I was trying to think what to post tonight that would be appropriate. And this came to mind. It's from a 1960 movie that starred Bing Crosby, High Time, about the owner of a national chain of hamburger restaurants who decides to go back to college. (It got basically remade in 1986 with Rodney Dangerfield as Back to School. I say "basically" because I don't think it gave credit but is incredibly close in plot and even scenes.) The song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, and was nominated for Best Song -- though lost out to "Never on Sunday." Even though Bing Crosby introduced it, Frank Sinatra had a big hit with it and oddly is even more associated with it. And his version seems to fit a little be better for the occasion. All that aside, it just seems so right for today. And what the heck, let's throw in second one, for a bonus. Because you can never say "a second one" today enough times.
2 Comments
Douglass Abramson
1/13/2021 06:56:22 pm
Kaye complained about a book by Peter Stone adapting Clifford Odets? From the stage? The man must have been exhausting to deal with.
Reply
Robert Elisberg
1/14/2021 01:50:27 pm
I don't know this that you're referring to, though in Richard Rodgers' autobiography, he wrote at length about difficult it was to deal with Danny Kaye. In fairness, my understanding is that Richard Rodgers was a bit difficult to deal with, as well. So, it sounds like a match made in heaven. But I do know that when Danny Kaye broke his leg and had to be in a wheel chair, he said in the show and would go zipping around the stage, pinching women on the butt and things like that.
Reply
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorRobert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Feedspot Badge of Honor
Categories
All
|
© Copyright Robert J. Elisberg 2024
|