A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
#1A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 8:58pm
Ginger Rogers and Pearl Bailey duke it out for who does better with "Before the Parade Passes By"!
http://youtu.be/mAQQWE5PErs
Who wins? YOU DECIDE!
#2A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:02pmNeither wins. Barbra has always been the winner.
#2A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:21pm
Well, then here's Barbra as you've never seen him before.
http://youtu.be/v2G0cTickLI
#3A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:22pm
And for those who like their Dollys embalmed while they're still alive, here is Carol on her 1978 tour:
http://youtu.be/S_Aavjx964U
#4A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:25pm
Always imitated never duplicated 
#5A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:32pm
Anyone interested in what a Beth Leavel Dolly would be like?
Here's her "Before the Parade":
http://youtu.be/z6ec69C_9Ho
And here's her...um...
DOLLY RUN THE WORLD
#6A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/6/14 at 9:40pm
^^^^ I saw that revival, PJ, and found Channing charming. (The bigger problem was the rest of the cast who had been doing the show on the road with her for years: the "Waiter's Gallop" was more like the "Waiter's Stroll".)
But that lighting on video! The first part looks like a scene from HELLO, DOLLY Z: ZOMBIES IN YONKERS.
#7A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 2:50pmI just watched this again. The YouTube poster who did the mash-up deserves an honorary Tony.
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#8A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 2:53pmYou can't help but notice that Pearl takes every line a little bit late.
#9A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 3:18pmGood Lord, what was going on with Carol Channing's wig!
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#10A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 3:26pmThat Dolly Run the World mashup was better than the show, which I saw n Cape Cod. Beth Leavel was great, but the supporting cast, ouch. Jennifer Cody was a spriteful Minnie Fay, but I still can't get over her eyebrows. If I hadn't read the playbill, I wouldn't have recognized her.
#11A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 4:01pm
You can't help but notice that Pearl takes every line a little bit late.
That usually annoys me. Bernadette Peters does it all the time, and it makes my skin crawl.
Is that what singers call "backphrasing"? Or is that something else entirely?
#12A White Hello Dolly VERSUS a Black Hello Dolly
Posted: 7/7/14 at 9:22pmI think that's back phrasing, but since I learned the term here, I'd love to know for sure.
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