Cast Of Promises, Promises "Turkey Lurkey Time" on The Ed Sullivan Show

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@mirandafellows1181 10 ай бұрын

I played the girl in the blur dress London 69/70 and I now have permanent neck ache

@Basketase81 25 күн бұрын

You are black.

@sooz9433 2 жыл бұрын

For those who don't know who these ladies are and it would seem many people don't... They are, Baayork Lee (Green dress), Julie Stites (red dress) and Barbara Alston (blue dress).

@LAPhil13 2 жыл бұрын

Hm, someone below points out that the replacement for Donna M is Lada Edmund, and I think he/she is right. Different facial features than Julane. Gotta point out that Kelly Bishop is still killing it in the ensemble, though!

@tejaswoman 2 жыл бұрын

@@LAPhil13 thank you for confirming for me that Kelly is still up there. Can you likewise confirm that she's the one standing onstage in a white tunic blouse and not the one standing on a desk? I have watched the various videos of this number and can never see clearly enough of those two is Bishop.

@LAPhil13 2 жыл бұрын

@@tejaswoman , yup. She's on the floor, and you can see her right between Miss Wong and Miss Della Hoya in the final "Jingle Bells" moves. She's also very clear at the opening, sitting on the desk to the right of the guy announcing the entertainment. And she was still going by "Carole Bishop" at this time.

@Bobbybabybobbybubbie 2 жыл бұрын

Barbara Alston I think was also a Hullabaloo dancer.

@thefaceofthecentury 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely fantastic chills watching this in 2022!!!

@mizzmaria5215 Жыл бұрын

This dance should be an Olympic sport.

@nathancox5316 5 күн бұрын

Michael Bennet was just plain brilliant! I used to go to the Museum of TV and Radio just so I could watch this dance number over and over again. Now I can see it any time I want to right here.

@jorgesalazar2340 24 күн бұрын

The lady in red was on fire and gave me life.

@frankiebowie6174 2 жыл бұрын

I love this thing so much, no matter who does it. It’s completely bonkers, and apparently the producers had a chiropractor on retainer for the dancers during the run.

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

for necks for jingle bells

@grouchosays Жыл бұрын

Hilarious

@steveb1164 Жыл бұрын

One thing about this stands out: EVERYbody was in motion to some extent.

@lonellfletcher Жыл бұрын

The lead dancer was GETTING HER LIFE in that number!!!!!!!!

@that1theatreguy 2 жыл бұрын

one of the best musical theatre dancing numbers ever choreographed ❤️

@helios1912 Жыл бұрын

Human expression on display. Love it.

@michael5876 Жыл бұрын

I love this song, the musical, and the late 60s/70s!!

@davidwolfe4240 Жыл бұрын

It's one of the greatest broadway musical showstoppers I've ever seen! I was 6-7 yrs. old when this was first aired. It gets better with each showing! The combination of the late greats Burt Bacharach's music and Michael Bennett's-(Dreamgirls,A Chorus Line),dazzling exuberant choreography makes this a true classic! WOW!

@52lvlv Жыл бұрын

That choreography still SHINES like a diamond!

@johnyzero2000 8 ай бұрын

Can you believe it LOST the best choreography Tony to George M??? A forgotten musical while Promises Promises has endured.

@mattybfierce 2 жыл бұрын

The figure 8 at the end is so iconic. This is one of my favorite musical theatre dance numbers of all time.

@Autostade67 9 ай бұрын

Also one of the best songs Bacharach ever wrote with Hal David - it's so ridiculous but you can't stop smiling throughout - but it's also canny: the energy of the song along with Michael Bennett's deceptively simple 'looking' (it is neither simple technically nor simple looking on second analysis) High Octane 'Hullaballo' choreography has one of the most incredible builds in Broadway production number history. Dazzling.

@LloydAntonyLB Жыл бұрын

Terrific ❤but nobody “head pops” like Donna.

@momokoblue8032 Жыл бұрын

But nobody throws down like Juliane Stites. That ending is killer.

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

No. And as good as Julan Stites was, she doesn't have Donna's authority and razor sharp snap either. She was also taller that the other girls in the original - which was important in a trio like this. She was in total control. Long ago now, but never forgotten.

@lonellfletcher 11 ай бұрын

Let's celebrate all who take on and nail this incredible number

@Itstonytime77 2 жыл бұрын

The lead dancer is Juliane Stites who was my dancer teacher in high school!

@generationripe6540 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. The lead dancer here is non-other than THE fabulous Lada Edmund, who replaced Donna McKechnie. Juliane Stites replaced Margo Sappington and is the long-haired dancer on the 1969 Tony Awards performance.

@_.sam_foley._ 2 жыл бұрын

Did you go to ACMA?

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Julanne

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Julane, she replaced sapping ton in Purple first than Donna

@momokoblue8032 2 ай бұрын

@@generationripe6540 Nope, it's Julane Stites in this performance. It's not Lada.

@bwayskotd 2 жыл бұрын

Dear God I love this number. It is so nice to see a clear version of it. Back in the 80s when us old theatre geeks had VHS tapes I used to play the grainy version from my Tony Awards highlights tapes constantly. I can't get enough of the late 60s Bachrach sound and of course one of Jonathan Tunick's first (if not the very first) brilliant orchestrations

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

The original Broadway cast was even better than this. A lot better than this is, believe it or not. Donna McKechnie, and sharper ensemble. This is terrific, but the original had you screaming for joy.

@marbleblue5127 8 ай бұрын

They hit it hard in that Tony Awards clip. Too bad it's such poor quality. It's amazing.

@frankpeter6851 Ай бұрын

I wish somebody would run that clip through an AI filter.

@arbitrarygreay 2 жыл бұрын

Baayork is so light on her feet! Always exploding off of the floor.

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

she changed costume twice . by her choice, this one has white at her neck other didn't

@Texaslawhorn 2 жыл бұрын

One of the, if not the, most joyful Broadway dances ever! The dancer in red resembles Sutton Foster to me.

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

No, Julane Stites could dance, Sutton cant

@Texaslawhorn Жыл бұрын

@@feathersforfun well, at least in looks and personality 🙂

@lonellfletcher 11 ай бұрын

@@feathersforfun yeah, Sutton can't dance and that's why she won two Tonys for dancing roles. Shish.

@anthonykimball7463 7 ай бұрын

Easily one of THE most spectacular performances that this show ever broadcast in its near 25-year history.

@MrMjp58 Жыл бұрын

This could qualify for the greatest thing I’ve ever seen on a screen.

@focusedflow5785 7 ай бұрын

Julia stites at the end during the jingle bells part is spectacular!!!!

@Iggystar71 2 жыл бұрын

Listen, I discovered this number from a WatchMojo list and I’m OBSESSED. I’ve watched it so many times.

@aixafairley9541 11 ай бұрын

Tis the season y’all. This is my millionth time watching!

@grouchosays Жыл бұрын

I saw the original Broadway cast. The score was absolutely incredibly exciting. I didn’t know this was out there. Seeing this live almost lifted me off my seat. The Ray Block band does a great job here. They were always kind of square when playing anything contemporary. But they really nail it here except for the trumpet solo. He starts but kind of disappears until he hits that last high note.

@alextirrellRI 6 ай бұрын

I think part of the reason behind the lackluster trumpet solo is that it's in the 3rd Trumpet book. It just has chords and slashes for those 6 bars. My guess is the player was not comfortable improvising.

@grouchosays 6 ай бұрын

@@alextirrellRI could be

@GringoLatino941 Жыл бұрын

ED SULLIVAN was one of the BEST tv shows ever! My parents and I watched the show every Sunday. LOVE this and LOVED the show! Much MUCH better TV THEN ...than the crap on TV today!

@katwil89 Жыл бұрын

Ed Sullivan had such a great show. He had so many Broadway shows perform, ballet dancers, opera singers, popular singers of the day. It was a family show that everyone would gather around and watch. My most profound memory was seeing the Beatles first American performance. I was just a little kid, but I remember my mom getting me out of bed to come and watch them. Everyone knew something historical was going to happen that night.

@bradgross6138 Жыл бұрын

just absolute genius, so late 60s its ridiculous. amazing. could listen/watch it on a loop

@CliffordXHA1 3 ай бұрын

Is there anything more holiday joyous than this? This song should be a holiday tradition.

@Truth614 2 жыл бұрын

The choreography and dancing are terrific but the song is pure Bacharach and David.

@thomasslomski919 Жыл бұрын

I love this so much. These dancers are so awesome. I want to go to a Christmas Office Party like this.

@leonheartedboy 2 жыл бұрын

It’s just such a brilliant number.

@square-on-wheels Жыл бұрын

Happy Turkey Lurkey Time once again, y'all! 🦃

@chippower5467 2 жыл бұрын

That Bacharach & David Broadway song from the holiday tune from 1970!!!!!

@SC-up8sn 22 күн бұрын

This could be inserted into any Broadway show of the era. Hysterical that it has nothing to do with the plot 😂

@josiahwatson2584 5 ай бұрын

I love how Bayoork's hair just flies everywhere

@lowe-quay-shush Ай бұрын

Fell in love the dancer in the red dress on this clip. She pops like a firework that can't stop changing colors. (No collective consensus on here who she REALLY is.)

@stuartwise5709 6 ай бұрын

Great performance. Julie Stites gets pretty close to Donna McKechnie.. Such high energy!!!!

@dougmilesmedia Жыл бұрын

Great number! Must've been brutal to do that 8 times a week!

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

None of these characters really appear in the rest of the show. This was designed to send the audiences out to interval on a high. It's meant to be a show stopper but it also serves a dramatic device in the show. Everyone's having a great time, and heading out of the office of to families for Christmas - and Fran is alone. This is a counterpoint to what happens later.

@jerrykitich3318 7 ай бұрын

Never seen so many 3-piece suits in one place in all my life. Fabulous.

@altesta5560 2 жыл бұрын

Played this show in the early 70's.

@kenwapnicksson7915 2 жыл бұрын

That’s my dance teacher! Yay! 😀

@pietrob7420 2 жыл бұрын

Iconic! I must watch this gem daily.

@tamirmickens89 8 ай бұрын

This is the best video to learn the choreography…it seems much slower and “matter of fact” whereas the 69 Tony’s is the PINNACLE performance, but it’s hard to learn the moves from that one as they looked so authentic

@aleeshachavez6530 Жыл бұрын

I seriously dont know how i remember this entire routine down to the last 8 count! Its been at least 15yrs or so since ive last seen it!

@jamesd4475 2 жыл бұрын

Did this number in a show. Was awesome.

@helios1912 Жыл бұрын

Gee...my office Christmas parties were never like this

@normangourmand 2 жыл бұрын

I missed watching this for Christmas, but now here I am 😎

@gregorykeithmorris3970 Жыл бұрын

Excellent dancers!

@weslleyfrancisco8616 Жыл бұрын

They were eating that stage up!

@jarrodbarkley9061 7 ай бұрын

Omg that was amazing!!!!! 😍😍👏👏👏

@gregorykeithmorris3970 Жыл бұрын

Michael, you were a talented sadist!

@larespo1 2 жыл бұрын

THANK YOU, MICHAEL BENNETT!!!

@captainKbobkeeshan 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing! And this clip is so clear. thanks for posting!

@marydougans8211 2 жыл бұрын

I like this version better than the Tony one, only because it’s much better quality and the tempo is more consistent. What they did to this number in the revival was a travesty.

@alexross1997 Жыл бұрын

If I’m not mistaken they talked about the Tony performance tempo surprisingly being taken much much faster than what it was supposed to be. They were all scared but everyone went with it.

@lamisk5479 Жыл бұрын

I love the outrageously fast Tony because the dancers rise to the occasion and do an impossible to repeat performance. There’s no way they could do it at that speed night after and twice on Sunday!

@mrhyde5280 Жыл бұрын

This version compared with the Tony version is much better directed.

@WBJ515 Жыл бұрын

@@lamisk5479 I agree. Its very close to falling off the rails, and that's what makes it so good.

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

It's only because the Tony's version is badly filmed - and the stage was slippery. How they pulled it off is beyond belief. Julane Stites is fabulous, but Donna McKechnie had a razor sharp 'snap' to her dancing. You knew who was in charge with her. The revival was the worst. Right up there with How To Succeed.

@craigkier Жыл бұрын

Had to come enjoy. RIP Mr B.

@mohdyasirhusain9657 2 жыл бұрын

OMG so much energy

@arthurcain3904 8 ай бұрын

Unbridled lust. Cover the children's eyes.

@jemlyn67 5 ай бұрын

I'm going to feel that one tomorrow ⚡

@mishamalcolm7034 2 жыл бұрын

Love love love

@MrSterl8891 8 ай бұрын

They ate this 🔥🔥🔥🔥

@Zephur0s 2 жыл бұрын

omg I am finally watching this in HD, tysm ❤️❤️❤️

@ausbrum 2 жыл бұрын

In the Sydney season the pit was covered and the orchestra and backing singers fed into loud speakers--as happened in Jesus Christ Superstar

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

It was covered on Broadway too. The Sydney production was seriously second rate I thought. Orson Bean? The staging was the same but they didn't have the electric dancers.

@MJ-dq8ik 8 ай бұрын

So damn good! WOW

@BlindingDarkness1111 Жыл бұрын

I always remember this gem whenever I become frustrated with the Boomer generation. Its too easy to forget the past greatness in the present moment...

@jerrykitich3318 8 ай бұрын

There's nothing petty about that cash.

@yoyodre Ай бұрын

....... businesses used to have a petty cash department? Like a whole department? Just to have cash on hand? And nobody robbed them or stole? The 70s were magical😮

@stewartfraser2574 2 жыл бұрын

Lada Edmunds Junior is an exceptional dancer. Have a look at her dancing as part of the Hullabaloo dance Troupe, great stuff☺

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Lada never did Promises& btw shes now Lada St Edmond

@sebastianecheverria7837 7 ай бұрын

i love how the black woman dances this way too difficult routine with such a big smile

@musicaltheatrefan2k226 11 ай бұрын

0:48 I can't help but look at the bear

@jarrodbarkley9061 7 ай бұрын

Is that Kelly Bishop (Emily from Gilmore Girls) in the black suit/white blouse? She's sitting down at the beginning looking up at the man speaking.

@PrateekSachdeva 2 жыл бұрын

I love this too. But Donna !!!

@smurf902 Жыл бұрын

No neck action at all. Donna was insane with that neck isolation

@peanutsinspace Жыл бұрын

At about 1:39 Ms. Pulanski totally kicks the crap out of the background woman, you see her react and then smooth the front of her dress.

@hawby7mgh 2 жыл бұрын

Great clip. Date of 1950 is not quite correct :-)

@tejaswoman 2 жыл бұрын

IKR? I was trying to figure out what universe _that_ would have been possible.

@rogeriovillela Жыл бұрын

1969

@andylucas5770 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I spotted that and was like “ummmmm NOT QUITE!” 😂

@reneleclerc6119 2 жыл бұрын

Is the bald headed guy the police chief in "Car 54 Where Are You?"?

@altesta5560 2 жыл бұрын

Yes he is.👮‍♂

@hnc52 2 жыл бұрын

April 23,1950? Promises Promises opened in 1968, I believe.

@ChrisJones-ij3xp 2 жыл бұрын

I think they musta meant 1970. This clip is SO '70 it hurts

@cynthiapickett7403 Жыл бұрын

1970.

@roxanna6987 2 жыл бұрын

We need the HAIR The Musical Performance

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

They did revive it on Broadway, but it was very dated, sadly. That was a show of its time. The film is surprisingly good, with some very good dances.

@SC-up8sn 22 күн бұрын

Isn’t this early Esther Hoffman and the Oreos? 😅

@HB-bl5mn Жыл бұрын

Whiplash Awesome.

@hannahzally6649 Жыл бұрын

That is my musical thearte song and mine is similar to this dance but not exactly

@adambrocklehurst4211 Жыл бұрын

Barbara Alston of the Crystals?

@whitneyryangarrity5265 2 жыл бұрын

Why does the thumbnail say 1950?? Promises, Promises opened in 1968! Heck, the movie that was its source material opened in 1960.

@mannywithaz Жыл бұрын

Turkey lurkey

@Mustangg 2 жыл бұрын

powerpuff girls vibes

@molinalong3468 2 жыл бұрын

Black woman with blue dress and man dancer are hullabaloo dancer

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

purple

@obiephillips9174 Жыл бұрын

The Black girl in blue is the best!

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

shes inpuple, barbara Alston

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

shes in purple& re[placed Margo Sappington

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

No she isn't. She 's not even attempting to create the illusion that they were actually singing it. For this number almost all the vocals were pre recorded.

@cynthiapickett7403 Жыл бұрын

I think you meant 1970, judging by the MOD-era dresses.

@miademas Жыл бұрын

MY TEACHERS IN THERE

@hiphopunike14 2 жыл бұрын

Not quite Donna McKechnie level, but close.

@smurf902 Жыл бұрын

No torso and neck isolation at all here.

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Donna was in Company for Micheal by this time

@CelestiallASMR Жыл бұрын

0:30

@wsddrama8735 Жыл бұрын

My dear friend Henry Sutton was in this company- first Broadway show for me!

@jesc8827 7 ай бұрын

Just not the same without Donna M.

@RITardNation Жыл бұрын

This is 1969

@zahmmy1 2 жыл бұрын

Is that lead dancer Suzanne Charney? From the Aloof?

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Julanne Stites

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Julane Stites

@vincentparisi2644 2 жыл бұрын

Company had opened at this point I believe.

@DelGuy03 Жыл бұрын

Yes, I remember watching this when it aired, and I was already itching to see Company whenever I could get to NYC.

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

@@DelGuy03 There was no dancing to speak of in Company with the exception of Donna's big solo. Wonderful staging, but no dancing apart from that. It was fabulous, but in every subsequent production they delete it. Why, I will never know, because the show needed that electrifying solo.

@bemiatto67 10 ай бұрын

@jochenstossberg5427 I know right! It's always a damn shame whenever Tick Tock gets cut. Not only is it an amazing score, but cutting it also screws over Kathy's screentime compared to Bobby's other girlfriends. April gets a monolgue, Marta gets a solo, Kathy should always be given Tick Tock to round it out!

@Ridersonthestorm8899 2 жыл бұрын

In Britain we rarely get this kind of entertainment nowadays,it has been replaced to some degree by crummy reality shows.

@stevehall383 2 жыл бұрын

It's the same in the US, nothing but reality shows. Now I find everything I want to see on KZfaq.

@geaj 2 жыл бұрын

It's still there on Broadway!

@calicokush Жыл бұрын

@@geaj the revival was sacrilege.

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

The American company, or most of it, went to London. They had to go because Michael Bennet simply couldn't find good enough dancers. Same with A Chorus Line. But did it create a drama! Donna McKechnie was harassed in the streets. It wasn't until the show stared it's run that the Brits admitted how much more polished the American dancers were.

@johnyzero2000 8 ай бұрын

How the hell did this lose the best choreography Tony to George M????????

@echocheck 7 ай бұрын

George M had dancing all the way through the show but this was pretty much the only dance number of any consequence in Promises Promises.

@johnyzero2000 7 ай бұрын

True but the dancing in this musical is wild and insane where George M's is pretty traditional. @@echocheck

@echocheck 7 ай бұрын

I agree, but you have to remember who is voting for the awards....usually pretty traditional people.@@johnyzero2000

@sobriquet4079 Жыл бұрын

No disrespect to Julie Stites… but… damn NOW I see why McKecnie was Bennet’s muse.

@smurf902 Жыл бұрын

You can say that again

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

she was doing Company for him

@jlasf Жыл бұрын

Donna's neck move was amazing. Swings completely from one side to the other.

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

Donna wasdoig Company for Micheal by then

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

Yes, she danced like she was plugged into electricity. But like all great dancers she was limited. Bennett created a number of solo dancers for her - all similar to this one.

@ajdc88 2 жыл бұрын

love them but Donna blew them away

@nozukosutherland6095 2 жыл бұрын

how can one sing during a number like this? Are they lip syncing? Doesn't make it less impressive, I'm just curious

@LAPhil13 2 жыл бұрын

The show definitely had pit singers (four billed as "Orchestra Voice" in the original).

@altesta5560 2 жыл бұрын

@@LAPhil13 Yes there were four pit singers.

@nozukosutherland6095 2 жыл бұрын

@@LAPhil13 ahh ok cool

@feathersforfun Жыл бұрын

nope, triple threats yu did stall, Pronises was the first show to have pit singers

@jochenstossberg5427 Жыл бұрын

For this number, and all full on dance numbers in pretty much every big Broadway show, where the dancing is so hectic during numbers that are also sung, they use pre recorded vocals, and in this show, four backup girls in the pit to create the pop sound. Obviously in other songs with no dancing, the songs are all sung live. Unless you're the fabulous Liza -who famously used pre recorded vocals for the entire performance of The Act, until someone in the front stalls caught her out. Very embarrassing for Liza, who said she was just tired - and immediately went back to singing herself. Most of the time. You can see in this clip that the girl on the right isn't actually singing. Not even trying to mime either.