The Continental (song)

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"The Continental" is a song written by Con Conrad with lyrics by Herb Magidson and was introduced by Ginger Rogers in the 1934 film The Gay Divorcee. "The Continental" won the first Academy Award for Best Original Song to be awarded. Major record hits at the time of introduction included Jolly Coburn and Leo Reisman.

[edit] Trivia

Allan Sherman performed "The Painless Dentist Song," a parody of the tune, "The Continental."

"The Continental" was used in a 1980's Television commercial in the UK for Herta Frankfurters.
The lyrics were altered -
"The continentals like their furters, and Herta's one they really like.
They like to grill them, it really thrills them, come on, take a bite.
Cold in the salad, or from the barbie, microwave them they're always out of sight.
For baked potatoes, just heat them, they're really wild with rice.
They make a feature on a pizza, make hot dogs very nice..."

[edit] External links

• The Gay Divorcee at the Internet Movie Database

Awards
Preceded by None	Academy Award for Best Original Song 1934	Succeeded by "Lullaby of Broadway" from Gold Diggers of 1935