Bonus Video! The wig reveal that nearly got Harvey Fierstein arrested
Hello there! In this week's Bonus Video, we're taking a look at a trapeze that Broadway legend Jerry Herman had installed in his home, and how Harvey Fierstein paid tribute to this bizarre decorating choice in La Cage Aux Folles. And speaking of Harvey, I've got a goofy story to share about how a wig reveal (well, technically, a failed wig reveal) went so wrong he nearly went to jail. Plus: I've tracked down some hard-to-find footage that Alfred Hitchcock cut from the US release of Strangers on a Train (but left in for the British version), Jim Bailey doing a Judy Garland impression in a weird tuxedo, and an unlikely connection between The Addams Family and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Backup link in case the video embed doesn't work:
https://youtu.be/bLma5_CJakI
Harvey doing "Rose's Turn": https://youtu.be/yxysSKhapcM
Jim Bailey on The Carol Burnett Show: https://youtu.be/2n2BOR3klJ0?t=667
Flip through the Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Pressbook: https://archive.org/details/whatever-happened-to-baby-jane-pressbook
Comments (10)
I worked at LaCage on LaCieniga in Las Angeles, it was amazing. Matt is brilliant and loving his research
Maybe that scene was removed because it isn't clear why the guy is telling the waiter what his compartment number is. It could be interpreted as ordering a meal for two in his bedroom, which americans would find weird.
Great! Thanks.
FINALLY got verified. Patreon is on a serious time-delay this morning. So happy to be here! I have loved your vids since you started. So, here is a request: The Ritz, 1976. In my opinion, easily as funny as Some Like It Hot, but based in a gay bathhouse. America simply wasn't ready for it, but newer generations deserve to know about it! {edit} I see that you are aware of it already! It's SUCH a great back-story, too... Rita Moreno did her "Googie Gomez" schtick at a party, was seen by the guy who then wrote the play.
Thanks for joining up! And yes I covered The Ritz a bit in my video about Rita: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fRZOUk2HDc
I loved the La Cage episode! I wanted to ask, is the Alan Car Oscar opening video coming soon? :)
Yes! Working on it right now, will have it up for Patrons this weekend.
Harvey Fierstien deserves his own episode
I think what you may have missed in the Strangers On A Train scene was that the talkative man was having the food sent to his compartment, the implication being the two men would be dining together alone behind closed doors. And that implies lots of other possibilities.
That’s the first thing that came to my mind, but would most people necessarily think of it? They could be conducting confidential business of a non-personal nature. ;-)