Well, I had a chance to cycle this past week and that's probably the reason/excuse for this Sunday's theme. All that oxygen forcing itself up my nose and into my brain. Seriously, I get my most fantastical (that's a euphemistic way of describing WACKY) ideas while biking. Case in point:
1.) Why can't I bike around Lake Superior, SOLO, with a tent (having camped all of 2 times in my 60 plus years), for 1 month?!? Surely Shirley! What's so hard about that? I'm a monster!
2.) Why can't I sell my cobblestone and move to the Marais district of Paris? Like why didn't I do that yesterday? I mean it!
3.) What kind of pizza should I order tonight..."Meat Lovers"? Crispy? Deep Dish? What about a Snickers side salad? (Yes, that's a real thing.)
I don't think you have any right to call this a salad.
4.) Let's start a book club/play reading group/writers' group/taxidermist learning circle/anarchist commune? Who wouldn't want to do all of that?
and 5.) NEW THEME: Upside Down. Or Downside Up. Depending on your point of view and predilection for vertigo.
That last one is actually doable. Lots of B-way songs re UP and DOWN. Some have both! There are also INSIDES and OUTSIDES, SIDEWAYS even, but we only have 2 hours. Maybe after another bike ride, I'll attempt THOSE adverbs. But for now, Everything's Coming Up, Sitting Down, Up A Lazy, Easing On Down, Brushing Up, et. al.
And she ain't DOWN (yet)...
So join me on the 13th. Hopefully by then, November will be acting more like its true self, no more oxygenating bike rides and their wacky consequences. Unless all this Broadway gets me dancing (and hyperventilating). :)
I Ain't Down Yet (Tammy Grimes, The Unsinkable Molly Brown)
Sit Down, You're Rocking The Boat (Walter Bobbie, Ensemble, Guys And Dolls)
Sit Down, John (William Daniels, Ensemble, 1776)
It's Delightful Down In Chili (Carol Channing, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes)
Ribbons Down My Back (Eileen Brennan, Hello, Dolly!)
Has I Let You Down? (Pearl Bailey, House Of Flowers)
Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out (Leslie Odom, Jr.)
Down In the Meadow (Marilyn Monroe, The River Of No Return)
Ease On Down The Road (Stephanie Mills, Ensemble, The Wiz)
When The Chips Are Down (Chris Sullivan, Nabiya Be, Ensemble, Hadestown)
Get Down (Brittany Mack, Six)
My Defenses Are Down (Tom Wopat, Annie Get Your Gun)
Down Among The Sheltering Palms (Ensemble, Some Like It Hot)
Deep Down Inside (Sid Caesar, Virginia Martin, Little Me)
Uptown, Downtown (Craig Lucas, Marry Me A Little)
When The Sun Goes Down (Mandy Gonzalez, Christopher Jackson, In The Heights)
Down With Love (Audra McDonald)
Everything's Coming Up Roses (Ethel Merman, Gypsy)
Hang Up (Mae Barnes, By The Beautiful Sea)
Up A Lazy River (Nick Cordero, Bullets Over Broadway)
Call Me Up Some Rainy Afternoon (Judy Garland, Bing Crosby)
Button Up Your Overcoat (Helen Kane)
I Won't Grow Up (Mary Martin, Peter Pan)
Pick Yourself Up (Fred Astaire, Swing Time)
Brush Up Your Shakespeare (James Whitmore, Keenan Wynn, Kiss Me, Kate)
Roll Yer Socks Up (Ensemble, New Girl In Town)
I'd Rather Wake Up By Myself (Shirley Booth, By The Beautiful Sea)
You're A Builder Upper (Jessica Molaskey, Make Believe)
Things Are Looking Up (Harry Groener, Crazy For You)
Waiting For The Girls Upstairs (Gene Nelson, John McMartin, Ensemble, Follies)
Upstairs (Jerry Orbach, Promises, Promises)
Nothin' Up (Ahna O'Reilly, The Robber Bridegroom)
A Little Friendly Advice (Moya Angela, Margo Seibert, In Transit)
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