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Much of the commentary was as youd expect: tidbits about T.S.
Eliot and Ken Page and the mechanics of filming a stage musical with the technology of 20 years ago.
(Id say he let the cat out of the bag, but I wont.)
And were all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to by Bustopher Jones in white spats!
Do not be beguiled by other versions.
Other versions with unfunny interpolations which I begged to be cut out.
The original Bustopher was a satirization of a man named H.P.
He certainly didnt hang around on a seesaw, he added.Hmm.
I cannot tell you how absolutely un-Eliot it all was.
This song is about wit not coarse jokes, Webber said.
Its also about taking the song at the right speed.
In reference to the changes, Webber added that he did manage to get the worst of them removed.
Which makes me wonder, desperately, what other horrors the 2019Catswas supposed to contain.
ALW, hey, get in touch.
