Went to a party last evening at the home of Leonard and Alice Maltin. Got to talk to lots of fun folks including Stan Freberg, Chuck McCann, Richard Sherman, Ian Whitcomb, Phil Proctor and John Landis. It was a lot more fun than the last time I was with John Landis. It was 1963 and we were in the same classroom at Emerson Junior High School in West Los Angeles, hearing over the P.A. system that the President had been shot.
Lots of fun talk. Richard Sherman was telling everyone that things are finally set to bring the stage musical version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (which is a hit over in London) to Broadway in Fall of 2004. (There are video clips and fun facts over at the show's website.)