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STEREO STEREO OS 2930 “360 SOUND” OL 6530 0 e) -l 2 2 oO < A New Musical Revue MASTERWORKS [STEREO Stereo "I60 SOUR LE - OS 2930 COLUMBIA ‘The wit is ribald, sharp, original and plentiful.” —John Molleson, N.Y. Herald Tribune ‘Thoroughly enjoyable... ‘‘The funniest show in always amusing.’ MASTERWORKS New York... BRAVO!”’ —Stanley Kauffmann, N.Y. Times \ OL 6530 —Earl Wilson, N.Y. Post November 19: Writers l.arry Siegel and Stan Hart called Musical numbers are listed as of January 6th, 1966, prior to the recording of this album and a bad day. in. Asked to write THE MAD SHOW. Both agree. Terms less than what Joe Namath signed for. Much, much less. OPENING (The Company) (Lyric by Marshall Barer) It figures. ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PARENTS (The Company) November 23: Emergency meeting called. With Stan Hart YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Linda Lavin, MacIntyre Dixon, Jo Anne Worley) (Lyric by Steven Vinaver) helping with the book and Mary Rodgers doing the music, ECCCH! (The Company) (Lyric by Marshall Barer) should now be billed as having been written by Rodgers HANDLE WITH CARE (Macintyre Dixon, Dick Libertini, and Hart? Vote called. Mary and Stan: Aye; Marshall Jo Anne Worley) Barer, Larry Siegel and Steven Vinaver: No. Ayes below - THE REAL THING (Paul Sand) (Lyric by Marshall Barer) the noes. (Take that last remark at face value.) WELL IT AIN’T (Dick Libertini) (Lyric by Larry Siegel) November 24: General meeting decides bulk of show to MISERY IS (Linda Lavin, Macintyre Dixon, Paul Sand) (Lyric by Marshall Barer) be taken from the pages of MAD Magazine. Producer Ivor FOOTBALL IN DEPTH (Paul Sand, Macintyre Dixon, David Balding objects! He insists on doing something Dick Libertini) funny instead. | LOOKING FOR SOME ONE (Linda Lavin) (Lyric by Marshall Barer) November 29: Balding announces that show backers de- HATE SONG (The Company) (Lyric by Steven Vinaver) mand a ‘‘name" be associated with show. Gaines sug- KIDDIE T.V. (The Company) gests ‘Jimmy Hoffa.”’ Very little show-biz savvy, this fel- THE GIFT OF MAGGIE (AND OTHERS) (Jo Anne Worley) low Gaines. | i (Lyric by Marshall Barer) November 30: Backers see run-through of bulk of comedy GETTING TO KNOW YOU (Pau! Sand, name be associated with THE MAD Jo Anne Worley, Linda Lavin) A New Musical Revue Based on MAD Magazine material. Decide no THE BOY FROM... (Linda Lavin) SHOW—not even theirs. (Lyric by Esteban Ria Nido) with December 1: Comedy specialists Jo Anne Worley, Linda THE IRVING IRVING STORY (The Company) Linda § Macintyre Dick Paul Lavin, Dick Libertini, Macintyre Dixon and Paul Sand Percussionist—Danny Epstein picked to play lead parts. In protest they burn their Ac- Musical Consultant—John Anderson Lavin Dixon Libertini Sand - tors Equity cards. Album Produced by David Rubinson and asks permission to re- The Real Thing—half speed (normal) voice recorded by Don Meehan - December 7: Columbia Records The Boy From... published by Burthen Music Company, Inc. (ASCAP). All cord the show. Our guess is that they need a tax loss to other songs published by April Music, Inc. (ASCAP). Jo Anne Worley offset profits from their ‘‘My Fair Lady’ and ‘West Side Story’’ albums. Sometimes just as successful as the play itself is the ‘“log’’ or ‘diary’ of a play’s pre-production planning. Book by: Larry Siegel and Stan Hart December 13: Run-through of song material to random- Some people are just as interested in what happens to a picked college students. They emerge humming and play before it reaches the stage as they are in what hap- Lyrics Dy: whistling their favorite numbers—all from other shows. pens on it. Rather than buck a trend, | offer the following Staff meeting concludes college kids know nothing about diary of how THE MAD SHOW and this album came to be. Marshall Barer, Larry Siegel and Steven Vinaver good music. Like any good log, it best belongs on a fire. As for the December 14: Run-through of comedy material before record within, play it at proper speed and it speaks for Music by: Mary Rodgers random-picked high school students. No laughter. Staff itself. concludes that high school kids don’t know good humor November 17, 1965: At planned luncheon, lyricist Mar- Directed by: Steven Vinaver from ice cream. shall Barer and composer Mary Rodgers (they did the Production Conceived by December 15: Run-through of complete show before ran- very successful ‘‘Once Upon a Mattress’’) approach pub- dom-picked first graders. They love it. Staff decides first lisher Bill Gaines (he does the very successful MAD Mag- ALFRED E. NEUMAN graders are a vastly underrated group when it comes to azine) with idea to do a MAD show. Gaines suggests taste, intelligence and sophistication. title THE MAD SHOW. Very creative, this fellow Gaines. Scenery and Costumes by Musical Director December 23: Final entry. This is it. In a few moments Gaines and MAD Editor Al Feldstein huddle behind menu. Peter Harvey Sam Pottle the curtain will rise. The lights are getting dim—or are we Talk in whispers. After much discussion, major decision in for another power failure? The musical director is is revealed—Gaines chooses chopped steak rather than Lighting by Asst to Director ready. He begins. And now the opening number.... London broil. Very knowledgeable, this fellow Gaines. V.C. Fuqua ~ Rhoda Levine With that out of the way, Gaines consents to MAD show. Everyone reaches to shake hands. No one reaches Produced by Ivor David Balding for check. Very cheap this fellow Gaines. for The Establishment Theatre Company, Inc. November 18: Gaines regrets hasty decision made yes- nick meglin (In association with Hitchcock-Balding Productions, Ltd.) Associate Editor, MAD Magazine terday. Feels he should have ordered London broil. ® “COLUMBIA’, “MASTERWORKS’. MARCAS REG. PRINTED IN U.S.A. Cover art: Jack Davis THE MAD SHOW A New Musical Revue Based on MAD Magazine with the Original Off-Broadway Cast Book by: LARRY SIEGEL and STAN HART Lyrics by: MARSHALL BARER, LARRY SIEGEL and STEVEN VINAVER. Music by: MARY RODGERS Musical Director; SAM POTTLE Directed by STEVEN VINAVER 0S 2930 ew SIDE 1 WONBREAKABLE XSM 112334 1. OVERTURE OPENING NUMBER (The Company) 2. ACADEMY AWARDS FOR PARENTS (The Company) 3. ECCCH! (The Company) — é 4. THE BOY FROM... (Linda Lavin) -Lyrics by: E. Ria Nido- 5. WELL IT AIN'T (Dick Libertini) 6. MISERY IS (Linda Lavin, MacIntyre Dixon, Paul Sand) 7. HANDLE WITH CARE (MacIntyre Dixon, Dick Libertini, Jo Anne Worley) 8. HATE SON (The Company) THE MAD SHOW A New Musical Revue Based on MAD Magazine with the Original Off-Broadway Cast Book by: LARRY SIEGEL and STAN HART Lyrics by: MARSHALL BARER, LARRY SIEGEL and STEVEN VINAVER. Music by: MARY RODGERS Musical Director; SAM POTTLE Directed by STEVEN VINAVER 0s 2930 = SIDE 2. WONBREAKABLE XSM 112335 ENTR'ACTE . YOU NEVER CAN TELL (Linda Lavin, MacIntyre Heese Jo Anne Worley) 3. THE REAL THING (Paul Sand) 4, Piette FOR pagel (Linda Lavin) 5. KIDDIE T.V. (The Company) 6. THE GIFT OF WAGGIE (AND OTHERS). (Jo Anne Worley) 7. FOOTBALL in" Seer (Paul Sand, Dick Libertini, MacIntyre Dixon) 8. FINALE (The Company) .