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...pockets, then in his vest pockets, then on his hips. Ruby Keeler makes an entrance (the first time we see her, she is descending a long curved staircase). Every time something important is about to occur, the full chorus assembles on stage, if only to sing eight bars of "Peach on the Beach." You're overwhelmed by the force of convention which runs through the show, structuring it, and because those conventions are so distant and bizarre, it's difficult not to like them...
Died. Menasha Skulnik, seventyish, irrepressible Yiddish comedian and Broadway actor (The Fifth Season, The Flowering Peach, The Zulu and the Zayda) for 60 years; in Manhattan. His explanation for his popularity: "People laugh not from the jokes but from the situations I am in. I play the little guy -the schlemiel-against the world...
...lady then got very upset and called the manager. Merilee ate a peach...
thinking. I am Merilee. I am eating a peach. He is shouting. At Merilee? This has happened before. Experience. Straight people and their funny thing about the degree of separation between money and not money. Hassle me not. Sure as your ass is brown...
...possible." Marsteller tested the product, the name and the advertising on four panels of women, from conservative matrons to young "sophisticates" (including a movie producer's daughter and a topless dancer). Most of the panelists liked the idea, though some recommended eliminating heavy, sweet flavors, like peach rum. The manufacturer took their advice...