#1
Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:14am
A Marginally Better Video of 'Turkey Lurkey'
#2
Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:29am
What a great number...even with my grainy black and white version, this gets me every time! It was such a fun, holiday number, but then Promises Promises has always reflected Christmastime to me. I usually play it the same time every year, and can't wait to see the new version April 3rd.
#3
Posted: 12/23/09 at 8:58am
Goosier and poosier!
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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#4
Posted: 12/23/09 at 9:29am
That is a genius number ... pure and simple.
#5
Posted: 12/23/09 at 9:37am
love, Love, LOVE it! Joyous and brilliant - let's hope that the original choreography is replicated in the upcoming revival of PP.
#6
Posted: 12/23/09 at 10:13am
I think I've finally figured out which one Kelly Bishop is.
#7
Posted: 12/23/09 at 10:44am
I think I just got gayer
#8
Posted: 12/23/09 at 11:16am
I LOVE DONNA MCKECHNIE, aka Miss Wiplash 1969.
http://www.youtube.com/huskcharmer
#9
Posted: 12/23/09 at 12:51pm
I love this number, but I hope they don't try to recreate the choreography. Based on the other attempts in recent revivals, to me, the effect is the same as once a month's grainy video- a copy of a copy of the original is not the same.
Like a firework unexploded
Wanting life but never knowing how
Wanting life but never knowing how
#10
Posted: 12/23/09 at 12:55pm
This. Number. Is. Genius.
If they try to recreate the original choreography for the revival I will be deeply offended. It's just too brilliant to try and change.
If they try to recreate the original choreography for the revival I will be deeply offended. It's just too brilliant to try and change.
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#11
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:16pm
I think I've finally figured out which one Kelly Bishop is.
Kelly is the one wearing the black skirt suit with the white ruffled shirt between Baayork Lee and Donna McKechnie during the final moments of the number.
A friend who worked on GILMORE GIRLS asked her this for me a few years ago.
NOTE: She's also the main (and tall) showgirl all in white with the long white fur boa in the "Twenty-Four Hours a Day" number (from GOLDEN RAINBOW) seen at the 1968 Tony Awards.
Kelly is the one wearing the black skirt suit with the white ruffled shirt between Baayork Lee and Donna McKechnie during the final moments of the number.
A friend who worked on GILMORE GIRLS asked her this for me a few years ago.
NOTE: She's also the main (and tall) showgirl all in white with the long white fur boa in the "Twenty-Four Hours a Day" number (from GOLDEN RAINBOW) seen at the 1968 Tony Awards.
#12
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:25pm
Donna McKechnie is simply stunning in this. Lada Edmund was fabulous as well, but I wish I was alive during that time so I could have seen Donna do this live. Sigh...
"Somethin's comin', I don't know what it is but it is gonna be great!"
#13
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:25pm
When Rob Marshall directed and choreographed Promises, Promises for Encores, he recreated the Bennett choreography for "Turkey Lurkey Time". I'm not sure anything can be as exciting as watching Donna McKechnie perform it in that 1969 Tony Awards video, but it still was a highlight of that evening. Rob Ashford is very talented and can create kinetic and exuberant numbers, but boy do I not envy him with the task of creating new choreography for that song in the upcoming revival.
Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop.
#14
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:29pm
Thanks, Brody. That's who I thought she was!
#15
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:29pm
Do we know for sure he's creating new choreography for it?
#16
Posted: 12/23/09 at 1:35pm
Thank for sharing! I love that video!
Anyone wanna surprise me by posting the Tony performance from the cast of Grind led by Ben Vereen? I have on VHS somewhere, but it's lost.
Tom Bosley wants to share more Bennett/McKechnie videos with you!
Anyone wanna surprise me by posting the Tony performance from the cast of Grind led by Ben Vereen? I have on VHS somewhere, but it's lost.
Tom Bosley wants to share more Bennett/McKechnie videos with you!
Bought my Pee-wee Herman Show tickets! Yahoooo!
Updated On: 12/23/09 at 01:35 PM
#18
Posted: 12/23/09 at 5:11pm
What a hot mess that was.
#19
Posted: 12/23/09 at 6:12pm
Brilliant!
I wish Miss Della Hoya looked after my petty cash.
I wish Miss Della Hoya looked after my petty cash.
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