She had played her "Annie Get Your Gun" album so often at home in Rancho Mirage that it was almost unplayable. I found the record about a year before at a record store even though it was out of print. Mary believed that I might offer to send her my relatively new record. She was saying: a) I have more connections than you; b) My son, Larry Hagman, has even more connections. Mary realized she was being rude, so talked for a while about doing "Annie" on live TV. I learned a lot about getting from one stage to another when the scenes changed during the commercial.
I am older than most people here, so I know Mary Martin was the first choice for dozens of Broadway musicals, including "My Fair Lady," "Oklahoma" and "Mame." For various reasons, she had to say no.
Did Robert Goulet do Frank Butler on the Doris Day album?