The Mad Show (1966 Original Off-Broadway Cast)

Mary Rodgers (Artist), Marshall Barer (Artist), Larry Siegel (Artist), MacIntyre Dixon (Artist), Linda Lavin (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 22, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Drg
• ASIN: B0007514HQ
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #298,091 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Overture - Opening Number

2. Academy Awards For Parents

3. Eccch!

4. The Boy From...

5. Well It Ain't

6. Misery Is

7. Handle With Care

8. Hate Song

9. Entr'acte

10. You Never Can Tell

11. The Real Thing

12. Looking For Someone

13. Kiddie T.V.

14. The Gift Of Maggie (And Others)

15. Football In Depth

16. Finale

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! Never would have guessed this would make it to CD., October 25, 2006

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Penn Carter (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Mad Show (1966 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

I had this record when I was a kid and listened to it frequently when I outgrew the Disney soundtracks and fairytale records. I didn't get a lot of the references but the music was good and I could tell it was all in good fun. So glad it's available on CD since I don't have a turntable anymore and anyway wore out the vinyl years ago. A lot of the tracks are dated (you definitely need to have some knowledge of 60s pop culture to get a lot of the references) but it's still an enjoyable listen. Favorites: "You Never Can Tell", "Misery Is...", "The Gift of Maggie" and "The Boy From...".

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A lost classic, September 9, 2005

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Charles Meyerson (Chicago area) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Mad Show (1966 Original Off-Broadway Cast) (Audio CD)

Singable, hummable, quotable, memorable stuff, composed and performed by artists who would become much more famous in the decades to follow.

Don't miss: "You Never Can Tell," "Hate Song" and "Academy Awards for Parents." Timelessly funny.

3 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great, September 13, 2005

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Joseph Hart (Visalia, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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The staff reviewer can hardly keep his pants on he's so much in love with sondheim and the boy from. It stunk. I wanted to puke before I ever found out who "wrote" it. It was NOT the best thing on the disk. Just about everything ELSE was the best thing on the disk. It was brilliantly funny, Mary Rodgers' hate song was a treasure. The skits (contrary to the staff reviewer) were not you had to be there stuff. They were hilarious, from the pseudo-overture to the final sketch. I liked some better than others, but loved them all. I bought it years ago from a store in SF that sold tapes of oop LPs. Then found a copy of the LP. And finally, the shining moment, the DVD appeared. Linda Lavin (big on Bway before Alice) and Jo Anne Worley (the only performers' names I know) were a riot.