Turkey Lurkey Time?

just finished watching "Camp" for the first time.

i know "turkey lurkey time" is from "promises, promises" but is it really the best song in the show? from what i saw and heard, it's annoying and silly.

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Why would you be under the impression it was the best song in the show?

First and foremost, "Turkey Lurkey Time" is nothing more than a dance number. It was solely conceived by Michael Bennett to end Act 1 with an explosive high-energy production number. Its the only song/number in the entire score which has no relevance to the show's plot -- its a silly impromptu dance 3 secretaries perform at a Christmas office party.

It is the best song in the score? Absolutely not. Is it a sensational dance number? More than heaven would allow. Sheer blissful perfection capturing everything a dance number should do to a show: stop it.

I think it's dated in that it would be silly to do it as anything but a period piece--but I think if presented as taking place in the time in which it was written it wouldn't be dated at all

Not really. Those kids ARE correct.

"Turkey Lurkey Time" IS indeed the 'best' number. Dance number, that is.

Is it the 'best song'? By far NO.

They never did another show for Broadway.

How about putting Lost Horizon on Broadway? If they can make Xanadu good on stage why not LH?

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Annie Warbucks was very good & it was too bad it never made it to Broadway. They got it right but apparently ran out of money.

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I saw the original and the Tony Award performance only begins to capture the electricity of the number. On stage at The Shubert, the number was in an intimate setting and much more explosive. I'va always said the expressions on those dancers faces was unforgettable. Only in Chorus Line have I seen such pride. They KNEW they were in one mother of a number. It was like they wanted to do the number all over again at the end. In the vast barn the Tonys were in (was it Radio City?) the number looked like it was filmed underwater. The three girls and the pit vocal group were so tight when they sang and the lanky male dancers (where on earth did he buy them?) were amazing when they did that crossover - you really thought they were going to collide in a massive traffic jam - it was fantastic. And I remember saying "cool" to myself several times during the number. Margo, Baayork and Donna danced like one connected person with six legs and six arms. When they swoop backward it was pure choreographic porn. And as Seth Whateverhisnameis says, Donna is an alien with a weirdly jointed body. How does she flip her head like that?

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If Dionne Warwick had recorded "Turkey Lurkey Time" it would have been a hit. However, she chose "I'll Never Fall in Love Again" and "Promises, Promises".

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The '69 Tony Awards were broadcast from the Mark Hellinger Theatre, now the Times Square Church.