History Theatre / ByeByeBirdie

''Bye Bye Birdie'' was most successfully adapted as a 1963 film starring Creator/DickVanDyke as Albert (reprising his original Broadway role), Creator/JanetLeigh as Rosie, and Ann-Margret as Kim. A TV movie version was made in 1995 with Creator/JasonAlexander as Albert, Vanessa Williams as Rosie, and Chynna Phillips as Kim. NBC will air a live performance in December 2019, with Music/JenniferLopez as Rosie.

* [[TheElevenOclockNumber The Eleven O'Clock Number]]: "Spanish Rose" was written during tryouts explicitly to give Chita Rivera one of these.

* TheElevenOclockNumber: "Spanish Rose" was written during tryouts explicitly to give Chita Rivera one of these.

* TheFifties: Written in 1960, which was still in the cultural decade of the '50s. So, it's more of affectionate parody of teen superstars and the music industry at this point.

* DisneyAcidSequence: The movie repurposed "Put on a Happy Face" from Albert comforting one of Birdie's fangirls to Albert entertaining Rosie. While he sings this version, he draws smiling faces in the air, and creates a duplicate Rosie to dance with.

* IncessantChorus: ''We love you Conrad, oh yes we do, we love you Conrad, and we'll be true..''

* MistakenForSuicidal: Rosie "saves" Albert from jumping out of a window. In reality he was just out there feeding his pet pigeon.

* PlayingGertrude: In the film Albert's mother is played by Maureen Stapleton, who was only a few months older than Dick Van Dyke.

* CampStraight: Harry [=MacAfee=] probably qualifies in the film, given that he's played by Creator/PaulLynde and all.

''Bye Bye Birdie'' was most successfully adapted as a 1963 film starring Creator/DickVanDyke as Albert (reprising his original Broadway role), Creator/JanetLeigh as Rosie, and Ann-Margret as Kim. A TV movie version was made in 1995 with Creator/JasonAlexander as Albert, Vanessa Williams as Rosie, and Chynna Phillips as Kim. NBC will air a live performance in December 2018, with Music/JenniferLopez as Rosie.

* {{Undercrank}}: The "rushed" ballet performance.

* PoliticallyCorrectHistory: The 1995 made-for-tv remake showed Asian and Black teens not only hanging with the White teens - they all appeared to live in the same neighborhood! (In real life, they would have been segregated.)

* SlippingAMickey: Rosie get the Russian conductor to drink the milk with "speed-up" additive.

Albert's plan is really quite simple: All he has to do is write a hit song called "One Last Kiss" for Conrad to record, announce that Conrad is going to perform that song for just one of his millions of hysterical [[{{Fangirl}} fangirls]], giving her that "one last kiss" in the process. Then all he has to do is keep Conrad out of trouble long enough to get him into the Army and out of his hair and the money is bound to start rolling in. [[WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong What could possibly go wrong?]] The lucky girl turns out to be Kim [=MacAfee=], the president of the Conrad Birdie Fan Club in Sweet Apple, Ohio, who just happens to be going out with a nerdy boy named Hugo. HilarityEnsues.

* UnderCrank: The "rushed" ballet performance.

The story concerns Albert Peterson, a neurotic wannabe academic who is working as an agent for rock-and-roll sensation (and troublemaker) Conrad Birdie in order to pay off his debts and return to college, and the scheme he cooks up with along his secretary, Rosie Alvarez, to make a killing when Conrad is drafted into the Army. Since this means he'll likely be "out of action" for at least two years, which--as we all know--might as well be forever in the entertainment business, Albert needs to cash in big and cash in now.

* HypocriticalHumor: Kim's father strongly disapproves of his daughter fawning over a celebrity. When his family gets to be on the Ed Sullivan show, he sings a song revering Ed that resembles a choral hymn.

''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a 1960 comedy musical inspired by the hoopla that surrounded Music/ElvisPresley's induction into the U.S. Army. The story concerns Albert Peterson, a neurotic wannabe academic who is working as an agent for rock-and-roll sensation (and troublemaker) Conrad Birdie in order to pay off his debts and return to college, and the scheme he cooks up with along his secretary, Rosie Alvarez, to make a killing when Conrad is drafted into the Army. Since this means he'll likely be "out of action" for at least two years, which--as we all know--might as well be forever in the entertainment business, Albert needs to cash in big and cash in now.

* TheFifties: Written in 1960, which was still in the cultural decade of the 50's. So, it's more of affectionate parody of teen superstars and the music industry at this point.

''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a 1960 comedy musical inspired by the hoopla that surrounded Music/ElvisPresley's induction into the U.S. Army. The story concerns Albert Peterson, a neurotic wannabe academic who is working as an agent for rock-and-roll sensation (and troublemaker) Conrad Birdie in order to pay off his debts and return to college, and the scheme he cooks up with his secretary, Rosie Alvarez, to make a killing when Conrad is drafted into the Army. Since this means he'll likely be "out of action" for at least two years, which--as we all know--might as well be forever in the entertainment business, Albert needs to cash in big and cash in now.

''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a 1960 comedy musical inspired by the hoopla that surrounded Music/ElvisPresley's induction into the U.S. Army. The story concerns Albert Peterson, a neurotic wannabe academic who is working as an agent for rock sensation (and troublemaker) Conrad Birdie in order to pay off his debts and return to college, and the scheme he cooks up with his secretary, Rosie Alvarez, to make a killing when Conrad is drafted into the army. Since this means he'll likely be "out of action" for at least two years, which--as we all know--might as well be forever in the entertainment business, Albert needs to cash in big and cash in now.

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->''"We love you Conrad, oh yes we do\\
We love you Conrad, and we'll be true\\

Oh Conrad, we love you."''

* ToTheTuneOf: Harvey's refrain from "The Telephone Hour" (''"Hello, Mister Henkel/This is [[AbhorrentAdmirer Harvey Johnson]]/[[VocalEvolution CAN I TALK]] to Penelope Ann?"'') has a similar melody to Robert Schumann's ''Arabeske in C major, Op. 18'' (compare them at 1:28 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPU3ymk2ms here]] and at 0:53 [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO-p8YKfSD4 here]]).

* MissingTrailerScene: The trailer for the movie shows Ann-Margret singing the title song against a background made up of newspapers announcing Birdie's drafting. Since the director did not have enough money to perfect this effect, the movie was ultimately released with the blue screen behind Ann-Margret still visible in blue.

* BrotherhoodOfFunnyHats: the Shriners.

* FanGirl: Conrad has a million-strong army of them who [[BrownNote scream bloody murder and/or faint whenever his name is spoken]], pledge allegiance to Conrad Birdie, and incessantly sing the biggest EarWorm of the show.

* GroupieBrigade

* IronicEcho: In the film, when Kim sings the title song at the beginning, she's an image of the typical teenage fangirl. At the end, when she sings the reprise, she's a wiser, more mature woman.

* CaptainErsatz: Conrad Birdie (although his name is a play on Conway Twitty) to Elvis Presley.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Conrad Birdie is definitely ''not'' Music/ElvisPresley. [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No siree]].

* AlliterativeTitle: '''B'''ye '''B'''ye '''B'''irdie
* AntiClimax: [[spoiler:The kiss between Kim and Conrad in the movie. It's been built up to for the whole film, but just when it's about to happen, Hugo punches Conrad in the jaw ''on live television'' and he is never seen again]]
* AsHimself: [[Series/TheEdSullivanShow Ed Sullivan]] in the film.

* TheFifties: Written in 1960, which was still in the cultural decade of the 50's. So, it's more of affectionate parody of teen superstars and the music industry at this point.

* IWantSong: "An English Teacher" and Rosie's reprise of "One Boy".