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I'm guessing you mean Russ Tamblyn, who played Riff, leader of the Jets in West Side Story.

His daughter is Amber, and plays Emily on Port Charles. Oh, wait. That was canceled. I guess you mean Joan on Joan of Arcadia.

Ken

WE HAVE A WINNAH!!!!

Thanks, Portfolio Boy! As a soap fan and a Russ Tamblyn fan, that was kind of easy.

This question is dear to my heart as the first musiscal I was ever in was a high school productions of this show.

What was the name of the 1942 Broadway musical that featured the debut of comedienne Nancy Walker as "The Blind Date"?

Here's a hint: When Walker played the same role in the movie version the following year, another famous comedienne got top billing for playing herself.

Ken

Best Foot Forward

And the "other famous comedienne" was Lucille Ball.

Yup! I didn't expect that one to get answered so quickly!

I played Jack, the Gale Joy/Lucille Ball character's wise-cracking agent, by the way.
Back to you!

Ken

What song, of what musical, so offended the President of the United States, that it was removed from the film version? And who was the Pres in question?

"Cool, Cool, Conservative Men", from 1776. Nixon got the studio to cut it from the film but you'll happy to know it's been reinstated in the DVD version.

Let our creed
Be never to exceed
Regulated speed
No matter what the need

Ken

You got it Ken.

Funny thing. I first heard the part about the "well-endowered wives" before I really understood what a dowery was. So I used to think that the founding fathers were all about having wives that were, well... um, well endowered, so to speak.

I think that line was meant to be a double entendre but maybe that's just me.

Okay, speaking of songs that were cut from movies, what holiday is almost always excised from Holiday Inn when it's shown on television, and why?

Ken

I'll take a shot at "Going My Way" cut because it is perfermed in blackface?

After checking out different lyrics for "Holiday Inn", I'd say the answer is "Abraham" (A song about Abraham Lincoln. The reason is that in the lyrics is a derogatory term for African-Americans. (Probably worse than the N word)

I have to give it to Quislet for getting the right song. The whole number seems pretty dergatory to modern eyes with both Bing Crosby and Marjorie Reynolds in blackface. I'm sure it wasn't meant to be, just a product of another time.

I've always wondered what a middle-aged guy in Connecticut was doing with his own Mammy.

Portfolio Boy, you were on the right track but had the wrong song. I'm not even sure what movie has Going My Way! Maybe that can be your next question....

Ken

OK, On the Simpsons, can you name two musicals that Homer and Marge went to see. (And I don't mean musical episodes of the show)

I can think of two. One was a version of a real musical. The other was a made up musical.

Well, there was the musical versino of "A Streetcar Named Desire" that Marge was IN, but I'm not sure if it counts. But I KNOW they went to see the musical of "Planet of the Apes," starring Troy McClure as the human, and featuring the wonderful musical numbers "Dr. Zaius, Dr. Zaius," and "I hate every ape I see."

Oh, and the entire family went to see Carmen in the first season, but as that's an opera, I guess it doesn't count.

Good enough for me, Kid Prime.

I was thinking of the version of 42 Street starring Mark Hamil, where he sings "Luke, Be a Jedi Tonight" and the Betty Ford Clinic - The Musical!

now that you mention the Planet of the apes Musical, I remember it. That was a great one.

Okay, cool!

3-part question. Name the longest-running musical ever in New York City, the renaissance-era play it was based on, and the original playwright.

It was "The Fantasticks," which closed recently after an off-Broadway run of 42 years, an American record. Nearly my whole lifetime!

As to its being "based on" a single play, though, that's more problematic. It used a play by Edmond Rostand (who also wrote "Cyrano de Bergerac") from the 1800s, not the Renaissance, that itself was somewhat of a wry twist on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet." It also borrowed, though, from other Shakespeare plays, such as his "Winter's Tale."

Oh, and the writers of the current musical were Jones and Schmidt (I tried to remember {grin} their first names).

I believe the musical has the world record, as well, by the way, or it may only be bested by Agatha Christie's "Mousetrap," which has been running in London's West End for at least 50 years.

You got it, Grey! I had my chronologies mixed up.

That must have been a drastically rewritten version of 42nd Street, since "Luck Be A Lady" is from Guys And Dolls.

Next go-round (I get the round at the same time both here and in Movie Quotes -- kewl!) ...

What flavor of chewing gum is used in the title of a song by the Gershwins, and in what musical?

All I can think of is "Wintergreen for President" from "Of Thee I Sing."

Mike

You've got it, but I was getting worried -- took a day and a half!

How about this:

Elaine Page, Glenn Close, Betty Buckley and Petula Clark have one part in common. Which? Name the show in which the character appears.

Mike

We didn't need words. We had trivia.

All four have played Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd.

Ken