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	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a stage and film musical written by Larry L. King based on the Texas Chicken Ranch.
		The film version of Best Little Whorehouse in Texas provided some challenges for its producer, Universal Studios, particularly with regards to advertising the film.
		In 1982 America, the word "whorehouse" was considered mildly obscene, resulting in the film being renamed The Best Little Cathouse in Texas in some advertisements, while television advertisements for the film were either banned outright in some areas, or the offending word was censored.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas (370 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
		That said, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is the shining jewel in her crown of achievement.
		I can remember attending a birthday party where we came in costume and she came in a negligée with balloons stuffed inside posing as a mysterious blonde vixen I was not familiar with.
		The next time I slept over she showed me the light by popping The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas into the family betamax and the rest is history.
	www.naughtysecretaryclub.com /whorehouse.htm (417 words)

	It's a really big show with a new sheriff in town
		Gary Sandy and the cast of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas opened their tour in Connecticut, headed to St. Louis and are due in Philadelphia next week before traveling to Indianapolis.
		The Swedish-born superstar, 59, is best known for her television and film roles, having been nominated for Academy Awards in Carnal Knowledge and Tommy.
		The actor is best known for his role of Andy Travis in WKRP in Cincinnati and for playing villains on soap operas.
	www.northeasttimes.com /2001/0228/bigshow.html (738 words)

	Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses.
		Following the Academy's practice, the films below are listed by release year: for example, the Oscar for "Best Supporting Actor in 1999" was announced during the award ceremony held in 2000.
		Charles Durning - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor (681 words)

	DVD Bits - Region 4 and Region 1 DVD news, reviews, resources, PC-DVD, hardware
		The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas occupies a space in the American cinema which is currently barren and - largely - forgotten, that of the musical comedy.
		Maybe I'm just a snotty little generation-Y twerp, and I am of the wrong generation to enjoy this kind of stuff - this film comes from the time when comedy didn't need to be dripping with irony, and postmodern self-referential dialogue, and for that, I should be grateful.
		"The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" is presented in 2.35:1, and is not anamorphically enhanced.
	www.dvdbits.com /reviews.asp?id=867 (1126 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: From Stage to Screen
		All throughout this Chicken ranch controversy, the Governor of Texas is nowhere to be found.
		The Best Little Whorehouse had a very bumpy transfer from stage to screen.
		So, the film is not one of the best transfers but, in most cases, it's all we got.
	www.geocities.com /gmwhelan/Moviemusicals/EdEarl/MissMona.htm (1014 words)

	Playbill Features: PLAYBILL ON-LINE'S BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Carol Hall
		Texas native Hall brought her own sense of the Lone Star State — the twang, the politics, the passions — to her rueful, satiric score, which told of hypocritical politicians with one foot in the famed, real-life Chicken Ranch brothel and the other on the steps of the church of their conservative constituency.
		Sexy, controversial, entertaining and bittersweet, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas — with Miss Mona the madam, the side-steppin' Governor, a muckraking TV reporter, and crusty Sheriff Ed Earl Dodge — is now a modern pop classic, a gen-u-wine crowd pleaser.
		In real life, this woman had come in, run the whorehouse in the county where it was legal, and they had actually sold stocks.
	www.playbill.com /features/article/76756.html (1347 words)

	The Pine Needle > Entertainment
		The Broadway hit, “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” will be at the GPAC Feb. 25 at 8 p.m.
		The whorehouse in La Grange, Texas, was called “The Chicken Ranch” by the locals and was known to the Internal Revenue Service as “Edna’s Ranch Boarding House.” Chicken Ranch served the La Grange community including some of the local politicians.
		Tickets to “The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” are available at the GPAC box office now until the day of the show.
	www.uncp.edu /pineneedle/entertainment/2004-05/021704_CL_whorehouse.htm (509 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas : Joseph Bowen : Theatre - Centerstage Chicago
		The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, first on Broadway in 1978, should be in that category, but the current revival at the Oriental Theatre misses the mark for one reason: the star in this star-vehicle.
		Way downstage, there's Ann-Margaret (in her stage debut), facing directly out to the audience at every opportunity, mangling her solo songs (and not just because of her throat infection, which we were informed about at intermission) by turning them into Las Vegas-style numbers, instead of the tuneful country songs they used to be.
		Based on the true story of the 1973 closing of the Chicken Ranch brothel run by Edna Milton, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas tells the story of Miss Mona (Ann-Margaret), whose Chicken Ranch is under fire by right-wing groups, led by television crusader Melvin P. Thorpe (Rob Donahoe) and an anything-to-get-re-elected Governor (Ed Dixon).
	centerstage.net /theatre/articles/bestlittle.html (524 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
		THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS was originally produced at the Actors' Studio, New York, on October 20, 1977.
		With all the glitz and cheesy showmanship of a bad Broadway musical, Melvin proclaims to his audience the surprising revelation that "Texas Has Whorehouse in It." He declares that this evil must be brought to an end and calls on the local sheriff to shut the Chicken Ranch down.
		Although the Governor of Texas is a master of "The Side Step," he can't silence the moral majority that Melvin P. Thorpe has galvanized into action, and is soon obliged to admit that the legendary Texas brothel must be shut down.
	www.theatrehistory.com /american/best_little_whorehouse_001.html (813 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: CHICKEN RANCH
		The "Chicken Ranch" in La Grange, Fayette County, made famous by the Broadway musical The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, was perhaps the oldest continuously running brothel in the nation.
		The rooms were simply built onto the main house in a haphazard fashion as needed, a style that continued until the closing of the place.
		The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin and the Texas State Historical Association.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/CC/ysc1.html (1830 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Even though it was based upon a true story, no other movie had even been made quite like it, on top of the fact that it has "Whore" in the title.
		It was later revealed that that particular scene put Burt in the hospital for a hernia.
		To promote the release of this movie, in '82, one of the networks ran a special entitled The Best Little Special in Texas.
	members.aol.com /Dragon5452/whorehouse.html (252 words)

	Archives 1998 \| R: PHX, S: FEATURES, D: 03/26/1998, B: >, A: >, (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As far-fetched as it sounds that an institution of higher education in the supposedly cosmopolitan and enlightened Commonwealth of Massachusetts would force its student drama club to cancel a well-known play merely because of the word whorehouse in the title, Heinstadt assured the Phoenix that this was precisely the case.
		His candor is perhaps the best indication that in these times -- when traditional American prudishness has been combined with the more recent phenomenon of "political correctness" -- censorship is as much a threat as it has ever been.
		One of the ironies of the Whorehouse controversy is that the play aroused no protest at Wheelock, where women make up more than 90 percent of the student body.
	www.bostonphoenix.com /archives/1998/documents/00521276.htm (1185 words)

	Theater review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		There's only one reason to exhume The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas,and her name is Ann-Margret.
		Whorehouse has to live on energy and charm because it only has one really good song — “Hard Candy Christmas” — and one memorable dance sequence.
		The dance number is centered around a football game and starts with a cheerleader routine where six blond-wigged dancers are centered between life-sized dollies with a well-placed pair of pink balloons front and back creating a chorus line of 18.
	www.enquirer.com /editions/2001/03/22/tem_theater_review.html (478 words)

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		No, the script was hilarious, and it was carried off to perfection by a cast that left the audience feeling it was a part of the play.
		It requires a stretch of the imagination to suggest that a whorehouse is a sanctuary from sexual abuse.
		“The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” isn’t meant to be social commentary, although it is based on an actual incident in La Grange, Texas.
	www.billingsnews.com /printStory?storyid=5067 (510 words)

	Talkin' Broadway Regional News & Reviews: San Francisco - "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas - 7/10/02
		The Chicken Ranch (so named because during the depression customers were allowed to pay with poultry) was founded in a little town in Texas in 1844 and it was forced to close down in the '70s by a Christian Right television communicator.
		One of the highlights is Randy Anger as the Governor singing the hilarious song “The Sidestep.” Amy L. Washburn is whimsical as Doatsy Mae the waitress.
		The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas plays through Saturday July 21 and tickets can be obtained by calling 925-798-1300 or by visiting www.willowstheatre.org.
	www.talkinbroadway.com /regional/sanfran/s223.html (696 words)

	THE BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE IN TEXAS
		Parton stars as Miss Mona, the sweet and sexy madam of the Chicken Ranch, a 100-year-old Texas institution.
		That is until a local TV personality, played with fervent gusto by DeLuise, decides to expose the small Texas secret as a means to further his own celebrity.
		Mona depends on the local sheriff, Ed Earl (Reynolds), her protector and lover, to handle the situation, but his infernal temper just adds fuel to the flame.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsB/f_best_little.html (242 words)

	Stagebrush Theatre's "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Whorehouse is a cute musical that centers on the shenanigans of The Chicken Ranch, a long-standing house of ill-repute that has been allowed to exist by local and state authorities as a matter of convenience.
		It is only when a local television reporter sets his sights on running the girls and their sexy mama figure, Mona, out of town that this tradition becomes a target, causing the hypocritical leaders to have to posture against their favorite hangout.
		It's a shame that the strength of Stagebrush's Whorehouse is in its quieter, more dramatic times.
	www.loonnews.com /mychele/aaro/best.html (645 words)

	The Daily University Star ONLINE Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" was first written in 1978 as a piece for Playboy by King, and then later adapted for the hit Broadway show with the help of Pete Masterson.
		"The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is a happy-go-lucky view of small-town vice and statewide political side-stepping.
		Hovis is best known for his role as Sgt. Carter on the television show "Hogan's Heroes." He was also part of the first national tour of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," as the character Melvin P. Thorpe.
	star.txstate.edu /95/10/12/Ent1.html (636 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas [1982]: Video (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		He wages a public battle to keep it open after it is targeted as the devil's den by a television minister.
		Charles Durning won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and there are some lively song and dance numbers featuring Dolly Parton as the madam of the Chicken Ranch.
		I love to dance a little sidestep”) to plead the case for the chicken ranch, and the Governor…… well, you’ll have to watch it and find out.
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004R661 (640 words)

	abc13.com: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
		A wink between the madam and law enforcement allowed the "Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" near La Grange to operate in violation of Texas law.
		The movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas portrayed the governor as avoiding the question of prostitution and side-stepping the issue.
		Well, she got married, played in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas on Broadway, and the last we heard, she moved to east Texas.
	abclocal.go.com /ktrk/story?section=stationinfo&id=3300910 (2706 words)

	The Best Missing Scenes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After the original theatrical release of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (and I'm sure, probably before), the movie itself fell victim to ruthless judicious editors.
		Also in Twenty Fans, during the version that airs on television, several of the scenes where you could make out a female backsides on the video were replaced with clips of couples dancing in their underwear.
		In the original version that ran on the network (I think it ran on ABC), the verse that was cut from Little Bitty Pissant Country Place was cut back in (and I wouldn't swear to it, but I think it also had the extra verse to The Aggie Song).
	members.aol.com /Dragon5452/bestcut.html (595 words)

	Print Version: The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas and Chess (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kicking off with the venerable Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Lyric brought Broadway star Sally Mayes to the Oklahoma City Civic Center main stage in the role of Miss Mona, the colorful proprietor of the well-known Chicken Ranch.
		The exception to this was the routine by the Texas A&M Aggie football team and their rousing rendition of The Aggie Song.
		In the end, Whorehouse proved to be a mixed bag of candy.
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	Kansas City's Starlight Theatre - The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Sommers toured the US and Canada as Matron Mama Morton in the smash Chicago (LA Ovation Award nomination) and on Broadway appeared in the Tony Award®-winning revival of Showboat and Ain't Misbehavin', in which she replaced Nell Carter.
		Avery is proudest of her autobiographical one-woman show, But Not For Me, produced at the Caldwell Theater in Boca Raton for which she won a Carbonelle Award as Best Actress in a Musical.
		Broadway: General Wetjoen in The Iceman Cometh, Senator Carlin in Gore Vidal's The Best Man, Thenardier in Les Miserables, Cardinal Richelieux in The Three Musketeers, The Baker in Cyrano and Ozzy in The Scarlet Pimpernel.
	www.kcstarlight.com /history/showArchives/2001shows/show_blwitCast.htm (737 words)

	'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' is coming to St. Louis' Fox Theatre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Originally opening off-Broadway in 1978, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" has since won two Tony awards and two Drama Desk awards.
		The production is based on the true story of Edna Milton and the closing of her Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas, in 1973.
		Tickets for "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" are on sale now and are available at the Fox Theatre box office and at all MetroTix locations, including area Famous-Barr stores, Streetside Records and select Schnucks video centers.
	www.siue.edu /ALESTLE/library/SPRING2001/feb20/whorehouse.html (254 words)

	The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Plot Outline: Town Sherif and regular patron, fights to keep a historical whorehouse open when a TV preacher targets it as the Devils playhouse.
		The Bates house was moved to a more permanent location when filming began on Psycho II (1983).
		Anyone who's a fan of musicals should see this, I've seen many a stage show as well, my one big regret is I never saw the play version of this.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0083642 (547 words)

	Hernando Today - Online Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Patrons of the theatre have clamored for this show since it's highly successful run several years ago, and this time it is chocked full of even more exciting dance numbers with a talented cast ready to entertain, according to Director Matthew McGee.
		More humorous than risqué, "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" is based on the true story of the l973 demise of a little Texas brothel known as the Chicken Ranch - so named because during the Depression customers were allowed to pay with poultry.
		The Chicken Ranch was probably the worst kept secret in Texas, and was frequently visited by nearby students from Texas A & M, legislators from Austin, and other high profile citizens until it closed several decades ago.
	www.hernandotoday.com /features/MGB65JG7JEE.html (831 words)

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