Prior to Broadway)
Donald O'Conner, Patricia Routledge, Joe Silver, Sidney Miller, Sheila McCarthy, Judy Sabo, Michael McFadden, John Gardiner, Jack Davidson, Tommy Breslin, Angela Fusco, Maxine Miller, Patricia Arnell and Tommy Tune as Harvey
Songs:
Smalltown USA
The Wednesday Forum
We Like the Very Same Things
That Brother of Mine
Dr. Chumley
I'd Rather Look At You
Do Your Own Thing
Sue
Bring It To the Bar
Elwood P. Dowd
Say Hello To Harvey
A Lousy Life
Be Glad
The Perfect Person
One Last Fling
Human Beings
According to Ken Mandlebaum in his "Not Since Carrie" Pages 194-195
"The musical number either repeated what was established in dialogue or stopped the action dead. It was a musical in which one dreaded the beginning of the nect song"
and oh by the way just kidding about Tommy Tune as Harvey.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/24/2002 01:18 PM PST

Bruno,
I'd join you and Miriam on that carousel, but we are not allowed to answer questions meant for Bruce on Ask Bruce Day.
My trivia question is, however, open to all. Please answer via e-mail, all except the exhalted BK.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/24/2002 01:19 PM PST

William, exhalted... there's a curious word. If one is no longer being halted, they are free to go.. so then wouldn't it be appropriate for BK to answer your trivia question? hmmmm
and I don't think Miriam or Bruno answered any questions, or did they?
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 01:27 PM PST

bitch slap-bitch slap-bitch slap
Michael-My middle initial is not R but M. like your name...as a matter of fact my middle name is MICHAEL
Come back Shayne!!!
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/24/2002 01:34 PM PST

Open question:
Do you think that Lorelei Lee and Nellie Forbush went to school with each other in Little Rock?
I was wondering if the Rink (The almost Angel's Rink and Social Center) in the Rink was the same Rink in Roller Boogie? (And why am I wondering about this?)
Was the real reason why Mack (Sennett) couldn't tell Mabel (Norman) that he loved her was that he was secretly having an affair with Maggie Harris (of Goldilocks)?
What would happen if the crooks from "Big Deal" instead of tunnelling in to the bank they plan to rob they accidently tunnel into the restaurant next door Utri and discover the workers from Giovanni's who are trying to steal the food from Utri. Do they help them steal the food in return they'll help rob the bank?
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/24/2002 01:36 PM PST

To William Orr, although "Babs" probably doesn't read BK's notes, I do every day and my wife's first cousin began acting, received Broadway roles and, succeeding tremendously, reached enormous international stardom and notable devotion from her fans (you Real A fans can decipher that). I pass the greeting on, well at least to my house.
Posted by steveg @ 04/24/2002 01:44 PM PST

So was I the only one that was really glad to see that even tho today's notes were entitled "Night Writer", it had nothing to do with David Hasselhoff?
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 01:45 PM PST

Craig,
No, they didn't answer a question, but Bruno hinted, in a crossword-puzzle sort of way, that he knew the answer to a question, but the hint is transparent only if you know the answer.
Is that the correct spelling, transparent? Like what Mrs. Anna Madrigal is to Mona Ramsey in Tales of the City?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/24/2002 01:49 PM PST

Bruno, did they have a sale on ellipses at the Punctuation Store?
Anyway, I should think you would know by now to avoid certain carnival rides. If I recall correctly, your last experience on a carousel left you feeling quite crushed.
Posted by Miriam @ 04/24/2002 01:52 PM PST

William.. Excellent question.. maybe transparent is what Casey Jr's parents in Dumbo would be considered
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 01:53 PM PST

Well, direct from the horse's mouth, Miriam! Sure. kick a man when he's down. How's the neck?
Posted by Bruno @ 04/24/2002 01:56 PM PST

So was I really the only one who was crestfallen when there was nary a mention of David Hasselhoff in today's notes?
Posted by Lulu @ 04/24/2002 02:02 PM PST

Guy...all I can say is you have quite a racket.
Posted by Bruno @ 04/24/2002 02:03 PM PST

Bruno, how sweet of you to ask! It's ever so much better now than it was the last time I saw you. You see, where I am now I have several strapping masseurs at my beck and call, who are only too happy to give me an "adjustment" whenever I need one.
Say "hello" to your mother for me, dear. What's her name again...Jocasta, was it?
Posted by Miriam @ 04/24/2002 02:09 PM PST

I have a question:
Will "The First Nudie Musical" be released on VHS as well as DVD? I'd love to get a copy, but I don't own a DVD player, and the likelihood of my getting a DVD player in the near future is... remote.
Posted by Stephen Farrow @ 04/24/2002 02:11 PM PST

Dearest Miriam
I don't have any "Oedipus" complex, thank you. My mother was ONLY referred to as Mrs. Antony.. but in other circles she has also answered to Mrs. Lorne.
It's good to know that they have dsl or cable service (or at least phone lines) where you are. I have to submit these comments via minions
Posted by Bruno Antony @ 04/24/2002 02:20 PM PST

To Arnold M Brockman:
I liked you better when your middle intial was "R".
As for the bitch slapping when you know me better.
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/24/2002 03:03 PM PST

Good news about the return of Jose Jiminez.Has he been out in space all these years? Do you have any plans to record the Benefit concert and is there anything happening with your Sherman Brothers album.
Posted by Tom from OZ @ 04/24/2002 03:22 PM PST

Dear BK,
Dear Reader Megan asked me to post a question for her. Have you ever heard of brownberries? Somebody asked her if she liked them, and she'd never heard of them before. She decided that this guy must have been pulling her leg. By the way, where did the phrase "pulling your leg" come from?
Posted by Sandra @ 04/24/2002 04:45 PM PST

BK-
It occurs to me that the unseemly button gets a lot of action. I mean -- let's face it.. it's a link that gets hit on a lot. In fact, technically it's a hyperlink. In fact, given the use it gets, wouldn't it be apprapos to refer to it as a hyper-active-link?
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 04:57 PM PST

Question #2: have you gotten the wonderful new Ogerman boxed (actually "booked") set, The Man Behind the Music? Great in-depth notes by Gene Lees and Claus himself.
Posted by JMK @ 04/24/2002 05:01 PM PST

One last question (for this week, anyway).. How many licks DOES it take to get to the center of a tootsie roll pop? And what is your favorite flavor to count to?
Posted by Craig @ 04/24/2002 05:15 PM PST

What is your opinion of George Bernard Shaw? of John Guare? of William Finn?
Posted by Hapgood @ 04/24/2002 06:39 PM PST

jmk-
Where does one purchase Claus Ogerman's THE MAN BEHIND THE MUSIC? I am a big fan of his.
Thanks.
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/24/2002 07:19 PM PST

Bruno, you have to rely on minions? What happened to Virgil? I thought he was supposed to be showing you the ropes. Tsk, tsk...he's such a goldbricker.
Posted by Miriam @ 04/24/2002 08:23 PM PST

Dear BK,
On the Forbidden Broadway CD, when they do Blood Brothers, they keep talking about Marilyn Monroe and something about putting shoes on the piano. What's that all about?
Posted by Sandra @ 04/24/2002 08:48 PM PST

Just one question:
How on earth are you going to be able to answer all these questions, get enough sleep AND make it to your many appointments before the benefit?
Posted by Ron Pulliam @ 04/24/2002 09:21 PM PST

1. Is it true that for the purposes of recording a mechanical license cannot be denied? Recently I read a statement to that effect on the site of a compact-disc manufacturer, and I am wondering if you know whether or not it is true. Would it be correct to understand it to pertain only to A.S.C.A.P. and B.M.I. works? I ask because such a premise means the licensing of songs is very different from the licensing of plays, which are far more rigidly controlled. It would mean anyone could record all the songs from The King and I, obtain a mechanical license from A.S.C.A.P., and sell the resulting product. Yet, the same anyone who was able to record virtually the entire King and I score might be denied a license for stage production by the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, which might not have approved of or wanted the audio recording. To me it is an interesting disparity.
2. Do Guy Haines and Bruce Kimmel get along well? I ask because while thinking of pithy questions for today I recalled my first such question, and I realized that Dame Edna politely loathes Barry Humphries, although he is more fond of her, and Amy Camus and Yma Sumac have never heard of one another.
C. When a browser asked whether or not your daughter were an only child, were you surpised that there was no follow-up question that asked, Would you like other children? Whenever I have heard or read the question, "How many children do you have?" it seems always to be followed by "Would you like other children?" Do you suppose there is an "other children" commissary somewhere?
4. What is the most impertinent question you have ever been asked and can print?
5. Lastly, to what have I made obtuse reference with this line of questioning?
Posted by freedunit @ 04/24/2002 10:19 PM PST

1. (Easy) Name the 1993 film, its stars, and the novelist.
Sliver (U.S., 1993; Phillip Noyce, Director); Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger; Ira Levin.
2. (Intermediate) Name the 1960 film, its director, and the language it was made in.
Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (Germany, 1960); Fritz Lang (1890-1976); German.
3. (For Advanced Competitors) Give the name of the 1931 novel, the nationality of its author, his real name, his nom de plume, and the language the novel was written in.
Mr. Tot Acetas Mil Okulojn; Polish; Jan Fethke (A.K.A. Jan Fethge); Jean Forge; Romano (Budapest 1931).
Posted by freedunit @ 04/24/2002 11:32 PM PST

TO LAURA AND EVERYONE ELSE...Egad! I gave you the wrong web address for Seeing Stars. This is a great site about everything Hollywood. The correct link is http://www.seeing-stars.com
Posted by Donna - Cabaret West @ 04/25/2002 12:05 AM PST

Thanks, Donna. Yes, I noticed I was lost in cyberspace when I used the other link. :-)
Posted by Laura @ 04/25/2002 01:49 AM PST

As our words fall off the web page to the right again--Mr. Mark Bakalor, please take note--and I haven't been able to decypher whatever it is in the html that's doing this--and we come into the Home Stretch:
freedunit has, of course, come up with the answer to everything but the Grand Prize Question: the language of the original novel.
Anyone?
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/25/2002 03:10 AM PST

Are 50 (51 with mine) a record breaking number of postings?
Posted by Michael Shayne @ 04/25/2002 03:26 AM PST

We now have a posting for every week of the year.
Posted by Lulu @ 04/25/2002 06:52 AM PST

Lulu,
We're playing with a full deck.
And I'm the Joker.
Posted by William F. Orr @ 04/25/2002 07:08 AM PST

Second try:
1. (Easy) Name the 1993 film, its stars, and the novelist.
Sliver (U.S., 1993; Phillip Noyce, Director); Sharon Stone, William Baldwin, Tom Berenger; Ira Levin.
2. (Intermediate) Name the 1960 film, its director, and the language it was made in.
Die Tausend Augen des Dr. Mabuse (Germany, 1960); Fritz Lang (1890-1976); German.
3. (For Advanced Competitors) Give the name of the 1931 novel, the nationality of its author, his real name, his nom de plume, and the language the novel was written in.
Mr. Tot Acetas Mil Okulojn; Polish; Jan Fethke (A.K.A. Jan Fethge); Jean Forge; Esperanto (Budapest, 1931).
Posted by freedunit @ 04/25/2002 07:41 AM PST

What is Guy Haines' middle name?
Posted by Kerry @ 04/25/2002 08:53 AM PST

bk-
What is your middle name??
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/25/2002 09:12 AM PST

What is my middle name?
Posted by Andrew Dice Clay @ 04/25/2002 09:17 AM PST

When we reach 60 do we do the voodoo that we do so well.THE PUDDING DANCE.??? And what kind of pudding? O.K. All together now..down on your heels and up on your toes.....
Posted by Arnold M. Brockman @ 04/25/2002 09:26 AM PST

To continue with that thought...
Throw out your hands
Stick out your tush
Hands on your hips
Give 'em a push
Don't be surprised
You're doin' the French Mistake
Voila!
Posted by Lulu @ 04/25/2002 09:56 AM PST

and one more makes 60... dance the hora, rejoice in ham chunks and cheese slices.
What IF the hokey pokey IS what it's all about?
Posted by Craig @ 04/25/2002 10:05 AM PST

You're ALL a bunch of loons, and that's why I love you so!
Posted by kerry @ 04/25/2002 10:07 AM PST

Lorelei Lee and Nellie Forbush did not attend school together in Little Rock, Arkansas, because the former is the elder of the latter by about two decades. Perhaps Lorelei Lee went to school with Nellie Forbush's mother.
Is the rink in Roller Boogie a rinky-dink rink? Is it in the same town as The Rink's rink, do you think?
Will Mack and Mabel ever return to Broadway?
Posted by freedunit @ 04/25/2002 11:53 AM PST

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