[1] William Goldman later recalled "we had both been in the army at the same time and it seemed like a decent enough idea and magically we got it on.
[3] The Goldman brothers had received a grant from the Ford Foundation to observe production of the musical Tenderloin.
[1] The original production starred Peter Fonda and Darren McGavin and was directed by Jerome Chodorov.
[7] Fonda was originally rejected for the role, the producers saying they wanted someone closer to Robert Morse.
It spouts humorous lines within comical situations, and the dialog and action are in competent hands.
"[10] Howard Taubman of the New York Times did not like the play, saying "the plot is spaced out as mechanically as if it were to run forever on the home screen.