Bye Bye Birdie (1995)

In 1995 ABC presented a telemovie version of the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie produced by RHI Entertainment It starred Seinfelds Jason Alexander and Vanessa Williams of Desperate Housewives While this version remained mostly faithful to the original musical Michael Stewart remains the only credited author of this version several songs were added and rearranged and dialogue was slightly rewritten to smoothly facilitate the musical changes The musical revolves around an Elvis Presleytype rocker whos about to join the Army To mark the occasion his managers secretary arranges for him to kiss a random fan goodbye on The Ed Sullivan Show Bye Bye Birdie earned four Tony awards in 1961 including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for its original star Dick Van Dyke In addition to Alexander and Williams ABCs production starred Tyne Daly George Wendt Chynna Phillips and Mark Kudisch