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1!!Film
2* BreakawayPopHit:
3** "Ready to Take a Chance Again" was the AwardBaitSong from this film, and it did indeed get an Oscar nomination, besides becoming a big hit for Music/BarryManilow.
4** The short-lived TV series attempted to play off of this, using a jaunty instrumental version as its theme (in two versions, a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdyTVk7gwDo longer version]] for the pilot and a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Lj0AbmaGqA shorter, recut version]] for the few regular episodes that actually aired).
5* {{Corpsing}}: As the rigging for the ''HMS Pinafore'' is lowered, Whitey Jackson is moving his foot.
6* IronyAsSheIsCast: The Pope was played by Cyril Magnin, a revered San Francisco businessman and philanthropist, who was Jewish.
7* StarMakingRole:
8** For Creator/ChevyChase on the big screen.
9** Creator/DudleyMoore was already a well-known comedy figure on both sides of the Atlantic, but his EnsembleDarkhorse turn as Stanley Tibbets kickstarted his career as a Hollywood comedy star.
10!!Video game

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