Sorry toad.....I didn't say, nor do I think that he was not brilliant and talented. To me, Lil' Abner was not his greatest work but it was quite good to say the least. His personal views on the other hand left me cold but as these seem to have come toward the end of his life, perhaps his ill health at the time may have been a part of it. It's not what the thread is about anyway.
The musical on the other hand really does stink! No question about it. Ebbie as the CEO and founder of the NYCFTTS, I would check in again now, but I have this fear that the movie of the week is "Lil Abner."