Richard Kind
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One night, Theodore Bickell was in the restaurant.
I wanted to impress him so much.
So I wanted to sing There Is Nothing Like a Dame, which goes up to a high C, I think, or a G, let's say.
A G. It goes up to a high G, which was a note at the time that I could reach.
So we had a replacement pianist that night.
The guy who usually played it for me was not there.
So he goes, what key do you sing it in?
And he goes, well, maybe it's C and C. And as I'm singing it, I'm going, this doesn't feel right.
So that by the time I go, like that, and I hit the wrong note, it was horrible.
And the whole restaurant stopped.
I did not impress Theodore Bacall.
I ran back to the kitchen and the chef, who was a lovely guy,
And he was French.
He goes, oh, Richie, that did not sound good.
God, no, I'd starve.
Listen, Terry, I sing, but I'm not a singer.
And that I could do Sondheim, I can hit notes, but I can't harmonize.
And I'm not a singer.