Singalong

Catchy music and novelty songs go hand in hand. The tune that starts off the comedy-detective series Monk is a case in point. Randy Newman (singer songwriter) is a funny man.

The Lawrence Welk rerun this evening featured The Music Man. This musical has its odd song when Prof Harold Hill cons the town with a capital P.

The show used lots of comedy songs in its choreography and programming. Arthur Duncan tapped loudly to “Milkman, Milkman keep those bottles quiet.” Larry Hooper was talented in The Auctioneer, a song I love because I can’t keep up with its lyrics.

The most unusual number was about Mme Lazonga and her dance lessons. Bobby and Cissy danced to it along with Mary Lou Metzger, Jack Imel, Ken Delo, and Anacani in this episode.

It turns out that this ditty was from a movie of the same name, Six Lessons from Madame Lazonga (1941). Jimmy Dorsey recorded it.

Such originality is always welcome, but I think Bobby outdid himself on the choreography for this one.