Oddly Specific Question About Ad-lib in Sam Mendes' "Cabaret"

[CreatureKitchen]

Posted: 10/18/22 at 6:21pm

I genuinely apologize if this comes off a spam, because it's such a specific question. But there honestly aren't a lot of places I can think of to ask this question haha.

In Cabaret (the Sam Mendes production with Alan Cumming), the Emcee ad-libs when introducing all the girls in the Klub. There's one ad-lib that Alan Cumming consistently uses where I can't make out what he's saying.

The line starts: "Well, too bad, so does Rosie. But for a few marks, they will make you..."
What is he saying at the end of the sentence? Unfortunately, this ad-lib is not in the proshot, and I can't post a bootleg link here, but hopefully someone will know what I'm talking about.

[CreatureKitchen]

Posted: 10/18/22 at 7:17pm

So, after listening through this bit on a couple of different bootlegs, I’m almost certain the line is “You like Lulu? Well, too bad, so does Rosie. But for a few marks, they will make you some frittata.”

 

And…I still don’t get it? I’m assuming there’s some sort of sexual innuendo with this line, but I can’t figure it out. Or is it just a non-sequiter?