Bye Bye Birdie

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

TCM's Alicia Malone introduces Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

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Silly bit about turtle eggs sets up Paul Lynde (as "Mr McAfee") and family (Mary LaRoche, Ann-Margret, Bryan Russell) in Charles Strouse and Lee Adams' tune, formally titled "Hymn For A Sunday Evening," in Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) slays the town with his rendition of "Honestly Sincere" by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams, especially Kim (Ann-Margret) and Ursula (Trudi Ames), in George Sidney's Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

The song is really called "The Telephone Hour," by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams but it's all about "Goin' Steady" in this wild technical sequence from director George Sidney's Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

Albert (Dick Van Dyke) uses animation and "Put On a Happy Face" by Charles Strouse and Lee Adams to cheer up fiance` Rosie (Janet Leigh) in director George Sidney's Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

Conrad Birdie (Jesse Pearson) rides into town where Ursula (Trudie Ames) and Kim (Ann-Margret) recite the Conrad Birdie Pledge and the townsfolk (Janet Leigh, Dick Van Dyke, Bobby Rydell, Paul Lynde, etc.) reel in Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

The opening sequence, like the movie, is all about Ann-Margret, singing the title tune and leading into the credits in director George Sidney's Bye Bye Birdie, 1963.

A rock star's personal appearance turns a small town into a disaster area. Ann-Margret and Dick Van Dyke star in the Broadway musical hit.