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It's not a racetrack, CV Whitney owned race horses...like an obscene amount of them. I believe that either green and white OR light blue and brown (or perhaps both) were his "offical" team colors. Anyone watching the horse races would know that a rider wearing those colors were part of the Whitney team, thus the "Whitney Colors".

According to the Tribune (if you listen to We Hate Movies podcast you’ll get this reference) “Just after the sewer crap game, Nathan tells Adelaide that green and white are the Whitney colors. C.V. Whitney colors are light blue with brown cap. John Hay Whitney raced the Greentree Stable's horses under flamingo and pink colors.” C.V. Whitney was a member of the Whitney and Vanderbilt families and was a businessman, film producer (he financed Gone With the Wind) and a breeder of race horses. There seems to be some confusion about what their colors were but it appears to be a reference to a wealthy winning racehorse team.

I can TRY to explain why I love this movie. Part of it is what Triple said though, I saw it when I was a young musical theater nerd and there is just something about it that works for me. Mankewicz directs with a sure steady hand, the music styling between burlesque, religious, and traditional broadway show tunes works. The palate is colorful but not "overly bright" which reflects on the characters, they criminals, they aren't to be admired and yet they aren't extremely dark. I think you compare this to some of the other "classic" musicals like Sound of Music or Oklahoma or Music Man, the main characters are "saved" or "redeemed" and even though Sky and Nathan get married, there's no indication (at least on my part) that they will be giving up their lifestyles. I also think the songs are some of the most "ear wormy" of almost any Broadway show.

I've been wondering that too, I mean I wanna make my star trek fan fiction about the Ferengi, all in the Ferengi native tongue

I am liking The Orville, but you can tell it's him being like "I really really really want to do Star Trek". It's Star Trek fan fiction. However if they did Guys and Dolls with McFarland they could probably get Stewart and Victor Garber in it.

Another thought on who could play Nathan, Seth McFarland (although I think he'd be a better Harold Hill) particularly if G&D ever gets the winter "live on stage via network television" treatment

I'd take Hope as Detroit, Crosby as Sky, Russell as Adelide, and Marilyn as Sister Sarah. It would be a cluster of a movie, but would it be great.

I love this movie but it isn't without it's problems. Brando can't sing and his style of acting clashes with everyone elses. Sinatra is wrong for Nathan (Lane is a good choice, Oliver Platt did Nathan opposite Lauren Graham). But man do the songs work, the set design is fantastic, it's a technical marvel. G&D is a show that I've never gotten to do but man would I love to. I like that these are these loveable losers who think they are big shots because they are "connected". That's probably what drew Sinatra to Nathan because he KNEW guys like Nathan. I think Channing Tatum (who I love, easily one of the best parts of Hail Ceaser!) and Joseph Gordon Levitt are WRONG. Well maybe not Tatum as Sky, but give someone who was in Channing's shoes, 10, 20 years ago the spot of Nathan. That's my interpreation. Nathan is Sky but 20 years older and "wiser". I keep going in my mind to Ethan Hawke or an even wilder suggestion, RDJ as Nathan with Channing as Sky.

Sit down sit down sit down you're rocking the boat

Yup! There are a few clips on YouTube grainy cell phone clips if you're curious

I'm probably spoiling some of the discussion for next week, but man, I wish I could have seen the mid 2000s Broadway cast with Lauren Graham and Oliver Platt.

Cobra and Punisher War Zone were the first ones I listened to and probably the ones I've listened to the most

This was on my shortlist as well. I'm so excited to discuss this. Also, I may have umm pirated Krush Groove But I totally rented and paid actual money for Best Whorehouse. Also I'm a Prime member

As I said in the live stream, I feel about this the same way I feel about Dirty Grandpa. Anything with Zouks was great, the rest not so much. In this case, anyone who wasn't Robin Williams, John Travolta, or Kelly Presoton had funny moments. With them...ugh. This so needed a more central plot then "guy gets kids, vignettes and hijinks occur"

Whoa I think I can make this...for...Old Dogs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G5qtWG5oO8

I'm a wedding DJ in Kansas, believe e I share their pain LOL There are so many songs I'd love to put up on a "no play" sign.

Dylan wrote the chorus and 25 years later Ketch Secor wrote the lyrics around the chorus. Dylan claims he got the phrase "Rock me mama" from a bluseman, who got it from someone else. Dylan and Secour share the writing credits and royalties 50/50

Huh, I've never heard the "Dolly is a lesbian" thing before, but I could see WHY it would get said, for all the reasons mentioned above. Wasn't that Coat of Many Colors a "Christian" movie? (if it is, I'm surprised the guys over at God Awful Movies haven't done it yet.) That's an interesting dichotomy if she ever does come out and is true.

Wagon Wheel is also a cover, there is a better version of that song by a group called Old Crow Medicine Show

And since we're talking about I Will Always Love You This video was released almost a year ago and features several modern country artists with a few "classic" country artists doing a mash up of I Will Always Love You, Country roads (Take Me Home), & On The Road Again. It's interesting to hear some of the modern female singers interpert Dolly's song (and of course The Queen herself ends the song)

Who here doesn't like coconut? coconut is the best.

No, I Will Always Love You was written just for the movie. I haven't seen a stage show version, but it wouldn't surprise me if community theaters add it in. ETA: I Will Always Love You wasn't for the movie, she reworked her 1974 version for the movie. She also wrote Sneakin' Around for the movie, which isn't in the stage version. In fact as far as i can tell Ed Earl doesn't have a song in the stage show.

I dig Miley's version a lot. I don't think I've heard the White Stripes version

And a very good segment on DH but I would love to see a really well done, serious version of their story