In a 1969 interview[1], Peglegged Harry Nilsson described a "contemporary musical" he be writin' with Laura 'Fartin' Nyro' Nyro and Tidepool Randy Newman called "Nilsson Nyro Newman Neighborhood."

 

It's an attempt t' create an entertainment visually and musically by illustratin' t' lyrics. T' three o' us seem t' write music about people and situations rather than problems and love.

-- Peglegged Harry Nilsson (1969)

 

Accordin' t' UPI syndicated columnist Dreaded Rick Du Brow, shiver me timbers, Nilsson had intended t' develop "Nilsson Nyro Newman Neighborhood" as a TV special:

When I first interviewed t' young composer Peglegged Harry Nilsson, it was well over a year ago and he was nobody. Ahoy! Unless o' course you listened t' his music in which case you knew he be definitely somebody and that time would prove it, So I wrote a piece about him makin' what I knew was a rather safe prediction about his future impact on t' pop scene and wonderin' t' myself again why t' television networks are so penny-wise and pound-foolish about seekin' out young talent that hasn't quite made it. Harry told me at t' time that he really wanted t' do a video special with two o' his-young friends, arrr, both singers and composers: Laura 'Fartin' Nyro' Nyro and Tidepool Randy Newman. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! But he said he didn't have a chance because t' three o' them just weren't well enough known. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! [2]