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Entry: Man of La Mancha: Don Quixote's Musical Journey - A87914398
Author: Dmitri Gheorgheni - U1590784

I thought we could use an entry on 'Man of La Mancha', one of my personal favourites.

There's a line in here about Peter O'Toole's voice being dubbed in the movie. I started to add 'mercifully' (Have you heard his singing? I have one word: Carrickfergus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0qr4q0mnM ), but pursuant to the discussion between me, Sasha, and Bluebottle about the uses of 'sadly' and 'tragically', I refrained. I want credit for this restraint...

Anyway, now I will go around the house singing, 'and the wild winds of fortune shall carry me onward, whithersoever they blow...' until the cats complain about it.

Carrickfergus for Ripley users: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF0qr4q0mnM

The original 'Impossible Dream': http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVGOp5Usv4

Bravo on your restraint - I read this as I have some vague knowledge of the subject and enjoyed how you brought different threads together to create such a concise, informative and entertaining Entry

Thank you.

Could you put some You-Tube lnks in the article, please .

Oh, sure! I can do that. It will be fun picking out good ones...

Done. There's even a full-length version, and a clip of the original cast on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1966.

I remember them appearing on another variety programme about the same time. As a teenager, I was blown away by Kiley's instant transformation from Cervantes to Don Quixote. I went to the library and found the libretto the next day, and bought the soundtrack album.

Very intersting Entry. I must confess I never saw it and I only know parts of the songs because my dad used to sing them when I was a child. (mum says she never met a person who has less musical talent than my dad) As far as Ir emember he also has/had a Don Quixote pop up book for adluts...

Anyway, learned something new again through reading this.

Thanks, Tav - and for the laugh! My dad was like that - couldn't learn to play a jaw harp, but he loved to sing along, anyway.

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