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No one sings this song like Carol.

Jane White is a hoot, delightfully haughty.

Even in faded video this is such a modern, funny show... a real satire on the fairytale. Pretty and brilliant songs, a very good script, made for perfect comedy entertainment. Just hear that pop of applause for a hit show. Carol Burnett continued with this style of comedy from here on. Everyone loved her. From such unhappy beginings in a Hollywood studio apartment, she brough love and laughter freely for decades.

No matter what it simply cannot be improved upon. Although, many versions have tried their best--to wreck it. Thank heavens for the original! A treasure.

Hi Beth, thank you so much for sharing, because I had never seen "Once Upon a Mattress" with Carol Burnett. I wanted to ask you if you please can upload a better version from a qualitative point of view. When you can, let me know. Have a great Sunday! :)

I played Queen Aggravain in my Stuyvesant HS production w/Mr Tom Dolan, Director (RIP). Great memories :)

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/this is the best version.

Was that Elliot Gould as the fool?

Mary Rodgers, who wrote the music, was daughter of Richard Rodgers. In her bio, she relays some interesting bits about the original production. Early on in development, Nancy Walker, of Rhoda fame, was envisioned for the Carol Burnett role. The director wanted a fresh face and new talent so Carol, just starting out at the time, got the part. When Carol left the role, she was replaced by Ann B. Davis, of Brady Bunch fame. Of Joseph Bova, she writes that he was struggling with a line in rehearsal and asked the director about his motivation. The director replied "your paycheck."

I was about 9 when I saw this and always remember Carol Burnett as Winifred/Fred. I always loved watching the Garry Moore Show just to see Carol Burnett! From what I understand, Elliott Gould as the Jester was his first appearance on television, as he'd been a Broadway actor (and married to Barbra Streisand at the time, who was playing Fannie Brice in "Funny Girl" on Broadway.

Is that Elliot Gould as the jester?

58 years later and high schools are still doing this same play.

You notice how much time they gave for you to actually read the credits ? Now they zoom through them so fast. Sometimes you can't even pause it before they are gone or overwritten by an ad !

Shani Wallis went on to play Nancy in the movie "Oliver".

I remember when this was first presented on 1964 TV. I was 10. The scene I most recall is the moment Carol climbs up the high stack of mattresses and makes it to the top.

The truly wonderful thing is Carol Burnett played the queen just as perfectly as she plays this part🥰🥰🥰

Boy can she BELT!!

Boy can she BELT!!

Wow. A young Jack Guilford. I didn't know he was ever young. Joking, but I only saw him in his later years.

At least they kept the Minstrel in...he usually gets cut in these adaptations. I'm disappointed. Carol Burnett and Aggrivain slayed it tho!

So glad to see this version. Our high school faculty did this musical back in 2003 and I would love to have seen this before we started rehearsal. I love Carol Burnett and while she was great as Agravain in the modern version, she was super as Fred! Thank you for posting!!!

What happened to the rest of Song Of Love?! That's one of my favorites. And this is one of my absolute favorite shows. I choreographed a local theater production of this show almost 20 years ago and I ended up playing Fred while continuing to choreograph the show. I absolutely love this show and Fred. Carol Burnett was perfect in this role and did my best to make her proud.

Bill Hayes with his much heavier singing voice replaces Broadway's Harry Snow as the minstrel.

*Thanks!!*

According to an interview on _The Dinah Shore Show_ in the 1970’s featuring guests Valerie Harper, Lucille Ball, and Carol Burnett (🔗 below), on 19 May 1959: on the second night of the then off-Broadway show “Once Upon a Mattress,” Lucille Ball introduced herself backstage to Carol Burnett, one of the show’s stars, which began a lifelong loving friendship between the two. (The show moved to Broadway later that year.) 🔗 ua-cam.com/video/8raDnWeuKuA/v-deo.html

I think the Queen was really mean in doing a test like this.

I'm glad the prince finds someone he is pleased with but you have to remember that one day his wife will be Queen and "Fred" is really not Queen material.

So nice to see this again. I remembered it from my childhood! 😀❤

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful and fun musical. Even without the missing songs I remember, it is still so wonder-filled and what a cast!

Love the new songs added. Again, thank you for sharing.

Thank you for sharing this. It has been many years since I saw it and a college production. I love it.

Wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing!

Thank you for posting this! We just finished our local community theater production of Once Upon a Mattress and it was so interesting to watch the performance I saw when I was 11!

Burnett was brilliant from the get-go!

Did Bobby Morse ever play Dauntless?

Imagine Cuomo in the Queen's place during covid fiasco rigging everything against us.

Saw the road show version with Imogene Coca as the princess in Birmingham, Alabama in 1960.

I have not seen this since it aired originally. I was 8 and never forgot Carol from that moment. I guess it was my first musical, no wonder I like them. Now I recognize Elliot Gould, Shani Wallace from Oliver!, Jack Gilford (Mr. Crackerjack in commercials) and looked up the queen, Jane White, is a black actress (1964, pretty cool) and Michael Bennett from the chorus went on to live and write RENT. Pretty impressive introduction to musical theatre. Thanks so much for posting this!!!

Agnes Moorehead was definitely taking notes during Jane White's performance for Moorehead's role as Endora on Bewitched.

Elliott Gould at age 26! How precious is that... he is brilliant! Happy birthday Elliott! ❤️

Elliott Gould singing and dancing! Love it!

I'm very surpised to see Jane White as the Queen in this production. Even though she originated the role on Broadway in 1959, her casting must have caused a bit of uproar in 1964, especially with TV stations in the South.

jane white as queen aggravain is sheer brilliance!! i'm so happy to have seen this!!

Carol absolutely owns the stage in this production I love it !!!

Carol Burnett had her 87th birthday on April 26, 2020. She is one of the true great performers and an extremely nice lady too!

thanks I acted in this in high school as Lady Larkin. lol.

Fred: Hey nonny nonny is it you? Knight: Hey nonny nonny nonny no. Fred: Hey nonny nonny is it you? Knight: Hey nonny nonny nonny no. Fred: Hey nonny nonny is it you or you or you or you or Dauntless: Nonny nonny noony noony nonny noonny Queen: NO NO NO! Fred: Someone's being bashful That's no way to be Not with me Can't you see That I am just as embarassed as you And I can understand your point of view I've always been SHY I confess that I'm SHY Can't you guess that this confident air Is a mask that I wear 'cause I'm shy And you can be sure Way down deep I'm demure Though some people I know may deny it At bottom I'm quiet and pure I'm aware that it's wrong to be meek as I am My chances may pass me by I pretend to be strong, but as weak as I am All I can do is try God knows I try Though I'm frightened and shy And despite the impression I give I confess that I'm living a lie Because I'm actually terribly timid And horribly shy Though a lady may be dripping with glamour As often as not she will stumble and stammer When suddenly confronted with romance And she's likely to fall on her face When she's finally face to face With a pair of pants Quite often the lady's not as hard to please as she seems Quite often she will settle for something less than the man of her dreams I'm going fishing for a mate Knights: She's going fishing for a mate Fred: I'm gonna look in every brook Knights: She's gonna look in every brook Fred: But how much longer must I wait With baited breath and hook? **DANCE BREAK** Fred: Oh that was WONDERFUL! And that is why Though I'm painfully shy I'm insane to know which sir, You sir? Knights: Not I sir Fred: Then who sir Where sir and when sir I couldn't be tenser So let's get this done man Get on with the fun man I am one man Knights: The lady's one man All: Shy!

The King is amazing! bahahaha. And I can't believe Carol's voice. Wow!

I was not old enough or smart enough to watch this when it first came out. What a regret.