In Episode 152 of Adapt or Perish, we’re looking at the story that started life as the 1937 play Parfumerie, but became better known to audiences as The Shop Around the Corner, You’ve Got Mail, and more!

In this episode, we discuss:

• Parfumerie, the 1937 play by Miklós László
• The Shop Around the Corner, the 1940 movie directed by Ernst Lubitsch, written by Samson Raphaelson, and starring Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Felix Bressart, and Frank Morgan
• In the Good Old Summertime, the 1949 movie directed by Robert Z. Leonard, written by Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich, Ivan Tors, and Samson Raphaelson, and starring Judy Garland, Van Johnson, S.Z. “Cuddles” Sakall, and Buster Keaton
• She Loves Me, the 1963 musical, book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
• You’ve Got Mail, the 1998 movie directed by Nora Ephron, written by Ephron and Delia Ephron, and starring Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, and Jean Stapleton

Footnotes:

• Barbara Cook’s “Vanilla Ice Cream”
• Julie Andrews singing “Dear Friend” and “He Loves Me”
• Elwood Edwards, the voice of AOL
• The Baxter (2005)

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