Playlist For September 25, 2022: Patter...putta? (Only Burgers in the Building)

So I've been watching YouTube again (it's research...I'm bringing YOU the crazies!). And there's this person who takes on food challenges, like a 15 pound Irish breakfast that must be consumed in 30 minutes (we're talkin' 3 pound pancakes, bangers and mash, black pudding, hashbrowns, 12 slices of toast, 6 eggs...Geez Louise). Or 12 multi-topped hamburgers (with beer pairings?) in 45.  And she DOES IT. She breathes it in! I've seen only 1 video where she's defeated by the bushels and pecks of food placed in front of her. Otherwise it's winner winner LITERAL chicken dinner for her! 

 

Check out her channel: Katie Eats Kilos

 

 I get a strange vicarious thrill watching her, while I'M nibbling carrot sticks and ice cubes. I also seem to get full. Works for me. 

How the heck does that apply to Broadway? Not one jot. Or french fry. A mere interesting aside to show you the wacky characters out there...unless we can find a thread to ...possibly....connect?

And I did it! Character songs! Those quirky, cute, often-plot-useless tunes, sometimes delegated to the secondary characters. The charm songs. And we'll include in that category the PATTER song, because who doesn't love a tongue-twisting, pushin' the speed limit pitter patter (or as Steve Martin sings in a recently "murderous" HULU creation..."Pitta Putta")? 

 

 

So you can expect a model major general, some pick-a-little ladies, a gal who is not "getting married", and a speed test or 2. You can also expect a set or 2 of Tootsie, because a request came in from Joe Stockslader for that musical. And I always try to honor his requests, unless he wants Tommy. I draw a Tommy line! 

 

 

 Anyway, have fun listening in, hopefully while munching (moderately) on normal sized pancakes and civilized portions of pulled pork. Just like swimming in the ocean, you can't tap dance for 30 minutes after eating. ;)

Please Don't Monkey With Broadway (Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Broadway Melody of 1940)

Opening Number (Company, Tootsie) 

I Won't Let You Down (Santino Fontana, Tootsie)

Brush Up Your Shakespeare (Lee Wilkof, Michael Mulheren, Kiss Me, Kate)

Come Up To My Place (Nancy Walker, Cris Alexander, On The Town)

Gee, Officer Krupke (Russ Tamblyn, Ensemble, West Side Story)

Getting Married Today (Beth Howland, Steve Elmore, Company)

I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major General (John Reed, The Pirates Of Penzance)

The Speed Test (Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Thoroughly Modern Millie)

Her Is (Stanley Prager, Carol Haney, The Pajama Game)

Nice She Ain't (Boyd Gaines, Gypsy)

The Three Of Us (Michael McKean, The Pajama Game)

Yer My Friend, Ain't Cha? (Thelma Ritter, Cameron Prud'Homme, New Girl In Town)

Pick-A-Little, Talk-A-Little (Ensemble, The Music Man)

Erbie Fitch's Twitch (Gwen Verdon, Redhead) 

Tschaikowsky (And Other Russians) (Danny Kaye, Lady In The Dark)

Going To The Theatre (Ensemble, Scrambled Feet)

Nightlife (Anita Gillette, All American)

Gooch's Song (Jane Connell, Mame)

It's Not About Me (Beth Leavel, The Prom) 

Diva's Lament (Sara Ramirez, Spamalot)

All For The Best (Hunter Parrish, Wallace Smith, Godspell)

Both Sides Of The Coin (George Rose, Howard McGillin, The Mystery Of Edwin Drood

Therapy (Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Tick Tick Boom)

I've Been Everywhere (Johnny Cash) 

Alto's Lament (Megan Hilty)

Audition Sequence (Fred Barton, Forbidden Broadway)

Audition Story (Elaine Stritch, Elaine Stritch At Liberty)

What's Gonna Happen (Sarah Stiles, Tootsie)

Gone, Gone, Gone (Lilli Cooper, Tootsie)

This Thing (John Behlmann, Tootsie)

The Most Important Night Of My Life (Company, Tootsie)