I love how bananas this song is. It's a classic. Such a great performance at Below 54!
@jochenstossberg5427
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever seen the show? The company staff are giving a party before the Christmas break - and Fran, who isn't in this number, is going to be on her own.
@PalmBeachDog
9 ай бұрын
In heels no less.
@tlw1950
Жыл бұрын
Imagine performing this 8 times a week!
@sinjin88
Жыл бұрын
They said many of the dancers needed regular trips to the chiropractor for strains in their necks.
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
Donna McKechnie said they had buckets in the wings to vomit in (!) after the head bobbing finale.
@jerryalicea8897
Жыл бұрын
I did. I was one of the last replacement dancers in the show before it closed. We danced the show two times on Wednesdays (Matinee and evening show) and twice on Saturdays. Because it was such an energetic show to dance, on several occasions the swing dancers would step in to give a break to the regular dancers. While it was hard work, I truly enjoyed every second of it. There were only 3 production numbers in the show. Act 1 had "The Grapes of Wrath", and "Turkey Lurkey Time" and Act 2 had Clancy's Lounge and then curtain call which was not a production number per se, but we did do a little dance movement. And yes, we all saw out chiropractors often during the week.
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 I really wish I could see the choreography for Grapes of Wrath. I know Bennett has also given credit for "choreographing" the scene transitions in general. How wonderful to hear your experiences!
@kbrodeur
Жыл бұрын
no thanks :)
@jochenstossberg5427
Жыл бұрын
It's not quite the original with the legendary Donna Mc Kecknie - but it's close!! Wonderful. It's not meant to be anything other than a sensational show stopper in the show. No deep meaning to the song. It's just mean to be fun. And it got the audiences screaming with delight on Broadway. This is bloody good!!! Who is that fabulous girl front and center?
@LouieLouie505
Жыл бұрын
"Turkey Lurkey Time" is a song-and-dance number from Act 1 of Promises, Promises, the Burt Bacharach/Hal David musical, with a book by Neil Simon. It was originally choreographed for the 1968 Broadway production by Michael Bennett. (Wikipedia)
@smurf902
Жыл бұрын
This show ran a solid 3 years December 1968-Jan 1972
@jochenstossberg5427
Жыл бұрын
And it was sensational, but you had to see it on Broadway. The polish left all the other productions for dead.
@tlw1950
Жыл бұрын
The revival with Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth was kind of a clunker. I did like her Knowing When To Leave on the cast album.
@jerryalicea8897
4 ай бұрын
The revival was not that good at all.
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
Nice to see more of the intro than previous uploads.
@fakerating
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@intentionallyleftblank3016
Жыл бұрын
Ok now the “Turkey Lurkey Dollmation” video I watched last night makes a LOT more sense!! A faithful reproduction of this number featuring Barbie(tm) dolls!! Search it up quickfastsndinahurry! 💕💗💓
@idontknowyouthatsmypurse
Жыл бұрын
Yes!!
@intentionallyleftblank3016
Жыл бұрын
@@idontknowyouthatsmypurse 😂 Bobbbbbay Hilll!!! Love your name my friend!
@imtheonewhobroughtthebeans915
Жыл бұрын
I’m coming from that too- I guess we all got it recommended to us at the same time
@matthewponder324
Жыл бұрын
@intentionallyleftblank3016 you need to watch the tony award 1968 version. That is the one the dollmation copies hystarically...
@intentionallyleftblank3016
Жыл бұрын
@@matthewponder324 O, I have! In fact, I do not even want to admit just HOW MANY times I have watched so many different Turkey Lurkey videos I have watched in the last few days. And this kooky song is stuck in my head! 😂
@Lil_Angry_Bitch
Жыл бұрын
Wow, I never knew that Money X Change, Tina Burner, and Jujubee all performed a number together!!💄💋
@laurafolsom2048
Жыл бұрын
This is great!
@rextrek
Жыл бұрын
31st....this is hysterical.......late 60's/early 70's.... i was like 11 ...shared on reddit under r/classic tv
@jonathanrio6587
Жыл бұрын
People MUST be singing off stage! At the end, it looks like none of the dancers are singing, but the sound is GREAT. And with that choreo, I can't imagine even trying to sing. Or am I crazy?
@jerryalicea8897
4 ай бұрын
No. We were not singing. It is a very physical number to dance and you barely have enough breath to finish. I remember one night after having done the matineek that afternoon and eating a quick meal in-between shows, Baayork Lee (the little Asian dancer) threw up off stage after dancing this. It was not pretty.
@jonathanrio6587
4 ай бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 Love the backstage stories and insight. Thanks!!! This is AMAZING!!! Probably my favorite number of any show. So camp and I LOVE IT! And it's WELL DONE!
@MsAwesome6814
6 күн бұрын
power puff girls
@ghstbird3338
Жыл бұрын
What on earth😮………. Have never seen or heard this before. Turkey lurkey.
@jerryalicea8897
Жыл бұрын
Well...I'm glad I was able to introduce you to this end of Act 1 dance number which has become iconic in the dance world. Choreographed by Michael Bennett who later went onto creating, directing and choreographing " A Chorus Line". This dance number is taken from the original Broadway production of "Promises. Promises".
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 It also directly led to Bennett being hired to choreograph Sondheim's Company--with the provision that he could bring Donna McKechnie on for a role. Company took a number of elements from Promises, Promises, including orchestrator Jonathan Tunick who reused the same then groundbreaking for Broadway pop orchestrations including the use of the Rock-Si-Chord synthesizer and having three women singing in the pit. And Company led to him co-directing Follies which led to (after a brief stop trying to rescue Seesaw) creating A Chorus Line.
@alberttimko5158
Жыл бұрын
Me neither until 3 day's ago. Glee did a version.
@jeffersond4134
Жыл бұрын
Amazing talents! And the diversity! Wow!
@miamiracer
Жыл бұрын
Please credit the dancers, I know Bayoork Lee on the left, I think that is Margo Sappington in the center, but who is the black girl on the right? Very good number even without Donna McKechnie!!!
@jerryalicea8897
Жыл бұрын
The three lead dancers in the Ed Sullivan show performance of Turkey Lurkey Time are: Baayork Lee (Green dress), Julie Stites (red dress) and Barbara Alston (blue dress). Margo Sappington had already left the cast along with Donna.
@miamiracer
Жыл бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 Thank you! I actually met Bayoork Lee when Chorus Line came to the Shubert in Los Angeles back in the 70's.
@jerryalicea8897
Жыл бұрын
@@miamiracer - Baayork was my dance captain when I did one of the touring companies of A Chorus Line. She is considered the Mom of the show as she sets the choreography for virtually every production of the show. She is an absolute Sweetheart but a real taskmaster. She would put us through a very strenuous workout before each rehearsal and then work us to near death during the rehearsal period. She was always gracious to audience members who would stay outside the stage door to meet the dancers. She always reminded us that we are there because of them, never forget that !
@miamiracer
Жыл бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 Wow! Great story. It;s amazing how many people one gets to meet if you live long enough!! She was very kind to us, I was with some friends, one of whom was a choreographer in LA, I think that is how we got to meet her.
@eldrinod
Жыл бұрын
I feel exhausted just watching it - good times though, not like now👎🏻
@blackamerican40
Жыл бұрын
What year was this? Just curious. Because the black girl has her natural hair and the white girl is the center of attention. Kudos to having the Asian or Latino girl off to the side. What year please
@momokoblue8032
Жыл бұрын
1970
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
Baayork Lee (the "Asian Girl") was the only one still from the original cast by this point. The Tony clip shows the 1968 original three cast members in this number (they were all small roles.) kzitem.info/news/bejne/yrCdrWp5mHxkZqg
@jerryalicea8897
Жыл бұрын
It was done in '72 for Christmas on the Ed Sullivan show. The Latina/Asian girl was/is Baayork Lee who was also the dance captain. A dynamite talent !!!
@EricMontreal22
Жыл бұрын
@@jerryalicea8897 Interesting--the date I've always heard officially was this was from 1970. The musical closed on January 1, 1972, so are you sure about that Christmas 1972 date? (I know you were in it so I'm not meaning to doubt you...)
@LAPhil13
Жыл бұрын
@@EricMontreal22 actually, the original Miss Polanski (Margo Sappington) was not in that video -- it was her replacement, Julane Stites. But yeah, the original Donna McKechnie and Baayork Lee (who was never quick to leave a show she was in).
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