tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post676773661870749869..comments2024-03-10T00:00:31.355+00:00Comments on BRIAN SIBLEY : his blog: WHAT'S GNU WITH YOU?Brian Sibleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-61655525616741618922012-08-08T09:27:21.136+01:002012-08-08T09:27:21.136+01:00But was it you who pointed out the error?! :)But was it <i>you</i> who pointed out the error?! :)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-76524068567010584242012-08-08T02:55:55.464+01:002012-08-08T02:55:55.464+01:00At the end of the NYTimes obituary for Marvin Haml...At the end of the NYTimes obituary for Marvin Hamlisch is this:<br /><br />Correction: August 7, 2012<br />An earlier version of this article mistakenly referred to Alan Jay Lerner as a composer. He is a lyricist.<br /><br />So you are clearly in good company, Brian!Galen Fotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11320908010368532193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-78892790072369948502012-07-21T09:02:19.725+01:002012-07-21T09:02:19.725+01:00Yes, Galen, I did mean 'lyricist' (I have ...Yes, <b>Galen</b>, I did mean 'lyricist' (I have duly amended the post, thanks) and although Mark Harris' book doesn't name Lerner's intended writing partner I have <i>just</i> discovered that it was to have been Andre Previn, but that Lerner was eventually fired after repeatedly not delivering a treatment for the movie. Fox then tried to engage Richard and Robert Sherman (hot from their Oscar-winning success with <i>Mary Poppins</i>) only to find they were unavailable due to their contract with Disney, which is when they turned to Bricusse.<br /><br />For this information – along with the revelation that Vincente Minnelli was, at one point, going to direct and that (at another point) the cast featured first Sammy Davis Jnr and then Sidney Poitier – I am indebted to Terence Towels Canote's blog, <a href="http://mercurie.blogspot.co.uk/2009/02/doctor-dolittle-film-that-almost.html" rel="nofollow">A Shroud of Thoughts</a>.Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-4593521149857594112012-07-21T07:07:55.857+01:002012-07-21T07:07:55.857+01:00I need to see this movie again! Very few memories ...I need to see this movie again! Very few memories from when I was 4.<br /><br />I'm sure you mean Lerner was going to be <i>lyricist</i>, but I wonder who the composer was going to be? Lerner and Loewe reunited in 1974 for the Little Prince movie; I wonder if they would have done Dolittle together first?<br /><br />A musical starring Rex Harrison with a lead character named "Dolittle"...it might have seemed all too familiar to them!Galen Fotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11320908010368532193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-25232583374238566862012-07-18T18:37:39.801+01:002012-07-18T18:37:39.801+01:00To quote: 'Absolutely! That's all good the...To quote: 'Absolutely! That's all good then!'Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-72134229198631417442012-07-18T18:31:56.325+01:002012-07-18T18:31:56.325+01:00I guess that being paid $87,000 in 1967 for doing ...I guess that being paid $87,000 in 1967 for doing nothing roughly equates to the Chief Executive of G4S thinking it's OK to be paid a £57m management fee for London 2012.rapidthomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14596147079203966785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27622100665472454442012-07-18T15:12:25.505+01:002012-07-18T15:12:25.505+01:00Anon – Thanks for the comment; glad to awakened so...<b>Anon</b> – Thanks for the comment; glad to awakened some old memories!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-53190871243886693982012-07-18T15:01:17.793+01:002012-07-18T15:01:17.793+01:00I too absolutely loved those books, I read and re-...I too absolutely loved those books, I read and re-read them borrowing them in sequence as often as I could from Hove Children's library. I especially remember that the doctor travelled to the moon on the back of a giant moth, and there was a lot of fun with the word Cheapside being pronounced as keapsidy. Not forgetting Hugh Lofting's own naive but lovely illustrations.Thanks for reminding me of them Brian.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13347101078437319136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-74905270535706594982012-07-18T14:59:40.498+01:002012-07-18T14:59:40.498+01:00I too absolutely loved those books, I read and re-...I too absolutely loved those books, I read and re-read them borrowing them in sequence as often as I could from Hove Children's library. I especially remember that the doctor travelled to the moon on the back of a giant moth, and there was a lot of fun with the word Cheapside being pronounced as keapsidy. Not forgetting Hugh Lofting's own naive but lovely illustrations.Thanks for reminding me of them Brian.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13347101078437319136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-36106859985743916932012-07-18T14:44:33.543+01:002012-07-18T14:44:33.543+01:00Great story, Sharon!Great story, <b>Sharon</b>!Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-16273496427030905732012-07-18T14:09:38.032+01:002012-07-18T14:09:38.032+01:00Yet another fascinating blog, Brian.
Imagine being...Yet another fascinating blog, Brian.<br />Imagine being paid $87,000+ not to do anything!<br /><br />I seem to remember the late Ian Richardson (who played Henry Higgins in the 20th Anniversary production of 'My Fair Lady' on Broadway) that Rex Harrison once sent back a bottle of wine - to his own cellar.SharonMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17369769107190148944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-6074120665303889192012-07-18T09:50:59.420+01:002012-07-18T09:50:59.420+01:00Suzanne – I guess the Doctor is too politically in...<b>Suzanne</b> – I guess the Doctor is too politically incorrect for contemporary readers but the invention and delight that the books contain ought not to be lost...<br /><br /><b>Sheila</b> – Sadly, no Muppet version of the 'Hippo Song', at least, I've not found it) but one more F&S song that will be appearing on this blog shortly! :)Brian Sibleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02395103557170474777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-27917943728294231202012-07-18T08:28:54.575+01:002012-07-18T08:28:54.575+01:00What a great combination - the Muppets and F&S...What a great combination - the Muppets and F&S! <br /><br />Are there any more? A Muppet hippo singing <i>Mud</i> would be a treat ...Sheilanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28039080.post-66483854536233216932012-07-18T07:35:09.712+01:002012-07-18T07:35:09.712+01:00At last, someone else who read those books! I was ...At last, someone else who read those books! I was almost beginning to believe I'd dreamt them! I loved them. And I loved Rex Harrison too.Suzannenoreply@blogger.com