#Robert B Sherman

[doyouknowthismusical]

[willstafford]

The Car's the Star

CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG Birmingham Hippodrome, Tuesday 4th March 2025 Based on the book by Ian Fleming (yes, that Ian Fleming), the film adaptation (by Roald Dahl, no less) is a firm family favourite.  Now this new stage production takes to the road, landing at the Hippodrome for a brief stay.  Of course, translating the material from book to film to stage involves making changes.  The Ian…

[thecraggus]

Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) Review

A lifeless script and a disenchanted lead makes Beverly Hills Cop III a vertiable unamusement park of missed opportunities. #Review

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968, Ken Hughes)

11/09/2024

[imholdingoutforahero]

Left to right: Robert B. Sherman, Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson and Richard M. Sherman on the set of Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971).

[elijones94]

🐻 This year will mark the 25th anniversary of “The Tigger Movie”. I remember my mom taking me to see it in either Terre Haute or Vincennes when I was little. Plus, I watched it on VHS and listened to a read-along cassette tape during road trips. There’s a scene where Tigger rigorously prepares a party for the anticipated arrival of his family. There orange balloons with Tigger’s stripes decorated all over his house, which happen to be my favorite detail in the sequence. Earlier, Roo with the help of Kanga, Owl, Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore write a letter to him to let him know they are his family. It seems that in this movie, Tigger’s character gets more and more fleshed out in terms of seeing him at his saddest, his angriest, and his most joyful moments. 🐾🐯

[missanthropicprinciple]

In honor of Mr. Richard M. Sherman who died today at age 95 I've been listening to "Chim Chim Cher-ee". Thank you to you and your brother for forming some of my dreams with your bare hands.

[dweemeister]

May 25, 2024

By Dennis McLellan

(Los Angeles Times) — To Walt Disney, who personally invited Richard and Robert Sherman to become full-time staff songwriters at his Burbank studio in 1960, they were the “boys.”

The Sherman brothers were the ideal match for Disney’s family-film factory, where they built a career creating what Richard Sherman once described as “upbeat, spirited, happy songs that make people feel good.”

The songwriting siblings were responsible for the bouncy, tongue-twistingly memorable “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” and “A Spoonful of Sugar” from the hit 1964 movie musical “Mary Poppins,” for which they won two of the film’s five Oscars — for best score and best song, the haunting “Chim Chim Cher-ee.”

During their years at the studio, the Shermans were as much a part of the early Disney magic as the imagineers, who designed the theme parks and imagined the rides. Together, they wrote dozens of songs for Disney TV productions and movies such as “The Parent Trap,” “The Absent-Minded Professor,” “Summer Magic,” “That Darn Cat!,” “The Sword in the Stone,” “The Jungle Book,” “The Aristocats,” “Bedknobs and Broomsticks” and “Winnie the Pooh” cartoons.

They also penned the theme song for Disney’s TV show “The Wonderful World of Color” and wrote songs heard in Disney theme-park attractions, including “The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room,” “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow” and the unforgettable — in ways both good and bad —“It’s a Small World (After All).”

“They were made by God for Walt Disney,” said Dick Van Dyke, who stared in “Mary Poppins” opposite Julie Andrews. “They somehow managed to convey Walt’s meaning in those songs.”

The gregarious half of the prolific songwriting duo, Sherman died Saturday, May 25, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills, due to age-related illness. He was 95. The Walt Disney company announced the news of his death in a press statement.

Robert Sherman, who was two and a half years older than his brother, died in London in 2012 at 86.

[myost]

[now-playing] - ost - richard m. sherman & robert b. sherman - mary poppins - 1964

[kristipetersenschoonover]

So long, Mr. Sherman…

[ulrichgebert]

Als Gedenkfilm für den nun auch verstorbenen Sherman-Brother Richard M. schauten wir einmal mehr das eigenwillige 2. Weltkriegs-Nazinvasionsbekämpfung-durch-Hexerei-Spektakel mit Zaubertricks und Unterwasseraufnahmen namens Bedknobs and Broomsticks, für das und insbesonders seine Hauptdarstellerin wir eine gewisse Schwäche haben, obwohl es wirklich nicht besonders sinnvoll ist und man an manchen Stellen (beispielsweise nach "Portobello Road", einer Tanznummer, die gefühte 10 Minuten lang wiederholt, daß man dort alles mögliche kaufen kann) schon fragen kann, wie diese Nummer jetzt die Handlung voranbrachte....

[eretzyisrael]

by Shiryn Ghermezian

Academy Award-winning Jewish American songwriter Richard M. Sherman, one of the creative geniuses behind some of Walt Disney’s most iconic and timeless songs, died on Saturday at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills “due to age-related illness,” the Walt Disney Company announced. He was 95 years old.

The Walt Disney Company described Sherman as “one of the most prolific composer-lyricists in the history of family entertainment, and a key member of Walt Disney’s inner circle of creative talents.” The company added that it will announce at a later date its plans for celebrating Sherman’s life.

“Richard Sherman was the embodiment of what it means to be a Disney Legend, creating along with his brother Robert the beloved classics that have become a cherished part of the soundtrack of our lives,” said Bob Iger, CEO of The Walt Disney Company. “From films like Mary Poppins and The Jungle Book to attractions like ‘It’s a Small World,’ the music of the Sherman Brothers has captured the hearts of generations of audiences. We are forever grateful for the mark Richard left on the world, and we extend our deepest condolences to his family.”

Sherman and his late brother, Robert B. Sherman, made up the songwriting team known as the Sherman Brothers. Together they wrote music for the 1964 film Mary Poppins, including “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious,” “A Spoonful of Sugar,” and the lullaby “Feed the Birds.” The brothers won the Oscars for Best Score – Substantially Original and Best Original Song for “Chim Chim Cher-ee.” “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” made it on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1965 and “Feed the Birds” was one of Walt Disney’s favorite songs.

“You don’t get songs like ‘A Spoonful of Sugar’ without a genuine love of life, which Richard passed on to everyone lucky enough to be around him,” said Pete Docter, chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios. “Even in his 90s he had more energy and enthusiasm than anyone, and I always left renewed by Richard’s infectious joy for life.”

Born on June 12, 1928, in New York City, Richard’s family relocated to Beverly Hills in 1937. He attended Beverly Hills High School and later studied music at Bard College. He was drafted into the United States Army and served as conductor for the Army band and glee club from 1953 to 1955.

Walt Disney hired the Sherman brothers as staff songwriters for The Walt Disney Studios after the success of their song “Tall Paul,” which sold more than 700,000 singles. The brothers together ultimately wrote more than 200 songs for some 27 Disney films and 24 television productions. Their credit included The Horsemasters (1961), The Absent-Minded Professor (1961), The Parent Trap (1961), Summer Magic (1963), The Sword in the Stone (1963), That Darn Cat! (1965), Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966), The Jungle Book (1967), The Happiest Millionaire (1967), The Aristocats (1970), Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971), and The Tigger Movie (1998). Richard later wrote new lyrics for the live-action The Jungle Book in 2016 and two years after appeared in the film Christopher Robin, for which he also composed three new songs.

The Sherman brothers also wrote music for Disney theme park attractions around the world, including “There’s a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow,” “The Tiki, Tiki, Tiki Room,” and “It’s a Small World.” In the early 1980s, they wrote songs for EPCOT and Tokyo Disneyland, including “One Little Spark” and “Meet the World.”

The Sherman brothers left The Walt Disney Studios in the early 1970s and went on to write music, songs, and screenplays for films such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Snoopy Come Home (1972), Charlotte’s Web (1973), The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1973), Huckleberry Finn (1974), and The Slipper and the Rose (1976).

In 1972, the duo became the only Americans to ever win 1st Prize at the Moscow Film Festival for their film musical The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, for which they wrote the script and music. The brothers were inducted as Disney Legends in 1990 and into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005. Three years later, the brothers were awarded the National Medal of the Arts.

In 2010, Richard and award-winning composer John Debney collaborated on the song “Make Way for Tomorrow Today” for Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 2.

Over the course of his 65-year career, Richard received nine Academy Award nominations, won three Grammys, and received 24 gold and platinum albums. Richard’s father, Al Sherman, was also a songwriter.

[grants-blue-eyed-stare]

Fandom Slang for Civil War Historical Figures

Ulysses S. Grant

George B. McClellan

Robert E. Lee's Reputation

Abraham Lincoln

James Longstreet

George Pickett

William T Sherman

Joshua L. Chamberlain

Thomas Chamberlain

Henry W. Halleck

I went with what was most fitting from the terms I had. Feel free to add on/make suggestions!

[courseyoulovemeyoudontknowme]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971, Robert Stevenson)

06/02/2024

[taranodongirl]

A

Act English

The Age of Not Believing

Are We Dancing

B

Beautiful Beulah

The Beautiful Briny

The Best Time of Your Life

The Bombie Samba

The Boogie Woogie Bakery Man

Bright and Shiny (song)

C

Chim Chim Cher-ee

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (song)

Christmas in Los Angeles

Chu-Chi Face

Colonel Hathi's March (The Elephant Song)

Come to the Funfair

D

Dakota (1968 song)

Detroit (1967 song)

Doll on a Music Box

Drummin' Drummin' Drummin'

F

Feed the Birds

Fidelity Fiduciary Bank

For Now, For Always

Fortuosity

G

The Glorious Fourth

H

The Happiest Girl Alive

He Danced With Me/She Danced With Me

Heffalumps and Woozles

Hip Hip Pooh-Ray!

Hushabye Mountain

I

I Believe In This Country

I Hum to Myself

I Love to Laugh

I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song)

I'll Always Be Irish

It's a Small World (After All)

J

Jo Jo the Dog Faced Boy (song)

Jolly Holiday

K

Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies

L

Let's Get Together (Hayley Mills song)

Let's Go Fly a Kite

Let's Put It Over with Grover

The Life I Lead

Little Black Rain Cloud

Lovely Lonely Man

M

Mad Madam Mim

Magic Journeys (song)

Makin' Memories (song)

A Man Has Dreams

Me Ol' Bamboo

Mind over Matter (Sherman Brothers song)

Miracles from Molecules

Mr. Piano Man, Please!

My Own Home

O

Oh, Benjamin Harrison

The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (song)

One Little Spark

Over Here! (song)

P

The Parent Trap (song)

The Perfect Nanny (song)

Pineapple Princess

Portobello Road (song)

Posh!

R

A Rather Blustery Day

The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down

The Right Side

River Song (Sherman)

The Roses of Success

Rumbly in My Tumbly

The Rutabaga Rag

S

Sister Suffragette

Someone Like Me (Sherman Brothers song)

The Spectrum Song

A Spoonful of Sugar

Stay Awake (Mary Poppins song)

A Step in the Right Direction

Step in Time

Strummin’ Song

Summer Magic (1963 song)

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

T

Tall Paul (song)

Teamwork (song)

Ten Feet off the Ground

That's What Friends Are For (The Vulture Song)

There Are Those

There's a Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

Think Vulgar

The Tiki Tiki Tiki Room

Truly Scrumptious (song)

Trust in Me (The Python's Song)

Try a Little Something New

U

The Ugly Bug Ball

Up, Down and Touch the Ground

V

Valentine Candy

Vulgarian National Anthem

W

West o' the Wide Missouri

What's Wrong with That?

Winnie the Pooh (song)

The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers

The World Showcase March

Y

You Two

You're Sixteen

You're the Only You

Your Heart Will Lead You Home

Thank you for everything Sherman Brothers. I’m so glad that I sent Robert that letter before he passed. I’m going to believe that he read it.