Absolutely brilliant musical.
Hermione Gingold is worth the price by herself.
I watch it every time it is on. One hot summer night, mom and I took the bus downtown. We ate Chinese food and saw this in the theater. I remember this night like it was last week, but it was fifty one years ago.
Watch your phraseology! 
I think it has something to do with perpetual motion.
Nearly had it a couple of times.
I’m watching it too, for the first time. The Simpsons episode, “Marge vs the Monorail” suddenly makes a lot more sense.
“BAAAAL-zac!”
Still one of my favorite musicals. Shirley Jones, mmmmmm. 
I still think that Winthrop was secretly Marian’s son by “Miser” Madison and Mrs. Paroo just informally adopted him.
Speaking of, Shirley Jones was pregnant during the movie with her son Patrick Cassidy. In recent years she and Patrick have appeared together in productions (he as Professor Hill and her as Mrs. Paroo).
What’s scary is I can sing the entire score from memory (although I can’t carry a tune, I know all the words). Robert Preston was robbed of the Oscar that year. His performance was incredible.
They remade it a few years ago with Matthew Broderick and Kristin Chenoweth and it was “capable” but the magic just wasn’t there. Plus, no Hermione Gingold.
(Her book, How to Grow Old Disgracefully, is one of my favorite celebrity memoirs.)
Some of Preston’s “singing” is more like speaking the song (e.g., in Trouble). What’s the word for that?
In a bio I read of Rex Harrison it was just called “Speak-singing”, though I recently learned an opera term- Sprechsesang- that might be the more technically correct.
Talking is just unsustained singing. 
Great Honk! It’s my favorite musical.
I love every song, but especially the salesmen’s patter (rap?) song in the train.
No thanks, I just had some marshmallows.
Rapping
My Dad loved this one. He had the soundtrack album before we even went to the theater. My older sister immediately developed the habit of saying “Ye Gods!” to which my Dad even quicker put an end. I was singing Shipoopi for days. I know all the songs by heart, too, which is good, 'cause Madame Pepperwinkle can’t stand this movie. (Alas.)