A slice of (Mystery) Fruitcake

 Carol Channing a'twinkle!

Not playing Carol on Sunday, but hadda add her to our

rogue's gallery of holiday favorites.

 Stan Freberg will be on hand 

with Daws ("I Ain't Too Sure About Toledo") Butler for

"Christmas Dragnet".

 His Green Christmas album was released in 1958.

Stan is usually credited as being the first person to introduce humor into television advertising,

and for a fun read, try his autobiography, 

It Only Hurts When I Laugh. 

  More interesting trivia:
Daws voiced several cartoon characters back in the 60s,

like Huckleberry Hound and Yogi Bear!

 This is surprising!

Mrs. Claus smokes and plays cards...what a Dame.

Dame Angela Lansbury, that is.

Above pic is from her portrayal as Santa's dame

in a TV musical called Mrs. Santa Claus, made back in 1996. 

Tho I don't hold high hopes for this, I should really check out the score, 

because it's by Jerry Herman!

(Costumes: Bob Mackie)

We'll hear this Dame in Mame (another Herman "Spectac-a-lah")

on Sunday with

"We Need A Little Christmas".

 Forever Plaid did a Plaid Tidings version with Faith Prince,

from which we'll hear our share of holiday goodies.

(Disclaimer: Above Plaid-ettes are NOT the originals!

There are a lot of Plaids out there and this seems to be a 

faux-tartan group.

Nonetheless, huzzah to Leo Daignault, David Brannen, Jason Heil and Michael Winther in this 2010 production!)

 Gotta have some Christmas Hollywood, too;

 we'll sample several Irving Berlin classics from White Christmas,

and there they are, above in that iconic "nice grouping"...

 Rosemary, Danny, Bing, and Vera.

And I love the "Sisters" paper doll set below!

(Santa, pls deliver!)

 And then of course the staged version of White Christmas,

which starred Brian d'Arcy James and Jeffrey Denman when it 

played Broadway.

The photo above is from a touring company,

and I have no idea whose smiles and RED garb are gracing us here! 

 The most obnoxious song of this edition of 2 On The Aisle

simply has to be "Turkey Lurkey"

from Promises Promises.

Above, Jerry Orbach (top center), who starred in the original production,

and below the frenetic "Turkey" dance

(whew!)

with Donna McKechnie front and center, in red.

 Nope, Miss Shirley never did Broadway,

but I'm a Shirley nut,

so she gets a couple of pics in this Christmas Pudding.

Look at that dress!

What 6 year old wouldn't drool for that?
(Hey, I'm 64 and I'M DROOLING!)

Merry Merry, y'all!