Two great musical moments from the career of Robert Morse. First, the big save-the-day number from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. I saw this song on stage when Morse did a revival tour of the show in the seventies. It was one of those moments when the audience had trouble remaining in its seats and we all wanted to get up and dance in the aisles. The choreography here was adapted from the original staging by Bob Fosse…
And now here's Morse many years later, near the end of his stellar career, in a sequence from the show, Mad Men. His character has died in the series but, hey, everyone deserves one encore. As a couple different folks wrote me, he had the cool, clear eyes of a seeker of wisdom and truth…