H is for the hundred things she gave me
May 8, 2016 12:42 PM   Subscribe

For those who celebrate today, a tribute from Madeleine Kahn. For those who want more schmaltz, Henry Burr's 1916 recording.
posted by Orange Dinosaur Slide (10 comments total) 9 users marked this as a favorite
 
Thank you for this. All these years, I'd thought it was sung by Louise Lasser when she hosted the show.

Damn, Madeline Kahn was charming.
posted by the sobsister at 12:51 PM on May 8, 2016 [4 favorites]


I love her so much! My favourite Madeline Kahn line ever - which I used for many unmarried years - was that her plan was to skip over the first two marriages that didn't work and go straight into the the third one that did.
posted by ThatCanadianGirl at 1:25 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


The world is definitely a less funny place without her.
posted by briank at 2:05 PM on May 8, 2016 [1 favorite]


It's possible that I'd only ever heard her version of the song before. As I was watching, I was struggling to remember whether those were anything like the actual lyrics.
posted by gusandrews at 2:09 PM on May 8, 2016


I could sing a version of that song just for Madeleine:

M is for the maudlin things she gave me,
A is for the asses in History of the World...
posted by gusandrews at 2:11 PM on May 8, 2016


... put them all together, they spell MOTHRA...

thanks for the earworm, you jerks
posted by gusandrews at 2:20 PM on May 8, 2016 [3 favorites]


In case you aren't a theater geek, Madeline Kahn's first appearance on B'way was November 10, 1968 at Philharmonic Hall, NYC as Cunegonde in the one-off performance in honor of Bernstein's 50th birthday.

Someone taped it, and it's been circulating for years, here's Madeline Kahn performing Glitter and Be Gay

( oh, and Alan Arkin was Pangloss... )
posted by mikelieman at 2:30 PM on May 8, 2016 [5 favorites]


Always incredible.
posted by rhizome at 12:56 AM on May 9, 2016


Madeline Kahn: gone to damn soon. Same for my Mom.
posted by james33 at 3:28 AM on May 9, 2016 [4 favorites]


Thanks for this, and yeah, she left too damn soon.

Madeline Kahn on her opera career.
posted by languagehat at 6:25 AM on May 9, 2016 [1 favorite]


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