In honor of what day it is, many of you will be watching the movie 1776 on Turner Classic Movies or DVD or elsewhere. Here's nine minutes of an interview with the late Peter Stone, who wrote the book for the musical and later the screenplay for the movie version. (The screenplay couldn't have taken him more than about an hour since it's almost exactly the same as the play with a few scenes converted to exteriors.) This clip ends abruptly but it does end with a few moments from the 1997 Broadway revival which I mentioned in the previous message. Merwin Foard is not in the clip. The lead performer, who was playing John Dickinson, was Michael Cumpsty. Have a safe 'n' sane Fourth.