Galt MacDermot & DisinHAIRited Ensemble (1969) & Gerome Ragni & James Rado
James Rado
Galt MacDermot & DisinHAIRited Ensemble (1969) & Gerome Ragni
Galt MacDermot & DisinHAIRited Ensemble (1969) & Gerome Ragni
Galt MacDermot & Leata Galloway
“Mr. Berger”, set to a cheer routine-style tune, is meant to be the recreation of the interaction between Berger and his principal, Mr. McNamara, when he got expelled as acted out by the tribe, the girls as McNamara and the boys as Berger.
This song was not in the original Off-Broadway version or th...
[MCNAMARA]
Mr. Berger
[BERGER]
Yes, sir?
[MCNAMARA]
Be seated
[BERGER]
Thank you
[MCNAMARA]
We've become well-acquainted
[BERGER]
Good friends
[MCNAMARA]
Bright boy
[BERGER]
Thank you
[MCNAMARA]
Nice student
[BERGER]
Thanks, love
[MCNAMARA]
Are you hopeless?
[BERGER]
Could be
[MCNAMARA]
We've tried
[BERGER]
I haven't
[MCNAMARA]
I'm hip
[BERGER]
What next?
[MCNAMARA]
Mr. Berger, we do not send our chemistry teachers on trips
[BERGER]
???
[MCNAMARA]
Your hair, your dress
[BERGER]
I am, or less
[MCNAMARA]
But this, Mr. Berger
[BERGER]
Call me Dr. Frankenstein
[MCNAMARA]
The last monstrous straw
[BERGER]
Another chance?
[MCNAMARA]
Sorry
[BERGER]
Oh, the social stigma
[MCNAMARA]
Further remarks?
[BERGER]
This is 1970, not 1969
[MCNAMARA]
You may de-matriculate in the front office, Mr. Berger
[BERGER]
Mr. McNamara, best of everything
So long love!
(musical break with a bunch of talking and wild babbling)
[BERGER]
Mr. McNamara, best of everything
So long love!
Mr. Berger was written by Gerome Ragni & James Rado.
Mr. Berger was produced by Andy Wiswell & Mike Lipskin.
Galt MacDermot released Mr. Berger on Wed Dec 17 1969.