Yours Redux
After posting the video yesterday of William Daniels delivering a couple of subtle, hidden, homages on St. Elsewhere to his performance as John Adams in the Broadway musical 1776, I thought this would be a nice companion piece. I've posted it before, but many years ago, so it's due for a repeat.
This is part of what I consider the greatest TV special I’ve seen – the 1971 Tony Awards. It was the 25th anniversary, and on top of all the normal awards and Best Musical numbers…they brought back the original stars from each of the previous 25 Best Musical winners and sang a number (in costume) from the show.
This is William Daniels and Virginia Vestoff (who got to repeat her role in the movie) singing “Yours, Yours, Yours.” Though a great many people have seen this number repeatedly in the annual airing on the Fourth of July of movie adaptation of the musical, I think it's especially fun to see them do it live, as they performed it on stage. And all the more so for me, since it was the first show I ever saw actually on Broadway.
One note: contrary to what the video says, this is not the song, ’Til Then,” but “Yours, Yours, Yours.” It's an easy mistake to make, since the songs are near identical with slightly different lyrics given their context in the show.
And, okay, I also like that William Daniels is a Northwestern grad.
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