Trivial Pursuit #119
Trivial Pursuit #119
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:24pm
In the 1927 stage musical GOOD NEWS, Football Quarterback Tom Marlowe can't play in "the big game" because he's failing Astronomy.
But in the 1945 Film Version, he can't play because he's failing a different subject.
What subject is he failing in the Film Version?
GOOD LUCK, Everybody!!! 
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#1re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:30pmBiology
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#2re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:31pm
SORRY, Yenta...
Hint #1: Foreign Language.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Updated On: 5/3/05 at 04:31 PM
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#3re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:35pmHint #2: Fries.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#4re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:38pmFrench
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#5re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:45pm
OMG, Yenta!
YES--you are correct!!!
CONGRATULATIONS--and Welcome To The Trivial Pursuit Winner's Circe!
YES, in the 1947 Film Version of GOOD NEWS Tom is failing French--but is taught the language by the ever-faithful (and "worshiping from afar") Connie in the clever song "The French Lesson" [The fact that Peter Lawford (who played Tom) spoke fluent French was a little discencerning to some)
WAY TO GO, Yenta!
Now for your bonus points:
What screen star of the 1930s and 40s attempted to return to Broadway in the 1975 revival of GOOD NEWS? (BTW, that production folded in only two weeks.)
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#6re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:49pmWhat do I win?
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#7re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:50pm
... I guess Yenta had to step out...
So I throw the bonus points question up to the entire Board:
What Hollywood Star of the 1930s and 40s attempted to return to Broadway in the aborted 1975 revival of GOOD NEWS?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#8re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:51pmP.S. Yenta, I don't announce the prize until AFTER the bonus points are answered...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#9re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:54pmAlice Faye, Gene Nelson, or Stubby Kaye (and my money's on the first one)
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
The Grovers Corners Yenta
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/3/04
#10re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 4:56pmAlice Faye
"Friends are the people you chose as family."....Me.
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#11re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 5:00pmBTW, my beloved ETHEL, i appreciate your starting to move the verb "throw" away from the preposition "up" in your phrasing about bonus points...the juxtaposition can suggest a vomitorium.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#12re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 5:05pm
Yep. Alice Faye was who I was thinkin' about!
That production of GOOD NEWS toured the Country starring Alice Faye and Don Ameche (who made several films together in the 1930s and 1940s).
It toured for a full year, and thus recouped its costs BEFORE ever having to face the New York Press.
By the time the show reached New York--Ameche had dropped out; Gene Nelson had replaced him; and the show opened--to MURDEROUS reviews. So it closed in two weeks--but it still turned a profit!
OK, Yenta--NOW we can talk prizes:
You and TxTwoStep are now students at Tait College--and you're big football hereos! Unfortunately, that snooty wealthy siren Millie is after you! But DON'T worry--you'll find your true love in the end--Connie! She's poor--but after all, who cares?
EVERYBODY knows The Best Things in Life Are Free! 
Have a pleasant Evening, Folks!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#13re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 5:09pm
"The French Lesson":
La livre….. the book
La plume… the pen
La chaise… the chair
Le crayon… the pencil
Le cahier… the notebook
Le papier… the paper
Noir… black
Rouge… red
Blanc… white
La porte… the door
Du bois… of wood
Ouvrir… to open
Fermer… to shut
Je… pronoun, meaning ‘I’
Vous… pronoun, meaning ‘You’
La main… the hand
La bouche… the mouth
Les yeuxs sont bleus… the eyes are blue
Les cheveux… the hair
Garcon… boy
Fille… girl
Mesdames! Messieurs!
Les yeux sont bleus!
Won’t you join me in a dance?
I am ze president of France!
Music: Roger Edens
Lrics: Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Copyright © ASCAP. All rights reserved.
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#14re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 5:14pm
GOOD Point, Tx.
I shall watch my ENGLISH Grammar in the Future...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#15re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 6:47pm
Naturellement, ETHEL, but also your Freudian typos as well...not sure i want to be "hereo" but i do like chasing "heteros"...of both genders!
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Updated On: 5/3/05 at 06:47 PM
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#16re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 6:49pm
Okie-DOKE, Tx. I shall try to type slower and with more accuracy.
Promise!
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#17re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 6:56pmbut then, what would i write about? *wink* i'm usually too slow to answer the trivia questions, which you are the Queen of...
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#18re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 6:57pm
***blushes***
aw shucks, Txtwostep...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#19re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:10pmwhen you visiting Houston, "blushie"? QTBOO is going to get a complex...
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#20re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:13pm
"All in GOOD Time, My Little Pretty. All in GOOD Time."
--Margaret Hamilton, THE WIZARD OF OZ
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#21re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:29pmdamn, ETHEL, just "Ease on Down the Roa-ho-ho-hoad!"
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#22re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:36pmTx, ANY movie that turns a sweet teen-age girl from Kansas into a 24-year old Schoolteacher who needs Therapy...
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#23re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:40pmTherapy, the fun gay bar in NYC?!?!? (which is also where Miss Ross, Wacko, Nipsy Russell, and whoever played the Lion found their Wiz---though others go there looking for a whiz or a Falsettos-style Wizzer)?!?!?!
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#24re: Trivial Pursuit #119
Posted: 5/3/05 at 7:49pm
I believe it was Ted Ross who played The Lion, Tx.
So CQ is really having heart palpitations over li'l ol' me?
"I say YOU'RE the CUTEST one. No, I say YOU'RE the CUTEST One. And we go on like that from dawn to three."
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