Growing up, my parents were Broadway fans--not surprising, since they both were brought up in New York City and we still lived a subway ride away from the Great White Way.
Although Mom and Dad saw some shows and took me and my sisters to a few (Sound of Music stands out, for example), they also listened on the radio and bought an occasional album. I remember one of their particular favorites was South Pacific.
Some relatives (who shall remain nameless) still like to tell this joke from the era of the original South Pacific show:
JOKE TELLER: Knock knock!
AUDIENCE: Who's there?
JOKE TELLER: Sam and Janet.
AUDIENCE: Sam and Janet who?
JOKE TELLER: Some Enchanted Evening...! [cue the laugh track]
My childhood faves were the Beatles. I was a Paul McCartney fan, my twin was a George Harrison fan. Burned into my memory are the nights when the Beatles appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show and we sat glued to the TV waiting for the Fab Four to sing whatever hits were current at the time. No one song stands out as my all-time fave. I liked almost all of them! Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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