The film abandoned the ""put-on-a-show"" mentality of so many other backstage song/dance films.Its songs and wonderful performances are carefully and naturally integrated into the story of the close-knit family""s day-to-day life, and serve o advance the action and plot from one season to the next.Franklin opted not to carry out his orders on the baby chimp, and gave the choice to Will.Will brought the chimp home and began raising him in his house.Will""s father Charles Rodman (John Lithgow), a former "beloved music teacher" in SF, was suffering from Alzheimer""s Disease, and required daily home health-care aid from Nurse Irena (Chelah Horsdal).But according to other US and Soviet government reports, nothing happened of "what you are about to see.He saw a clown in full face make-up - with a yellow wig, red bulbous nose, and complete costume, as tinkling wind-chimes were softly heard in the background.Fats: You left enough.Eddie can""t help but admire the skill with which Fats dispatches shot after shot:He is great! Geez, that old Fat Man.