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I Did It In My Style
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The setup
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Highly quotable.
I mean, don't they have Google in Denmark?
He has this weird round chin, and he kept looking at the audience for approval.
The premise
Here’s the bit.
A commercial for "I Did It In My Style, The Story of Frank Sinatra," a Danish repertory production arriving for a four-week Broadway run. Aki Hanenrud plays Sinatra as a stiff, ponytailed outsider who greets Times Square with a suitcase and a cigarette, hangs out in Las Vegas with a Rat Pack of Danish actors, and sings essentially one song over and over. Between scenes, scathing newspaper reviews appear on screen, complaining about the weird chin, the invented plot points and a scene where Sinatra discovers jazz. The ad ends with a hard sell for tickets.
Script
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- 00:01
Speaker 1
The Danish Repertory Theatre Company presents I Did It In My Style, The Story of Frank Sinatra for a very special four-week run at the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway.
- 00:12
Aki Hanenrud
Hey, cool cat, I'm going to smoke a cigarette Yes Yes, hey, cool cat, I've got my coat and my hat
- 00:27
Speaker 1
Fresh from their two-year run in Copenhagen's West End, the Danish Repertory Theatre Company brings their hit show to Broadway. Aki, Hanenrud, takes you on a journey through the life of Frank Sinatra.
- 00:40
Aki Hanenrud
Here I am arrived in Times Square Station with my suitcase only. One day all the cool cats are going to see me become a big shot. Taxi car, Mac. Here are some bucks. You can please keep the change.
- 00:55
Speaker 1
Dennis Baldino from Newsday says, At first I gave them a break because they're from another country. But none of the stuff about Frank Sinatra is even remotely accurate. I mean, don't they have Google in Denmark?
- 01:08
Speaker 1
See how these Danish actors bring the Rat Pack back to the stage where they belong.
- 01:13
Aki Hanenrud
Las Vegas is pretty cool. I'm going to smoke my five-mile cigarette over by the roulette game.
- 01:19
Actor
I'll have a glass of Jack with Ice on the rocks. Did you see those pretty dames at the cards table? I'd like to deal a card to them. Kang. You said it, Frank.
- 01:32
Aki Hanenrud
No, you said it, Baby Samuel. Samuel Davis, Jr. Come on, I've got my coat and my hat.
- 01:39
Speaker 1
Aki, Hanenrud is Frank Sinatra. Aki, Hanenrud is not Frank Sinatra, says Glenn McKellen from the Daily News. He has this weird round chin, and he kept looking at the audience for approval. He even asked at one point, what do you think, everyone? It took me right out of the play. And at one point, when he turned around, I could distinctly see a ponytail sticking down the back of his suit.
- 02:01
Speaker 1
And it's obvious these Danes couldn't get the rights to any of Sinatra's music. In fact, I think it was the same song over and over.
- 02:09
Aki Hanenrud
I'm I'm going to smoke a cigarette On my I've got the coat and my hat
- 02:26
Speaker 1
Charles Isherwood from the New York Times said, I walked out as soon as the curtain went up. I just looked at the stage and said, oh, no way. But a friend of mine stayed and told me about some scene where Frank Sinatra discovers jazz. I mean, what?
- 02:57
Aki Hanenrud
Hey, dollface. What do you call in music? It's pretty cool, man. You should call it a scat. Look, yeah. Pretty soon my colleagues are going to be calling me the chairmans of the bar. I like that. Want to get out of here and go to the cocktail lounge? I have my coat and my hat. You know what I like about my life, dollface?
- 03:20
Speaker 1
I did it in my style I did it in my style the story of Frank Sinatra visit Ticketmaster now
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