The Pajama Game - I'll Never Be Jealous Again

[kirko1954]

Two show biz greats (Eddie Foy Jr. & Reta Shaw) recreating their Broadway roles. This soft-shoe must be one of the outstanding moments in the history of American Musical Theatre. I bet it stopped the show everynight!

[artistmac]

@ambertinks The MPAA censors could still swing a mighty sledgehammer in 1957. Anything considered remotely sexually suggestive got put through the wash cycle. (It was a different world; they still did the "ladder test" on the cleavage in actresses' dresses, and yes, it's exactly what it sounds like). That wouldn't change until the ratings system (originally G, M, R, and X) started in 1968.

[TheLOYLY]

Hey im doing this as a drama project can someone give me a context of this song? like who r these ppl , where are they and why/ what r they singing about?

thanks!! :) i will try to see the movie if i have time..but if i dont it wud be helpful!

[bruski6995]

i laughed so hard at 3:02 hahahaha

[131mkm]

Great characterization

[Olliandchris4ever]

I can see this scene a million times, but no one does it as good as them :D

[unclealand]

Barbara Bush has worked for years to look like Rita Shaw.

[telephilia]

Nice to see a couple of older folks light on their feet!

[evet45]

Reta Shaw was an icon! She was just marvelous, as with many character actresses, she represented the rest of women, not just the Barbie Doll image!

Eddie Foy, Jr! Wow!

Bet there were no multi takes with these pros!

[kellyhopeg]

I'm playing Mabel right now! It's totally different than the parts I normally get cast in but I am SO excited.

[SuperRandomAccount12]

i got the role of hines today and one of my friends is playing mabel. im sooo excited.

[SuperRandomAccount12]

im auditioning for this musical tomorrow and im hoping for hines or prez. certainly dont think sid is in my league but im hoping for one of the others! great song. thanks for posting it!

[Hussmann54]

@SuperRandomAccount12 you dont go to asbury university do you?

[SuperRandomAccount12]

@Hussmann54 no i dont. i got cast and did the show a few months ago. are you doing this show?

[MissTristaAnne]

@ambertinks alot of things couldnt get past the censorship back then...for movies i mean....on stage its a different story

[raychxojobros]

i absofruitly love this! We're doing this as a summer production, I'm trying out for the part of Maybel. Heizie is so crazy(:

[DorisDayFanatic]

@raychxojobros I hope you get the part!! =D

I love your word - "absofruitly" haha that's adorable! =D

[phanfinger]

They didn't seem to have talented younger people in the 50s and 60s huh? Also that first "Picture This", i hear that one when i saw it at my school last night. Ah well at least the rest of the song is the same.

[5skyking]

i saw this in school

[LordAroyeum]

this is very good, but the stage version at Germantown friends school was CHAWSOME

[renofirvine]

i never get tired of this number

[emreyes]

I die and go to heaven at 3:35!! A most excellent post!

[paymark]

This is a very quaint song and dance by Eddie Foy, Jr. and Rita Shaw (From I Dream of Jeannie). great number. thx for the post

[DorisDayFanatic]

Thanks for commenting!!! =)

[Juliaflo]

This worked well on the screen because the majority of the original Broadway cast appeared in the film. The notable exception is Doris Day.

[DorisDayFanatic]

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by that, but I hope you like her. =)

[Juliaflo]

Many stage-to-screen musicals are usually a showcase for a major movie star. Cases in point--West Side Story for Natalie Wood, and My Fair Lady for Audrey Hepburn. Neither actress was a legitimate singer.

[DorisDayFanatic]

Well, Doris Day was fantastic singer and was a band singer for a long time before she ever started making pictures. So that doesn't really apply here....

Yes, they put her in the movie because she would draw the crowds, but she was also very deserving of the part and I thought she was great in this movie.

I'm not saying that you have to agree with me, but that is my opinion.

[Juliaflo]

Miss Day was just exquisite in this part, not having to ride on the coat-tails or be compared to Janis Page, the singer-actress who originated the part on Broadway.

[DorisDayFanatic]

I agree.  =)

[Ravenelvenlady]

Witty, marvelous moment in a great musical. I've loved it for years :)

[DorisDayFanatic]

Me too, thanks for commenting! =)