NORTON: (As Rex) A rancid applecore, two worm - eaten banana peels, a moldy rice cake, a dried up pickle, a tin of sardine bones, a pile of broken egg shells, an old smushed - up rotten gizzard with maggots all over it.
There are some fleeting moments of inspiration — the music by Rob Simonsen is a master class in sudsy melodrama, and Nixon turns in a great performance — but «The Only Living Boy in New York» is rotten to its Big Applecore.