Trivial Pursuit #35
Trivial Pursuit #35
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#0Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:29am
In BYE BYE BIRDIE, Rosie wishes her boyfriend Albert would return to the profession he had BEFORE he went into the Music Publishing Business.
She even sings a song about it.
What profession is she referring to?
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."
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#1re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:33amHint #1: Classroom.
"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
#2re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:38amHint #2: Humanities Instructor.
"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."
#3re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:38aman english teacher
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
#4re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:39amjust let it be known -- I did not need the hints!
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#5re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:41am
GOOD FOR YOU, KMF!!!
Yes, Rosie longed for Albert to resume his career teaching English at NYU!
CONGRATULATIONS on yet ANOTHER win, K!!!
Now for your bonus points: What Blonde Actress (wearing a Brunette wig) played Rosie in the FIRST film version of BYE BYE BIRDIE?
"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
#6re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:42am
"An English Teacher":
Rosie:
He's going in the Army
It's the best thing he could do
Now we're free to start to do
What we wanted to
Albert, Albert, A-A-A-Albert!
I remember how you told me
I should trust you for a year
It would just be for a year
But it's eight years, Albert!
Eight long years, Albert!
Albert:
Rosie, it takes time to go to business.
Rosie:
It was only a sideline
That's what you said
You just needed some money
That's what you said
You were going to college and get ahead
Instead of being a music business bum
You were going to NYU
And become an English teacher
An English teacher, an English teacher.
If only you'd been an English teacher
We'd have a little apartment in Queens
You'd get a summer vacation
And we would know what life means
A man who's got his masters
Is really someone
How proud I'd be if you had become one
It could have been such a wonderful life
I could have been Mrs. Peterson
Mrs. Albert Peterson,
Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson,
The English teacher's wife!
Albert:
Oh Rosie, I told you as soon as I get a few bucks ahead...
Rosie:
You said it before, Albert!
And along came Conrad Birdie...
And it was goodbye Jeffery Josser
Hello William Morris
Goodbye NYU,
Hello all ALMAELOU
'Cause when you wrote Canard's first hit
Agha-bagha-boo
Then I knew that was it
You were through with English
Forever...
An English teacher is really someone
How proud I'd be if you had become one
It could have been such a wonderful life
I could have been Mrs. Peterson
Mrs. Albert Peterson,
Mrs. Phi Beta Kappa Peterson,
The English teacher's wife!
"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."
#7re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:45amJanet Leigh
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#8re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:46am
GREAT, KMC!
You DID NOT need the Hints?--that just makes you even more of a TRIVIAL WIZARD!
Now, what about those bonus points? 
"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."
#9re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:47amalready gave my answer
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#10re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:51am
RIGHT AGAIN, KMC!
For those of you who have never seen the 1963 film version of BYE BYE BIRDIE, I think it's worth it just to see Janet Leigh (PSYCHO) prancing around as a brunette!
And your prize, KMC? Well, there's an American Lit 101 class over at NYU starting in about ten minutes... you'd better head over there--you're students are waiting for you!!!
Enjoy your day, everyone!
"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
#11re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:52am
Sorry our posts "criss-crossed", K.
My PC is still "waking up."
"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."
#12re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 9:52am
Hopping the B train to the vilage -- thank goodnes for express trains...
"Sir K, the Viscount of Uppity-shire...." -- kissmycookie
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#13re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 10:07amBut what kind of teacher did they change it to in the first film version?
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Mary_Ethel
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/6/04
#14re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 10:12amI believe it was a Chemistry Teacher, Magruder.
"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
#15re: Trivial Pursuit #35
Posted: 12/3/04 at 10:32am
It looks like Magruder had to step away...
So I verified my answer via the IMDB and I am correct.
In the 1963 Film Version, Albert used to be a Chemistry Instructor (which is actually an integral part of the re-worked plot for the film.)
"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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