[Dixielandjazz] Definitely no okom but music trivia non-the less

[Harry Callaghan]

Al:

I don't wish to go too far astray and offend those so protective of their
"OKOM" but I loved the HBO movie that Preston starred in with Mary Tyler
Moore.

He played the title character and sang

"There was a man named Michael Finegan,
He had whiskers on his chinegan
Shaved 'em off but they grew back in agin
Poor old Michael Finegan, begin agin

Actually, recited might have been a more appropriate description than  sung.

I thought the number was created for the movie but then sometime later
saw it being sung by a large group in an old '40s Roy Rogers.movie

And while we're at it, who can ever forget Preston ending up in bed with
Alex Karras in "Victor, Victoria"?

I'm exhausted, folks.  Too many e-mails today and particularly too many that
I found to be of interest.  I even forgot to go by the temple this morning.

I make it a practice to go by the temple every Saturday.........then on
Sunday, I go by some churchs, Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran......not in any
of them, just by them.

In the famous words of the late Red Skelton

May God bless.
HC


On 7/10/10, alevy at alevy.com <alevy at alevy.com> wrote:
>
>  H.C. wrote <snipped>
> When I first heard "Trouble" on the air, I was not yet aware that it was
> from that musical and I still prefer it over Robert Preston's version.
> ============================
> You don't know how true the expression
> "Robert Preston's version" is.
> Dress rehearsal of The Music Man. Preston couldn't cut the
> original tune. Finally Don Walker suggested that the pit band
> vamp "Tiger Rag." They did. Mr. Preston made up the "tune."
> The original song NEVER made it to Broadway. I was assisting
> Don Walker at the time and he invited me to the dress rehearsal.
> Cheers,
> Al
> Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Teacher and Music Prep.
> Please visit me at
> http://alevy.com
>



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