The Doll (1964)

5 Bobs, beer, and âRoosterhoodâ
Editor’s note: With Fishawack approaching, and the most recent Distinguished Jaycee having been honored, we felt it only appropriate to include this informative and, yes, delightful reminiscence from the writer – with the help of one Bob – in this week’s edition. Read it and enjoy. We did.
Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons “Rag Doll” 1964

Good Housekeeping 1944 Photo Mugs Front cover illustration for Good Housekeeping magazine by Clixby Watson (1906-1964) showing a young girl, clothes peg in her mouth, hanging out dolls clothing on a washing line.....

Hello, Dolly! (1964 Original Broadway Cast) $13.98 Sitting in the balcony at the final preview of this 1964 Jerry Herman show, still very much in school and long before my career as a critic began, I knew somehow that I was witnessing theatrical history. Even as that callow youth, I was certain that Carol Channing had been born to play the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, the meddling turn-of-the century New York widow who had been adapted from Thorn...

Satin Doll (Performed Live On The Ed Sullivan Show /1964) $0.99 ...

Reprise Musical Repertory Theatre (Finian's Rainbow, Kiss Me Kate, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls) $49.98 By the time he'd turned his own Reprise Records label into a going concern in 1963, Frank Sinatra could happily stub out his cigarette on Tradition, then douse the ashes with the slurry of his double bourbon on the rocks. It's not that Sinatra didn't respect the Broadway musical; indeed, he'd done quite well by its ballads over the course of his storied career. But that haughty Tradition--well, sh...

My Living Doll: The Official Collection Vol. 1 $14.38 Two-disc set includes 11 episodes. 6 hrs. total. Standard; Soundtrack: English. **11 episodes on 2 discs. 6 hrs.**...