[FatherofFive]

June’s bra snapped?

[Dr. Sivana]

Carousel is my favorite of the R & H musicals.

I rarely disagree with Mark Steyn, but he thought that pipsqueak Frank Sinatra would have been a better Billy Bigelow than Gordon McRae (and presumably John Raitt). Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!

[Jane Long]

We need to take back June.

[Fiji Hill]

My favorite version. The Song Spinners had a number of a cappella hits in 1943, when the instrumentalists were on strike, and continued to wax discs after they returned to work.

June Is Busting Out All Over--Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians; vocals by Hildegarde and the Song Spinners (1945

[Ken H]

Yep.

[Exit148]

Yes! And I love it. But thanks a lot— now I have it in my head!

[Fiji Hill]

Carousel has an interesting history. It began as a play by the Hungarian playwright Ferenc Molnár entitled Liliom (lily) that was first performed in 1909. It was set in Budapest, and the main character's name was Andreas Zavoczki. A 1934 movie version of the same title, which I watched before I ever saw a performance of Carousel, was set in France, with the lead character named Liliom Zadowski, played by Charles Boyer. With Molnár's approval, Rogers & Hammerstein set the play in the USA and made all the characters American, but it was essentially the same story.

[ClearCase_guy]

I really wish Broadway wasn’t dominated by homosexuals. I love show tunes and there is a history of wonderful, manly men (Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Bob Fosse, etc.) producing tremendous American entertainment. But nowadays, show tunes have a distinct tinge to them.

[Allegra]

“Carousel” is one of my favorite musicals. I swiped my parents’ album when I was about ten and would listen to it in my room. I loved John Raitt’s powerful voice.

Thank you for playing this - it brought back some beautiful memories.

[decal]

“Oxcar Hammerstein” would be a great name for an indy band.