History YMMV / ByeByeBirdie

** After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), and people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have [[AdaptationOverdosed two screen adaptations]]. After the channel's production of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' scored the lowest ratings yet of any musical televised live on a network during TheNewTens, concerns arose over whether or not NBC needs to find a story more familiar than ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in order to WinBackTheCrowd (a choice NBC seemed to decline in March 2017, when they hired ''Hairspray'''s live television director, Alex Rudzinski, and choreographer, Jerry Mitchell, to direct ''Bye Bye Birdie''), and whether or not the star power of such cast members as Music/JenniferLopez could attract enough viewers.

** After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), and people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have [[AdaptationOverdosed two screen adaptations]]. After the channel's production of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' scored the lowest ratings yet of any musical televised live on a network during TheNewTens, concerns arose over whether or not NBC needs to find a story more familiar than ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in order to WinBackTheCrowd, and whether or not the star power of such cast members as Music/JenniferLopez could attract enough viewers.

* BrokenBase: After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), and people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have [[AdaptationOverdosed two screen adaptations]]. After the channel's production of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' scored the lowest ratings yet of any musical televised live on a network during TheNewTens, concerns arose over whether or not NBC needs to find a story more familiar than ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in order to WinBackTheCrowd, and whether or not the star power of such cast members as Music/JenniferLopez could attract enough viewers.

* BrokenBase: After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), and people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have [[AdaptationOverdosed two screen adaptations]]. After the channel's production of ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' scored the lowest ratings yet of any musical televised live on a network during TheNewTens, concerns arose over whether or not NBC needs to find a story more familiar than ''Bye Bye Birdie'' in order to WinBackTheCrowd, and whether or not Music/JenniferLopez's star power could attract enough viewers.

* {{Narm}}: Any time Kim claims to be a grown woman becomes this in the 1995 TV special, which cast 27-year old Chynna Phillips in the role - despite her being five years older than Susan Watson and Ann-Margaret were when they played Kim, and ''12'' years older than what the script lists as 15-year old Kim's age.

* BrokenBase: After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have two screen adaptations, and people who wonder if the network should choose a production with a better-known story in order for their ratings to bounce back from ''Film/{{Hairspray}}'' (which scored the smallest number of viewers of any musical aired live on network TV during TheNewTens thus far).

* BrokenBase: After Creator/{{NBC}} [[https://www.twitter.com/jlo/status/806687527960604672 teased]] their own version of ''Bye Bye Birdie'', viewers of said teaser seem divided between people who don't mind another screen version (especially if it'll follow the play more closely than the movie did), people who wish NBC picked a musical that doesn't already have two screen adaptations, and people who wonder if the network should choose a production with a better-known story in order for their ratings to bounce back from ''Film/{{Hairspray}}}'' (which scored the smallest number of viewers of any musical aired live on network TV during TheNewTens thus far).

* EarWorm: "We love you Conrad, oh yes we do / We love you Conrad, and we'll be true / When you're not near us, we're blue / Oh Conrad we love you."

** The lyrics of 'How Lovely To Be A Woman' can be cringe inducing.

* LesYay: There is an... interesting scene together in the movie where Rosie walks into Kim's bedroom and casually undresses. Kim helps lace her into a sexy flamenco outfit and the scene culminates with Rosie kissing her on the forehead.

* LesYay: There is an... interesting scene together in the movie where Rosie walks into Kim's bedroom and casually undresses

** Granted, one should take into account that this is a ''teenage girl'' singing this, the age group that Literature/{{Twilight}} appeals to. The song actually shows to demonstrate how much she only ''thinks'' she's a woman.

* SignatureScene: The movie has Kim (Ann-Margret) singing the title song while wearing a yellow dress and running on a treadmill in front of a blue background.

-> 'How lovely to be a woman/and have one job to do/to pick out a boy and train him/and then when you are through/you make him the man you want him to be...'

** As can Hugo's possessiveness of Kim, Kim's eagerness to be told what to do by what is a comparitively new boyfriend... it doesn't always sit well with the feminists.

* FirstInstallmentWins: The 1981 sequel, ''Bring Back Birdie'', only lasted 31 performances on Broadway.

** As can Hugo's possessiveness of Kim, Rosie giving up her own career for Albert, Kim's eagerness to be told what to do by what is a comparitively new boyfriend... it doesn't always sit well with the feminists.

*** The lyrics of 'How Lovely To Be A Woman' can be cringe inducing 'How lovely to be a woman/and have one job to do/to pick out a boy and train him/and then when you are through/you make him the man you want him to be.' As can Hugo's possiesivness of Kim, Rosie giving up her own career for Albert, Kim's eagerness to be told what to do by what is a comparitively new boyfriend...it doesn't always sit well with the feminists.

* 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.

** The 1963 movie notably avoids this. Mrs. Peterson still hates Rosie, but it's because she is upset that Rosie will take her "baby," Albert, from her. In fact, Rosie's "Hispanic-ness" is barely even mentioned.

* ValuesDissonance: Though Albert's mother is not a particularly sympathetic character, her casual racism towards (the Hispanic) Rosie--''PlayedForLaughs'', even--can be jarring to modern audiences. Modern scripts for the play include alternative lines that soften her dialogue a tad.