Half a Sixpence Half a Sixpence Half a Sixpence is a musical comedy based on the 1905 novel "Kipps" by H. G. Wells, with music and lyrics by David Heneker and book by Beverley Cross. It was written as a vehicle for British pop star Tommy Steele. The show is based on H.G. Wells's novel "Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul". Steele played Arthur Kipps, an orphan who unexpectedly inherits a fortune, and climbs the social ladder before losing everything and realizing that you just can't buy happiness. David Heneker (who had also worked on "Irma La Douce" and "Charlie Girl") wrote
A Milhouse Divided outfit. A big name singer was originally sought to sing "Can I Borrow a Feeling?" over the end credits. The writers wanted Sheryl Crow, but she declined and the concept was later dropped. In its original broadcast, "A Milhouse Divided" finished tied for 50th in the weekly ratings for the week of November 25 – December 1, 1996, with a Nielsen rating of 8.3 and was viewed in 8 million homes. It was the fourth-highest-rated show on the Fox Network that week. Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better