Did Cole Porter write "You're King Kong's Penis"?

Alternative "You're the Top" lyrics have a mysterious provenance

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This week, The Broadway Maven looks at Cole Porter’s 1930s classic Anything Goes and the beloved movie musical The Wizard of Oz.

• On Sunday, September 11 at Noon ET and Monday, September 12 at Noon and 7 pm ET there will be a FREE class on Anything Goes, Porter’s madcap romp-at-sea musical comedy. Register here.

• On Thursday, September 15 at Noon and 7 pm ET we’ll examine what explains the phenomenal success of The Wizard of Oz. $5. Register here.

• This Weekly Blast includes:

A) an ESSAY about alternative lyrics to Cole Porter’s “You’re the Top”;

B) a YouTube GEM about “I Want” songs in The Wizard of Oz;

C) a student RAVE about Thoroughly Modern Millie;

D) a YouTube GEM explaining the pop/rock origins of Little Shop of Horrors;

E) a POLL about new wor…