"Been A Long Day" from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

[@connerrock1164]

One thing I love about this scene in this production is the lady in the middle. She really plays up the matchmaker persona for Rosemary and does it really really well. I also like how, although looking really suave, he doesn’t ooose the characters awkward touches throughout.

[@jeffhunter7529]

I am not surprised that How to succeed in business without really trying was written by the same writer of Guys and Dolls. I can hear lots of similarity in the music

[@grey30122]

Last year my high school did guys and dolls and now they're doing this one

[@taylaanderson173]

@@grey30122 My school did Guys and Dolls last year and we're doing How to Succeed this year too.

[@lindameyer8640]

Me, too. So glad to have my suspicion that it was written by Frank Loesser. He uses the word "puerile" in "A Secretary is not a Toy."

[@TheInvisibleCheshire]

WOWOWOW!!! What a set!!!

[@dida8252]

I love this!! I saw this show performed at a high school, this was my fav song

[@lindameyer8640]

I think I might have seen it with Robert Morse. Or at least I wish I had.

[@SuperRegency]

Ricky Nelson performed in a production I saw in Los Angeles in the early 1960s before he tragically died.

[@miamidolphinsfan]

Love this song...my favorite from How to Succeed

[@douglas8225]

Wow I love this show

[@lindameyer8640]

Me, too. I especially like "I Believe in You."

[@avereeadams6797]

SMITTY: Well, here it is five P.M. The finish of a long day's work. And there they are both of them, The secretary and the clerk. Not very well acquainted. Not very much to say But I can hear those two little minds Ticking away. Now, she's thinking: ROSEMARY: I wonder if we take the same bus. SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: That could be quite a thing between us. SMITTY: Now, she's thinking: ROSEMARY: He really is a dear. SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: But what of my career. SMITTY: And she says: ROSEMARY: Ah! hum... SMITTY: And he says: FINCH: A hum-hum... Well it's been a long day. ALL: Well, it's been a long, Been a long, been a long, Been a long day. SMITTY: Now, she's thinking: ROSEMARY: I wish that he were more of a flirt. SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: I guess a little flirting won't hurt. SMITTY: Now she's thinking: ROSEMARY: For dinner we could meet. SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: We both've gotta eat, ah.... SMITTY: And she says: ROSEMARY: Atchoo... SMITTY: And he says: FINCH: Gesundheidt! ROSEMARY: Thank you! FINCH: Well, it's been a long day! ALL: Well, it's been a long, Been a long, been a long, Been a long day. SMITTY: Hey! There's a yummy Friday's special at Stouffer's. It's dollar-ninety vegetable plate. And on the bottom of the add, Not bad, service for two, Three-fifty eight, To make a bargain, make a date. ROSEMARY: Wonderful! FINCH: It's fate! SMITTY: Now she's thinking: ROSEMARY: What the female kind of trap could I spring? SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: I might as well forget the whole thing. SMITTY: Now she's thinking: ROSEMARY: Suppose I take his arm... SMITTY: And he's thinking: FINCH: Well, really what's the harm? SMITTY: And she says: ROSEMARY: Hungry? SMITTY: And he says: FINCH: Yeah! ROSEMARY: Yeah! SMITTY: Yeah! ALL: Well, it's been a long day! Well, it's been a long, Been a long, been a long, Been a long day. COMPANY: Well, it's been a long, Been a long, been a long, Been a long day. Last Updat

[@lydias342]

Thank you.

[@Icantfindmypen]

Rizz

[@santinobambino1053]

Mom

[@allengumm1157]

Nice performers, but the tempo could be a little faster maybe? And no need to change "thinking" to "thinkin'." Unless that's what the lyricist originally wrote.