The title role of the film was played by Alan Young, who seemed to have a thing for barnyard epics, going on to star with Mr. Ed the horse on television.
The above commentary, I know, is not much of a endorsement for the soundtrack record, which is the subject of this post. Nonetheless, this is a sought-after disk, perhaps because it's rare and has a funny name to boot. Or maybe because of the melodious score, which came from the prolific team of Livingston and Evans. Although the score doesn't contain any tremendous hits, Shore and Merrill sing the tunes quite nicely and Alan Young is more than tolerable.
As the cover states, the record features the original cast - but the songs aren't directly from the soundtrack. RCA seems to have remade the score in its studios using label stalwarts Henri Rene and Hugo Winterhalter for orchestral backing.
