Finally read the NYT review of Hello, Dolly! Sadly, the writer shows her ignorance of the show's history and original production. Champion's casting of Eileen Brennan and Charles Nelson Reilly as the secondary lovers was part of his attempt to play up the farcical elements of the show. His whole production was about farce. That's what the Waiters' Gallop is. The movie is not like that. But Champion had nothing to do with the movie.