Take-Home Tune

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

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Entry from December 20, 2022

Take-Home Tune

Bursting with Song
A Broadway Glossary
(...)
Take-Home Tune: A very memorable, “hummable” tune that audiences remember well after they’ve left the theatre. Classic writers of take-home tunes include Richard Rodgers, Jerry Herman, and Cy Coleman.

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Mark Gatiss 💙
@Markgatiss
Still very fond of the Finney ‘Scrooge’. One of the first films I saw at the pictures. Here’s the take home tune! http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dkq7WZTzkLQ
11:46 AM · Dec 22, 2013

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The David J Bradley Holiday Special
@DavidJBradley1
Bibbidy Bobbidy Boo is definitely the take home tune of the film.
12:37 PM · May 13, 2020

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