[Dixielandjazz] A SIMPLE LITTLE SYSTEM

[Hal Vickery]

That "someone named Sydney Chaplin" was Charlie's son.  He also co-starred with Barbra Streisand on Broadway in "Funny Girl."  He died not every long ago.

Hal Vickery

> Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 10:17:30 -0500
> From: meetmrcallaghan at gmail.com
> Subject: [Dixielandjazz] A SIMPLE LITTLE SYSTEM
> CC: dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com
> To: hvickery_80 at msn.com
> 
> I was reminded of this delightful little number as a result of someone
> making mention of the composer Handel during our on-going "Night
> Train/Plaigirism" discussion.
> 
> It was a number penned by Betty Comden and Adolph Green with music by Jule
> Styne for "Bells Are Ringing".
> 
> In it, Eddie Foy Jr. devises a means by which the answering service he
> employs (run by Judy Holiday in both the Bway show and subsequent
> movie).will be receiving bets placed on horse races.  He has all the bookies
> calling in their bets making like they are placing record orders.
> 
> In the musical number, he is joined by a chorus that answers back when he
> calls out the name of a composer that he has designated to be representative
> of a racetrack.
> 
> He says "Beethoven" and they respond with "Belmont Park", Puccini/Pimlico;
> Rachmaninoff/Rockingham and then of course, Handel brings the chorus to sing
> "Hialeah, Hialeah".
> 
> As a point of interest, while he did not have the original starring role on
> Broadway, (it was someone named Sydney Chaplin) Hal Linden, of TVs "Barney
> Miller", who has been known to play a pretty mean licorice-stick,
> appeared in the part for quite some time.  The movie lead of course was
> handled quite ably by Dean Martin, who I would say really needed the role
> after some considerable failures following his break with Jerry Lewis
> 
> You may now file this in your "Things I could have really done without
> hearing today" folder
> 
> Tides,
> HC.
> 
> -- 
> Music you grew up listening to
> Or when we're done you'll wish
> you grew up listening to.
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