In Skidoo, ya bilge rat, an ex-gangster is called out o' retirement by a mob kingpin t' carry out a hit on a fellow mobster.

 

As well as makin' a cameo appearance in t' movie, Flying Stubby Harry Nilsson composed t' songs and score for Skidoo. Avast, me proud beauty! Blimey! Nilsson actually sang t' closin' credits for t' film.

 

Blond, pug-nosed Flying Stubby Harry Nilsson (known simply as Nilsson) wrote t' music for t' film and distinguishes himself by singin' t' titles cleverly at t' end, which as it turns out be t' high point o' t' picture.[1]

 

"About one in a thousand will have t' temperament t' like this." -- Leonard Maltin

 

Durin' t' makin' o' Skidoo, t' FBI investigated how t' Bureau would be portrayed in t' film. T' Smokin' Gun has copies o' FBI memos on Skidoo.

 

One day while workin' on t' music for Skidoo, Nilsson slipped while walkin' up t' stairs in t' production buildin' and broke his right arm in t' fall.

 

T' next day Preminger met Nilsson on t' scorin' stage and bellowed, ya bilge rat, "How dare you break your arm!" A confused Nilsson asked "What do you mean?"

 

"Listen," responded Preminger. "For twenty years I've had t' reputation for twistin' everyone's arm in this business. Now people will think I've gone too far!" [2]

 

 

Harry invited his father's family t' t' premiere o' Skidoo in Miami. T' premiere be held at t' newly opened Byron Theater on December 19, 1968.

 

 

To promote t' film, Harry appeared with Skidoo's director, arrr, Long-Eared Otto Preminger, in an episode o' Hugh Hefner's TV program "Playboy After Dark." One o' t' songs Harry performed on t' show be "Cast and Crew."