Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Playlist For Sunday, May 1, 2022: Ode To Morse

Things NOT to celebrate:

1.) Waking up to snow in April (and possibly May)

2.) Taxes (and death)

6.) Unripe avocados

112.) Robert Morse splitting this realm

z.) Ben & Jerry STILL haven't brought back Wavy Gravy! 

 


Things TO celebrate:

1.) Waking up at all

2.) Patience (to wait for the avocados to "come around")

d.) Movies, songs, and videos of Robert Morse, gap-toothed and impish grinned, to fill the void.

 XIII.) Broadway (you knew I was going to say that, right?)

C.) Jazz 90.1's Spring Pledge ends successfully??? 


So that last item isn't quite a done deal yet, but all appendages are crossed that by this coming Friday (4/29/22), Jazz 90.1 will have enough moola to make it/shake it/bake it for another 6 months. So that we can keep the music wafting your way!

But yeah. Snow, avocados that could sub in for cannon balls, taxes (and death)...whatcha gonna do? It's life, right? All we can hope for is HOPE and resilience and (You Gotta Have) Heart...which reminds me, one of our themes for this edition of 2 On The Aisle is the music of Lorenz Hart, whose birthday is May 2nd. Plus Carol Burnett turned 89 on April 26th, so we get to celebrate THAT. See, it ain't all doom and gloom! There's figurative birthday cake in our future.

 

Although we can definitely be mopey about Robert Morse. What a zippy guy. Always loved his energy and style! It was so good to see him do that final episode soft shoe in Mad Men...did he argue for that or were the powers that be smart enough to say "we can't let this guy go without a song and dance!" Hopefully the latter. So part of this Sunday's program will be "Ode To Morse", which is code (hah!) for How To Succeed, So Long 174th Street, and Sugar.

 


More I cannot write you. Time is a'wastin', and I probably have to go out and plow. See ya on Sunday, kiddos.

 

 

The Best Things In Life Are Free (Robert Morse, Mad Men)

How To (Robert Morse, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

The Company Way (Robert Morse, Sammy Smith, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

I Believe In You (Robert Morse, Bonnie Scott, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

Happily Ever After (Carol Burnett, Once Upon A Mattress)

Call Me Savage (Carol Burnett, Fade Out - Fade In)

Little Girls (Carol Burnett, Annie)

Zip (Jo Ann Greer, Pal Joey)

Plant You Now, Dig You Later (Jack Durant, June Havoc, Pal Joey)

That Terrific Rainbow (June Havoc, Pal Joey)

My Own Morning (Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!)

Feet Do Yo' Stuff (Winston Dewitt Hemsley, Leslie Uggams, Hallelujah, Baby!)

I Don't Know Where She Got It (Marilyn Cooper, Hallelujah, Baby!)

David Kolowitz, The Actor (Robert Morse, Ensemble, So Long, 174th Street)

Nine O'Clock (Robert Morse, Take Me Along)

Bolero On Rye (Robert Morse, Sydney Blake, Gene Varrone, So Long, 174th Street)

A Million Windows (Ann Hampton Callaway, The Shoe String Revue)

A Million Dreams (Ziv Zaifman, Hugh Jackman, Michelle Williams, The Greatest Showman)

A Million Miles Away (Anita Gordon, Paint Your Wagon)

Je Cherche Un Millionnaire (Mistinguette)

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? (Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, High Society)

A Hundred Million Miracles (Miyoshi Umeki, Flower Drum Song)

Ev'ry Sunday Afternoon (Vivienne Segal, A Connecticut Yankee)

Bewitched, Bothered, And Bewildered (Marin Mazzie, Pal Joey)

You Took Advantage Of Me (Elaine Stritch, On Your Toes)

Way Out West (Judy Kaye, Babes In Arms)

It Never Entered My Mind (Shirley Ross, Higher And Higher)

The Lady Is A Tramp (Lena Horne, Babes In Arms)

Penniless Bums (Tony Roberts, Robert Morse, Sugar)

The Beauty That Drives Men Mad (Tony Roberts, Robert Morse, Sugar)

Brotherhood Of Man (Robert Morse, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying)

 


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