THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF SPITBALLS

THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF SPITBALLS

LAKE FOREST, Calif. (Wireless Flash) -- "The Sound Of Music" will air this Sunday (Dec. 17) on NBC but folks involved with the movie remember it more as the "sound of spitballs." According to "Sound Of Music" historian Julia Hirsch, the kiddie actors who played the younger members of the singing Von Trapp family were almost thrown out of their Austrian hotel for throwing spitballs at fellow guests. Hirsch also says that during the making of the film, the hills were alive with the sound of the cast and crew running into the woods to tinkle because there were no PortaPotties on Maria's mountain. And here's a little-known fact: actor Christopher Plummer used to stay up all night drinking champagne with the actresses who played nuns.