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I am genetically predisposed toward celebrating the works of Ethel Merman ... I know a lot about the First Lady of Musical Theatre and have enjoyed playing some of her most celebrated roles. I've walked miles in those tiny pumps and enjoyed life from behind her proverbial highball.…But never, in my wildest dreams, did I expect someone to come knocking and ask me to take a swing at Happy Hunting! It takes a genius and a fabulous theatre company to make that call.More quotes »
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VINTAGE PLAYBILL: Gypsy, Starring Ethel Merman, 1959
The production and Ethel Merman's now-legendary performance won high praise. "She is playing the indomitable mother of Gypsy Rose Lee," wrote Brooks Atkinson. "Her pipes resonant and her spirit syncopated, [Merman] struts and bawls her way through it trium from Playbill Read more »
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PBS offers two ways of punking Hitler
Noise" is only loosely concerned with chronology — although Brooks starts off with a boyhood memory of being taken to see Ethel Merman in "Anything Goes" on Broadway in 1934. It isn't too long before we're skipping across his early comedy days with Sid Caesar from New Haven Register Read more »
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John Grant – review
with the filthy Ethel Merman joke, the discussion of Frida from Abba's strange hand-clapping technique on a late 70s broadcast of Chiquitita and all the heart-rending songcraft, the interlude where introduces the musicians shouldn't really linger in the mind from The Guardian Music Read more »
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Make your own noise with Mel Brooks' tips for success
Make a Noise on PBS' American Masters (Monday, 9 ET/PT, times may vary) begins with the comic's vivid memory of hearing Ethel Merman sing in Anything Goes on Broadway when he was 9 ("No microphones ... and she was still too loud"). It ends with the octogenarian from USA Today Read more »
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'Gopher' the gold
Hogan, Joe Namath, Andy Warhol), budding stars (Michael J. Fox, Tom Hanks, Tim Robbins) and no less a force of nature than Ethel Merman, who guested as Gophers mom in several episodes. Casual viewers who wonder what became of Grandy when the long-sailing from Asbury Park Press Read more »
