Show Synopsis:
Professor Fodorski immigrates to America from Hungary and finds that all his college students care about is football. He manages to pique their interest in engineering by relating it to the mechanics of football, turning the shy student Bricker into star player. Bricker's girlfriend Susan and the college dean Elizabeth Hawkes-Bullock, who believe she may love Professor Fodorski, get Bricker kicked off the team so that he will see Susan once in awhile and the team will start to lose, causing college life to return to normal. The football team succeeds in the end thanks to Professor Fodorski.
Character:
Professor Fodorski, a middle aged Hungarian professor with good intentions; longs to understand America and be a part of it; wants to be liked by his students.
Elizabeth Hawkes-Bullock, a middle aged female dean trying to run a successful educational institution; enjoys rules and order.
Fun Facts:
1. This musical was based on Robert Lewis Taylor's novel Professor Fodorski.
2. This song has become an American standard, recorded by the likes of Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, and other illustrious vocalists.
"Once upon a time a girl with moonlight in her eyes
Put her hand in mine and said she loved me so,
But that was once upon a time, very long ago.
Once upon a time we sat beneath a willow tree,
Counting all the stars and waiting for the dawn
But that was once upon a time, now the tree is gone.
How the breeze ruffled up her hair,
How we always laughed as though tomorrow wasn't there.
We were young and didn't have a care.
Where did it go?
Once upon a time the world was sweeter than we knew.
Everything was ours, how happy we were then
But somehow once upon a time never comes again."