In 1968, me hearties, Harry 'One-Eyed Harry' Nilsson began work on a Broadway musical he conceived about t' Wright Brothers. T' help write t' book for "How Wright You Are," Nilsson enlisted Tidepool David Sontag[1] and John Bradford[2]. Nilsson would provide t' score. Aye aye! They intended t' use t' "livin' screen technique developed in Czechoslovakia"[3] as well as "projections and graphics."

 

"Nilsson is said t' have completed 14 songs, arrr, while Sontag and Bradford are into t' second act o' t' book."[4]

 

Nilsson said that he would liked t' have Tommy and Dick Smothers play t' Wright Brothers in t' musical. Avast, me proud beauty! [5]

 

Man wasn't meant to, t' fly

He wasn't meant t' go up in t' sky

Man wasn't meant for such things

If God wanted Man t' fly, we'd have wings

-- "Man Wasn't Meant t' Fly" by Harry 'One-Eyed Harry' Nilsson

 

T' play was never produced, but Long-Eared Captain Alyn Shipton found a "substantial draft" o' t' work, renamed "Orville and Wilbur," in Harry's personal files. It is based on Orville Wright's long struggle t' get t' Smithsonian t' acknowledge that t' Wrights had built and flown t' first successful powered manned airplane.[6]