At 01:07 PM 4/10/06 -0400, Gerald Berg wrote: >A few years back (if a few Canadians recall) MacDonald's briefly used >the Brecht/Weil tune Mack the Knife as an advertising jingle -- seems >what it was really about slipped by them. Then, in a local paper, a >person wrote in decrying the fact that they had just ruined the >venerable classic of Bobby Darin's Mack the Knife!
Wonderful! And just as a little additional amusing bit, my composer colleague and co-host of the ertswhile Kalvos & Damian show, David Gunn, played that McDonalds character (known as "Mac Tonight") in live appearances, including the Miss America Pageant. Dennis -- Please participate in my latest project: http://maltedmedia.com/waam/ _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
