And for more trailer-gimmick fun, Ms. Columbia has been "declassified" (although the Columbia logo is still "Pentagon-censored") in the current trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's "Zero Dark Thirty" (the Seal Team Six movie).
(Oh, then Maureen Stapleton really IS a pottymouth? I just thought it was a cliche' when they always made her drop F-bombs in comedies, like 'Johnny Dangerously".)
The stage sequel, however, "Bring Back Birdie", did not fare as well...Closed after four performances, in fact. :(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bring_Back_Birdie
Like the "Producers" movie musical, I take it more as archival footage of famous Broadway performances than an actual movie--
Dick Van Dyke as Albert and Paul Lynde as Dad are on the list of Broadway characters so identified with their casting, you can't do the roles anymore without...
Another interesting trivia fact: If you're wondering why Ann-Margaret has Yogi Bear and other Hanna-Barbera product plugs obsessively plastered all over her teen bedroom, director George Sidney had another tie-in deal to work with H-B at the time...Which connection eventually led to the...