Bye Bye Birdie (TV 1995)Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert. Director:Gene SaksWriter:Michael Stewart (play) |
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Bye Bye Birdie (TV 1995)Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert. Director:Gene SaksWriter:Michael Stewart (play) |
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| George Wendt | ... | ||
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Sally Mayes | ... | |
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Jason Gaffney | ... | |
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Blair Slater | ... | |
| Vicki Lewis | ... |
Gloria Rasputin
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Brigitta Dau | ... |
Ursula Merkle
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Angela Brydon | ... |
Sad Face Girl
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Shelley S. Hunt | ... |
Alice
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Marlowe Gardiner-Heslin | ... |
Suzie
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Brenna Quan | ... |
Penelope-Ann
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Rock-and-roll icon Conrad Birdie is about to go into the Army, and plans are being made to arrange his final going-away concert.
I just recently bought the DVD of the original Bye Bye Birdie with Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke. Then I noticed the horrible casting of the 1995 version!! Let's face it. I'm Jewish but this is another movie where white Anglo Saxon Protestants should rule! Dick Van Dyke is a charming man. Even more so in his recent Diagnosis: Murder and Murder 101 series. (No, I am not gay.) The guy from Seinfeld was better in the chicken commercials. He's fine but he cannot replace Dick Van Dyke. And I seriously doubt whether anyone can replace the vivacious lovely Ann-Margret! Many people liked Paul Lynde but a heavy overweight guy like George Wendt does not so service to this series> Bad things about this musical: too much cariacature of "Birdie." He was so one-dimensional and only one weird song! Overplayed also is the stereotypical Jewish mother of Maureen Stapleton.
I preferred seeing a stronger more present "Birdie!"
And the ending where he's hit by the boyfriend does bother me!!