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Here's another video from Guys and Dolls but this one's different. The last one was from the 1992 revival. This one's from the 1953 London production which starred Sam Levene and Vivian Blaine playing the roles they'd originated on the New York stage in 1950. It's "Sue Me" performed by the original Nathan Detroit and the original Miss Adelaide.

This was, famously, the only time they let Sam Levene sing in the original show. He was signed for his fame and skill as a popular comic actor but the producers and director soon found that he could not sing…or at least, couldn't sing well enough to belong on Broadway. Even in the songs sung by the entire company, they had to tell Sam to just mouth the words and not make any vocal sounds. But this one was simple enough that even he could handle it…