Playlist for Sunday, April 2, 2017: You're Never Fully Dressed Without Muck Boots

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, and I'm walking toward it. I must believe in Spring, but if that light turns out to be a neon no vacancy sign for The Bates Motel (and I have a suspicion it WILL), I am finding the largest comforter in the world and diving back under it. Spring, Spring, Spring wrote Johnny Mercer. Well, who would have pegged him for Mr. Sunshine?

But the grass looks a little greener, I'll give you that. I was out, picking up the 17,000 sticks dropped by my half-dead maples (thank you, Windstorm), and I noticed a clump of sod scrapped up by my snow plow "staff", picked it up to right it, and was immediately stung by some sort of THIS IS MY SOD, TOUCH IT NOT insect. Really? It's March and you're territorial? I guess it's within its buggy rights, as it has lasted (or was birthed) during March Hell '17, and deserves its little clump of muck. But man, a bug bite in Lent? If I believed in(stead of Spring) omens, this harbinger wouldn't harbor well! What's next? Ahhh, yes...a rain of locusts. (Do smart-ish phones have a forecast icon for that? No effing doubt.)

But shaking the blues (and bugs) away, I see clearly that (Tra La!) these 40-watt light bulb skies will soon bring April Showers and daffodils, and this Naughty Baby will Grow Up, Get a Bran' New Suit, Slap That Bass, and Sing!  So Long, Farewell...see you on Sunday, in SPRING!

P.S. Still in that Pledge Drive, folks! Give a little, give a lot....


That's Entertainment (Fred Astaire, Jack Buchanan, Nanette Fabray,
      Oscar Levant, The Bandwagon)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (John Cullum, On A Clear Day You Can
      See Forever)
Just In Time (Sydney Chaplin, Judy Holliday, Bells Are Ringing)
There Is Nothin' Like A Dame (Ensemble, South Pacific)
Prologue (Company, Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812)
Another Life (Kelli O'Hara, The Bridges Of Madison County)
Wondering (Steven Pasquale, The Bridges Of Madison County)
April Showers (Al Jolson, The Jolson Story)
Little April Shower (Ensemble, Bambi)
The Spring Of Next Year (Ensemble, Dear World)
Spring, Spring, Spring (Ensemble, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers)
Younger Than Springtime (William Taggert, South Pacific)
You Must Believe In Spring (Ann Hampton Callaway, Liz Callaway,
      Sibling Revelry)
Tra La La (Oscar Levant, Gene Kelly, An American In Paris)
I Got Rhythm (Max Von Essen, Brandon Uranowitz, Robert Fairchild,
      An American In Paris)
Naughty Baby (Jodi Benson, Harry Groener, Crazy For You)
Slap That Bass (Harry Groener, Crazy For You)
I Can Do That (Wayne Cilento, A Chorus Line)
Sing! (Renee Baughman, Don Percassi, A Chorus Line)
At The Ballet (Kelly Bishop, Nancy Lane, Kay Cole, A Chorus Line)
I Love Louisa (Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Oscar Levant, The Bandwagon)
By Myself (Fred Astaire, The Bandwagon)
Triplets (Fred Astaire, Nanette Fabray, Jack Buchanan, The Bandwagon)
Got A Bran' New Suit (Nanette Fabray, Fred Astaire, The Bandwagon)
Food, Glorious Food (Ensemble, Oliver!)
You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile (Ensemble, Annie)
I Won't Grow Up (Mary Martin, Lost Boys, Peter Pan)
When I Grow Up (Adrianna Bertola, Lauren Ward, Ensemble, Matilda)
Gary, Indiana (Eddie Hodges, The Music Man)
So Long, Farewell (Ensemble, The Sound Of Music)
Kids (Paul Lynde, Bye Bye Birdie)