Where has this movie been hiding this year? Perhaps because so many documentaries, the vast majority, are serious and often eager to expose troubling events in the world, it's hard to imagine such a film being delightful and charmingly eccentric. Yet that is exactly what this documentary is. One of a kind, this is a nostalgic look at a type of entertainment that existed only on the stages of auditoriums hosting company business conferences. Car and tractor companies, dog food manufacturers, and plumbing and bathroom suppliers - all financed these peculiar stage musicals to entertain and encourage their salesmen and employees in cities across the U.S.A.
One of the head writers of the David Letterman Show seems to have literally discovered this forgotten branch on the tree of show business. The results of his digging around obscure record shops and interviewing writers and actors, as well as uncovering rare film clips of some of these lively performances - are on display here.
For fans of Broadway style musicals and the fringes of show business, this gets close to heaven.
