Eliza Doolittle
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Sep 25, 2026
Herman PoppleberryHOST
1964.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
She's 34, playing Eliza Doolittle, who's meant to be about 21, and she can't sing the part.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
She was dubbed.
Herman PoppleberryHOST
Dubbed by Marnie Nixon.
Ryan AndersonGUEST
There was...
Ryan AndersonGUEST
The very first chatbot was developed by this guy, Joseph Weizenbaum at MIT, and he called it Eliza.
Ryan AndersonGUEST
He named it after Eliza Doolittle from My Fair Lady.
Ryan AndersonGUEST
Well, if you go Google Eliza effect, it's the, whatever this is now, 60-year study of how people can form unhealthy, um, personal connections with any technology we anthropomorphize.
Ryan AndersonGUEST
So the person I mentioned previously, Connie Hadley at University of Boston, she and, um, or Boston University, she and her colleague Sarah Wright, wrote a piece for HBR, I think last month, saying to CEOs, "Your employees are relying on AI for personal needs, and it's really risky.
Ryan AndersonGUEST
Not just to them, but to your organization, to the health of your culture, to the health of your workforce." And so I think, Fran, my, my rambling is meant to point that there's quite an opportunity to get people who are in the midst of the adoption of agentic AI as a team to get into a space to help them to connect, to align on their goals, to help them discern the quality of the work coming out, to make real time adjustments, but also just to make sure that they're in good standing and relationship with each other.
GraceHOST
Yes, I did.
GraceHOST
Eliza Doolittle is a common London girl with an outrageous Cockney accent.
GraceHOST
When she's overheard one day by the linguistics professor, Henry Higgins, her way of speaking fascinates him, and he states that he could teach someone like her to change her voice so effectively that she could believably pass as nobility.
GraceHOST
The next day, Eliza, wanting to raise her station, seeks the professor out and requests lessons, which are thoughtfully paid for by Colonel Pickering.
GraceHOST
From 1964, this is My Fair Lady.
ScottHOST
Yeah, so this is based on the 1956 stage musical of the same name by Lerner and Lowe, which in turn is based on the 1912 George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion.
ScottHOST
Rex Harrison reprised his role from the stage as Henry Higgins, but Julie Andrews, who performed as Eliza Doolittle on Broadway and was nominated for a Tony Award, was replaced by Audrey Hepburn, who was a bigger name, though her vocals changed.
ScottHOST
needed to be dubbed by marnie nixon it was the most expensive american film ever made at that point costing 17 million dollars or an approximate 180 million dollars in today's money But it was a massive hit and made $72 million at the box office.
Robert BannonHOST
Thank you.
Robert BannonHOST
So for you both, Lauren, you're not singing Eliza Doolittle in this.
Robert BannonHOST
You're not.
Robert BannonHOST
There's still time.
Erin MartinGUEST
because he had this very profound and significant relationship with his model and muse, this young woman called Ada Alice Pullen.
Erin MartinGUEST
And Ada was like from New Cross, Southeast London, working class Cockney, thick accent, the whole, she was, you know, your Eliza Doolittle.
Erin MartinGUEST
And they had this real spark of connection.
Erin MartinGUEST
And he kind of plucked her out of obscurity and made her like the face, the image of his most famous works of art.
Erin MartinGUEST
Yeah, thank goodness.
Erin MartinGUEST
That was a lot of the research.
Erin MartinGUEST
I leaned heavily, heavily into like primary source documents because I was like, look, if you're going to write Eliza Doolittle dialogue as an American, my God, you can get it so wrong so quickly.
JimHOST
I'm sure.
Michael McLarenHOST
The two stars of the show will join us straight after the break.
Michael McLarenHOST
Well, of course, My Fair Lady is the story of Eliza Doolittle and her transformation from, well, ugly duckling to beautiful swan.
Michael McLarenHOST
I think I described it the other day as moth to butterfly.
Michael McLarenHOST
You can call it whatever you like.
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Michael McLarenHOST
Few are admired and celebrated as much as she is.
Michael McLarenHOST
And, you know, she's given life to so many numerous characters over a celebrated career that's brought so much joy to so many generations.
Michael McLarenHOST
And in many ways, so much of her success actually started when she took the role of Eliza Doolittle.
Michael McLarenHOST
in a Broadway production of this very musical back in 1956.
Michael McLarenHOST
And, you know, she's given life to so many numerous characters over a celebrated career that's brought so much joy to so many generations.
Michael McLarenHOST
And in many ways, so much of her success actually started when she took the role of Eliza Doolittle.
Michael McLarenHOST
in a Broadway production of this very musical back in 1956.
Michael McLarenHOST
Well, the good news is today's production here at the Opera House is a lavish affair, and it's actually based on the 2016 Australian production directed by Dame Julie.
Michael McLarenHOST
I bet it was.
Michael McLarenHOST
This year, as we said to Mark, 70 years.
Michael McLarenHOST
It sounds ridiculous, doesn't it, since you brought Eliza Doolittle to life on Broadway.
Michael McLarenHOST
But seven decades on, the story still resounds.
Michael McLarenHOST
Well, of course, My Fair Lady is the story of Eliza Doolittle and her transformation from, well, ugly duckling to beautiful swan.
Michael McLarenHOST
I think I described it the other day as moth to butterfly.
Michael McLarenHOST
You can call it whatever you like.
Brayden ShawHOST
Cause she's obviously British, but like she did a lot of theater.
Brayden ShawHOST
originated the role of Eliza Doolittle in My Fair Lady.
Brayden ShawHOST
And Warner Brothers, when they're about to make the adaptation, which eventually stars Audrey Hepburn and is a big production, Oscar play, all that, Jack Warner, the head of Warner Brothers, was like, I don't want to put Julie Andrews in there because she's not box office and we don't know her and she's not a big enough name.
Brayden ShawHOST
And so I was reading, I think when she accepted the Golden Globe for Sound of Music, she's like, thank you to Mr. Jack Warner for making this whole podcast.
TriciaHOST
... um-
PaddyHOST
Eliza, as he-
TriciaHOST
... pyromaniac.
PaddyHOST
[laughs]
TriciaHOST
I- Eliza Dolittle.
PaddyHOST
Yeah, as he refers to her quite a bit.
PaddyHOST
Uh-
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