Peter Pan, Fanny, Silk Stockings, The Boy Friend and the Baird Puppets!

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 7/31/07 at 10:27pm

Once upon a time when cast recordings were very popular...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CztK-raeAhg

Updated On: 7/31/07 at 10:27 PM

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 1:02am

Thank You,B.F.B.!!!

That was so freakin' cool!!!

Television commercials for original cast albums...

Wasn't it great being civilized?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 8:41am

I loved the Bill Baird marionettes.

[best12bars]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 9:39am

I saw the Baird Marionettes in Kansas City when I was a kid. It was a wonderful, full-length production of Pinocchio!

Thanks for sharing this, BFB!

Can you imagine somebody doing this spot today, with puppets for Wicked, Hairspray, Jersey Boys and Spring Awakening? GOD, I would love that.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 4:44pm

I understand that it was broadcast at the end of the original Peter Pan telecast.

Has anyone seen the original B&W version? Was it different from the color version?

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 4:57pm

It's different in that the staging is different. The 1960 color version was filmed just for TV and wasn't with a live audience.

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 6:17pm

I didn't know the original Broadcast was with a live audience. I need to see this!

[sondheimboy2]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 6:47pm

Though, what's with the guy patting the "Silk Stockings" marionette on the butt at the end of the commercial?

What was he thinking? "Gee, that's a nice a piece of wooden ass she's got there...."

[CapnHook]

Posted: 8/1/07 at 7:29pm

Did you just say...."the guy"????