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  1. I just saw the movie "Neptune's Daughter" the other night. It is the movie where "Baby It's Cold Outside" was first heard. It's actually kind of amusing as the scene takes place in Southern Cailfornia in mid-summer. It was first sung in the movie by Ricardo Montalban and Esther Williams in a scene where she is trying to convince him to leave her sister alone. She wants to leave; he wants her to stay. When they finish there is an immediate cut-away to Red Skelton and Betty Garret (playing Esther's sister) singing the song. He wants to leave; she wants him to stay. It's a hilarious juxtaposition of the roles. The movie was released in 1949 and that same year Johnny Mercer and Margaret Whiting released the first recording of the song to be played on the radio. Zillions of performers have done it, including Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone during the end credits of "Elf". She also sings it with Will Ferrel in the movie while she's in the shower. Funny scene. She doesn't know he's there. But, I think JM/MW version is the best. My two cents.
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