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Song lyrics to Play a Simple Melody (1914) by Irving Berlin

Play a Simple Melody [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Play a Simple Melody (1914) by Irving Berlin

Play a Simple Melody is a song from the 1914 musical, Watch Your Step, words and music by Irving Berlin. The show was the first stage musical that Berlin wrote. The one song from it that is well-remembered today is Play a Simple Melody, one of the few true examples of counterpoint in American popular music. It’s a melody running against a second melody, each with independent lyrics.

Play a Simple Melody [song lyrics]

That’s the Man for Me [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to That’s the Man for Me, sung by The Taylor Maids on The Red Skelton Show episode, Smokeless Sunday That’s the man for meI’d like to find a guyWith love light in his… That’s the Man for Me [song lyrics]

Up A Lazy River [song lyrics]

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Song lyrics to Up A Lazy River (1930), by Hoagy Carmichael and Sidney Arodin

Up a lazy river by the old mill run
Lazy, lazy river in the noon day sun
Linger awhile in the shade of the tree
Throw away your troubles, dream a dream of me

Up A Lazy River [song lyrics]

Predictions for the series finale of Gravity Falls

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Since the series finale of Gravity Falls is about to air, I wanted to post my predictions:

Predictions for the series finale of Gravity Falls

Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  is considered by many Abbott and Costello fans to be one of their worst efforts.   Although it has many very funny moments, it can be safely said that… Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Whistling in the Dark

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Whistling in the Dark  (1941) starring Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Eve Arden, Rags Ragland

 Whistling in the Dark was  Red Skelton‘s first starring role. It gave him the opportunity to strut his comedic muscles.   The movie begins with the meeting an odd cult, Silver Haven.  “We part in radiant contentment,” is their recurring phrase.  Silver Haven is quickly revealed as a  scheme to bilk gullible people out of their money.

Whistling in the Dark

The Yellow Cab Man [Red Skelton]

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The Yellow Cab Man (1950) starring Red Skelton, Gloria DeHaven, Walter Slezak

 The Yellow Cab Man begins with a very funny title sequence. The accident-prone “Red” Pirdy, portrayed by Red Skelton, falls down stairs and ends up in the hospital. He confides to the audience, “You know this is the best cast I’ve ever been in”. With the various cast members having “signed” his cast.   The film proper begins with character actor Charles Lane, an agent for an insurance company, turning Red down for insurance …. Since he’s accident prone.

The Yellow Cab Man [Red Skelton]
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