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Sean Coyle presents a mix of music to accompany listeners' dedications and requests.

Sean Coyle: "Mimsey, open the door!"

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Walter Matthau

"Mimsey, open the door!"

BBC Radio Foyle - Sean Coyle, "Mimsey, open the door!"

Sean struggles to remember the name of the actor who said, "Mimsey, open the door!" 

Sean needs help remembering the name of the Hollywood actor, and co-star of Jack Lemmon, who said, "Mimsey, open the door!" 

Sean tells the story of a favourite scene in The Plaza Suite, but cannot remember the name of the actor.

"There's a bride-to-be," Sean says, "and she won't come out. She's to get married downstairs, and they're trying to coax her out to go and get married downstairs, and everybody's waiting. And it's so funny. And he's shouting at the door. He's trying everything."

Sean cannot remember his name: "What do you call him? It's not Steve Martin... it's the other boy... I'd be no good on The Chase. I'd say to Bradley Walsh, no, you know, the other boy..."

Sean remembers that the actor was in The Odd Couple. 

"Think! He's a great character actor... He's got a big nose..." 

Listeners suggest Alan Alda, and Steve Martin, which are wrong, and then a listener, Terry the garage door man, guesses Walter Matthau, which is correct.

"So she won't come out," Sean says, "It's costing a fortune. 'Mimsey, come out,' he says, 'You gotta open the door. Mimsey, I'm going to break the door down! I'm warning you Mimsey, stand back!' And his wife says, 'Where are we going to get the money to pay for the door? We've got to pay for the reception and now we have to pay for a door?' And Walter Matthau takes a run at it: 'Here I come,' he says. And nothing happens. The door is fine. And Walter Matthau says, 'Mimsey, your father has broken his arm! Are you happy Mimsey?' Great film."

With music from Dave Edmunds, Andy Williams, The Mavericks, Merle Haggard, and more. 


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