What happens in Bye Bye Birdie?

A rock singer travels to a small Ohio town to make his ""farewell"" television performance and kiss his biggest fan before he is drafted. Conrad Birdie is the biggest rock & roll star of the 60's ever to be drafted.

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Conrad Birdie, arguably the biggest rock and roll superstar in the world, has just been drafted, which brings his legion of teen-aged female fans marching in the streets in protest. One other person not happy about Birdie being drafted is struggling songwriter Albert F. Peterson, a mama's boy of a man who was finally going to hit the big time when one of his songs was to be featured in a Birdie movie. Rosie DeLeon, Albert's long suffering secretary and fiancée of six years, pitches an idea to Ed Sullivan: have Birdie appear on his television program, Toast of the Town (1948) kissing one of his fans as a symbolic goodbye to all his fans, while he sings a yet to be written song by Albert to be called "One Last Kiss". Sullivan buys the idea. Rosie is hoping that this move will bring financial security to Albert, who will then be able to support his mama, ex-vaudevillian Mae Peterson who wanted Albert to go into show business instead of his want to become a bio-chemist, and marry her (of course if Mama allows the marriage, she who doesn't even know they're engaged). The fan chosen is Kim McAfee of Sweet Apple, Ohio. Up until being chosen as the recipient of Birdie's kiss, Kim's sole focus in life was being pinned by her boyfriend, Hugo Peabody. Birdie's presence in Sweet Apple brings up many issues which may thwart Rosie and Albert's plans, including a jealous Hugo, an exasperated Harry McAfee (Kim's father), and a ballooning line-up on the show, all these problems which Rosie and Albert try to manage. The ultimate problem may be outside of Rosie and Albert's control, except for a little assistance of some bio-chemistry hopefully to solve the problem. Regardless, Rosie, in the end, may only be able to take so much of Albert siding with Mama instead of her.

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Why did Elvis not do Bye Bye Birdie?

By some accounts, Presley was interested, but his manager Colonel Tom Parker nixed the idea because he felt the parody wouldn't be flattering. The role instead went to Jesse Pearson who played the role when the musical went on a national tour.

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The Broadway smash musical Bye Bye Birdie was actually inspired by Elvis Presley being drafted. The King of Rock and Roll received his draft notice on December 20, 1957 while in Tennessee. Fans flooded the Army with requests to spare their idol, but Elvis took up the call at the height of his career. He later said, “People were expecting me to mess up, to goof up in one way or another. They thought I couldn’t take it and so forth, and I was determined to go to any limits to prove otherwise. Not only to the people who were wondering but to myself.” While away, his manager continued to release Presley’s music, so the public didn’t forget the crooner. Of course, his fans didn’t forget him (some women even followed him and tried to get onto the base), and the mail for Presley’s company went from one bag to fifteen. When the film adaption of Bye Bye Birdie was being cast, the producers approached the King to play the part. By some accounts, Presley was interested, but his manager Colonel Tom Parker nixed the idea because he felt the parody wouldn’t be flattering. The role instead went to Jesse Pearson who played the role when the musical went on a national tour. While Elvis didn’t get a chance to work with Ann-Margret this time, he did eventually team up with her the next year for Viva Las Vegas (read about that here).