Danny Kaye - Manic Depressive Pictures Present...

Danny Kaye doing what he does best...

From his first movie "Up in Arms" (1945)

Song: "Theater Lobby Number"
Written by Sylvia Fine and Max Liebman
Performed by Danny Kaye

Manic Depressive Pictures present (ROAR, roar)
"Hello Fresno, Goodbye"
Produced by R.U. Manic
And directed by Depressive

Now you know the name of the picture
And you'd like to see it — But no...

Screenplay by Gluck from a stageplay by Mahts
From a story by Blip from a chapter by Ron
From a sentence by Dokes from a comma by Stokes
From an idea by Grokes, based on Joe Miller's jokes.

Now you know the name of the picture and who wrote it.
And you'd still like to see it — But no....

Art direction Finckelpuff, interiors Minervibuff
Photography Alonzotech, recorded sound as Needlebeck
Upholstery by Zackery, KnickKnackery by Tackery
Terpsichore by Hickory, and Dickory by Doc.

Now finally — finally at last comes the picture
And what do we see?
The same old beautiful chorus girls.

The opening scene is a ranch in Fresno, California
So what are they singing?
When it's cherry blossom time in Orange, New Jersey
We'll make a peach of a pair.
I know we can't elope
So honeydew be mine — and if:

Up on the gulch rides a hunk of man
He is our hero, Cowboy Dan
A gallopin', yodelin' buckaroo
His horse, of course, is a baritone too.

I've got that oooold wagon wheel inside of me (Yi-hi-hoo)
I've got that oooold cactus in the hide of me (yi-hi-hoo)

The girls are delighted to hear this (mew ew ew ew)

But where is our heroine?
As the bell rings for lunch, we find our heroine in the corral
Eating her heart out.

She is Mary Sue Ann, the tap-dancing daughter of an American juggling act
Who left her on the doorstep of an old English castle
Where she was found by Sir Basil Metabolism, who said:
By jove, a girl baby; I shall raise her as me-own daughter (which he did).

But she wants to tap dance, and Cowboy Dan, who she met on this trip
Knows love at first site, wants to marry her so she can tap dance, but she knows
Sir Basil will never permit this. Never, never, never!

That's why she is eating her heart out, cause she wants to tap dance
But through her tears she's singing a happy little song
Because she is also a coloratura soprano
(loo, loo, loo, looo, etc.)

She is beside herself (her favorite position)
She rushes to her father
Oh, Father, you must let me marry Cowboy Dan!
He owns the biggest ranch in Texas: Bar None!
Cowboy Dan can not believe his ears
Bar None? Why that's the password of the FBI.

It can't be. No no, yes yes, no no, yes yes, no no, yes yes, no no, yes yes
It can't be! But it was.

He rushes to Mary Sue Ann: "Mary Sue Ann, you must help me.
Can you tap out a message in code?"

This is her big chance, now she can tap dance, (which she does)
But what has she done? She has betrayed her own father.
But he isn't her father. He's (German jibberish).....the dangerous German spy.

Stick up our hands you dirty rat, the _____________
Sue ah-ah-ah-ann, the FBI has finally captured the German spy.
Dan and Mary are about to blend, you think the picture's about to end?
But no....

Whoever heard of a musical picture without Carmelita Pepita,
the Bolivian bombshell.
"I wish you would come with me to my little village in Bolivia.
So peaceful there are the purple mountains and the lovely mist,
And the shining stars. And the little people who live so simple and quiet.
And every night, all they want to do is..."

CONGA!

*Spanish + Gibberish + Conga!*

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[clukester]

"It's Terpsichore by Hickory, and Dickory by Doc"

I love Up in Arms!

[dkayefan]

@clukester Thank you! I was hoping someone would correct that line : )

[tdalaska]

This is a wonderful video and i sincerely thank you for uploading it - but why not just call it "The Lobby Number"?

[dkayefan]

@tdalaska I guess because I've seen people refer to it as "Manic Depressive Pictures Present" and I thought that title was catchier. :)

[leafyutube]

Danny Kaye would make a perfect Oscars host today.

[yelloworangered]

Is this one of the nonsense songs that Kaye's wife wrote for him? I understand that performing them first brought him attention and I'd love to see an example of what he was performing. Can't tell if this really one of those songs or if is a later piece set to take advantage of his flexible abilities.

[PleaseDontGoCryBaby]

lol daaaaang. he talked faster than i do! great performance!

[shilo39]

What a TALENT there will never be another one like him.The only Person who come on The London Pallidium and never said a word and got a standing ovation for 25 minutes.

[QuizzingHobbit]

The chorus girls mention quite a few fruits:

When it's *cherry* blossom time in *Orange*, New Jersey

We'll make a *peach* of a *pear*.

I know we *cantaloupe*

So *honeydew* be mine — and if:

[LittleFellow1889]

The beginning contains a rare example of him using....gasp...his real voice! :P  Mind you, with all the brilliant impressions and comedic noises he was able to produce, who's really able to say what his real voice was?