Bonus Video! The wig reveal that nearly got Harvey Fierstein arrested (Patreon)
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Hello there! In this week's Bonus Video, we're taking a look at a trapeze that Broadway legend Jerry Herman had installed in his home, and how Harvey Fierstein paid tribute to this bizarre decorating choice in La Cage Aux Folles. And speaking of Harvey, I've got a goofy story to share about how a wig reveal (well, technically, a failed wig reveal) went so wrong he nearly went to jail. Plus: I've tracked down some hard-to-find footage that Alfred Hitchcock cut from the US release of Strangers on a Train (but left in for the British version), Jim Bailey doing a Judy Garland impression in a weird tuxedo, and an unlikely connection between The Addams Family and Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Backup link in case the video embed doesn't work: https://vimeo.com/mattbaume/birdcagebonus4
Harvey doing "Rose's Turn": https://youtu.be/yxysSKhapcM
Jim Bailey on The Carol Burnett Show: https://youtu.be/2n2BOR3klJ0?t=667
Flip through the Whatever Happened to Baby Jane? Pressbook: https://archive.org/details/whatever-happened-to-baby-jane-pressbook