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“Bathtubs Over Broadway” Trailer

Co-written and directed by Dava Whisenant, Bathtubs Over Broadway follows a late-night comedy writer, Steve Young, who wrote for David Letterman. He stumbled on a fantastic, crazy, and hilarious hidden world of entertainment. He locates some oddball and old musical records about various commercial products. Created only for businesses and their employees or peripheral connections.  Each album featured professionally produced numbers and songs while strangely and esoterically focusing on their corporate brands. 

Watch the trailer and view talented people promoting the glories of anything and everything: cars, toilets, tractors, and refrigerators. The secret productions of industrial musicals are now known thanks to Young.

Screenwriters Ozzy Inguanzo and Dava Whisenant documented Young’s determination to locate more of these rare records and the people involved with them.  It sounds like an interesting subject focusing on the creative talent behind these bits of musical history. The movie won several awards on the film festival circuit. The most notable is Tribeca Film Festival Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award. The movie includes interviews with David Letterman, Martin Short, Chita Rivera, Martin Short, and Jello Biafra.