"get beneath the roots": New York Post, August 11, 2009.

[>] "too much pride," "Four home runs": Playboy, November 1970.

Lucille was the offspring: 1920 and 1930 U.S. Census.

"didn't understand one another": NYT, March 4, 1973.

"Be careful, don't trust": Playboy, November 1970.

[>] "in terror of conflict": San Francisco Chronicle, October 26, 1987.

"Mr. and Mrs. Captain Marvel": Playboy, November 1970.

"You won't ever have": Esquire, September 22, 2009.

"done out of love": Time, September 7, 1970.

"fat a.s.s": Playboy, November 1970.

"creations of Hollywood": Life, December 12, 1969.

[>] "looking to buy a kid": Playboy, November 1970.

"very withdrawn": Interview with Elliott Gould at www.aish.com.

"parenthesis-shaped legs": New York magazine, December 31, 1979.

"Fix up his diction," "Whoever got any": Time, September 7, 1970.

"Mary had a little lamb": Playboy, November 1970.

[>] "has-been": Time, September 7, 1970.

[>] "got sick on the bus": Playboy, November 1970.

"Telegram for Bill Callahan!": Playboy, November 1970.

high-waisted dancer's pants: Playboy, November 1970.

[>] "From the Deli Lama": Esquire, September 22, 2009.

[>] "ferocity," "scared of women": Village Voice, September 8, 1987. Although in various interviews, Gould sometimes implied he had lost his virginity earlier, in a proposal for an autobiography that made the rounds of New York publishers, he claimed he had "surrendered" his virginity to Streisand in Philadelphia. See Spada, Streisand: Her Life.

"terribly green": Playboy, November 1970.

[>] "I bat from just one": NYT, March 4, 1973.

"trying to become a man": Spada, Streisand: Her Life.

the man didn't "necessarily": Playboy, October 1977.

[>] the first commandment: Laurents, Original Story By.

"sweeten" and "explain": Stephen Sondheim to Roddy McDowall, March 5, 1962, McDowall Collection, Boston University.

"approach New York with": Philadelphia Inquirer, February 18, 1962.

[>] "persevered ... despite the usual": Bedford Gazette, February 16, 1962.

"were sprayed with sweat": Laurents, Original Story By.

[>] "stage newcomer": Boston Globe, February 18, 1962.

"a.s.sertive young woman": Riese, Her Name Is Barbra.

[>] "generally entertaining": Boston Herald, February 28, 1962.

"What, indeed, are they doing": Boston Globe, February 28, 1962.

"the piece of blubber": Laurents, Original Story By.

[>] "Barbra is striking": "My Life with Barbra," unpublished ma.n.u.script by Donald G. Softness, courtesy Softness.

"by the name of Barbara": Pittsburgh Press, Radio-TV Editor supplement, January 8, 1962.

[>] "Who does that girl": Kissel, David Merrick: The Abominable Showman.

Sam Zolotow had announced: NYT, December 4, 1961.

[>] "a likeable newcomer": NYT, March 23, 1962.

"give affection or admiration": New York Daily News, March 23, 1962.

"How to Almost Succeed": New York Journal-American, March 23, 1962.

[>] "something of a find": Wall Street Journal, March 26, 1962.

[>] "like a little orphan": Life, May 22, 1964.

9. Spring 1962