Tonight we have a sort of Unknown Harnick Festival with three Christmas songs by Sheldon Harnick that you've almost-certainly never heard. In the case of this first song, that's because it's for a...

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22.12.2024

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The other week, I embedded a Christmas special from Julie Andrews' weekly TV series, The Julie Andrews Hour . Here's another one, from 1973. And like the other, they again went all out to make...

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21.12.2024

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It's that time of year, and my pal Mark Evanier has posted his absolute gem of an annual story about crossing paths with Mel Torm é . And what I like to add, annually, is that my mother and Mel...

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21.12.2024

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This is one of my favorite holiday recordings. It's a very well-known song, "Winter Wonderland," but a rare version. It's from Steve Goodman, and not only is a joy, but gives a great idea why he...

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21.12.2024

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Back in 2008, I wrote a piece for the Huffington Post about new discoveries surrounding the holiday classic, Handel's "Messiah." Several months later, I followed it up with additional...

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20.12.2024

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This is a lot of joyous frivolity about the holidays -- fa la la and all that -- and therefore this officially qualifies as part of a Holiday Fest. These are two videos showing the annual holiday...

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20.12.2024

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You may have seen new stories about Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson appearing on Broadway last week in the musical “& Juliet” in a walk-on role. All the better, it turns out that...

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19.12.2024

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One thing I’ve realized over the past several weeks is that I don’t have it in me to be “outraged!” every day. To be clear, that doesn’t mean I’m not angry, heart-sick, and concerned --...

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19.12.2024

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Yesterday, I mentioned that I would have an addendum of sorts to the posting of the songs from Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol. "Soon" turns out to be today. For those who were skeptical of me...

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18.12.2024

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Okay, it's time. The other night I popped in my DVD of the holiday gem Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol for my annual viewing, so it's only fitting that today we offer its wonderful songs. (And a...

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18.12.2024

Just in time for the new year and upcoming change of administration, here's the latest from Randy Rainbow. The production is wonderful, and the song is fun with some very good rhymes, though it's a...

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17.12.2024

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It's rare these days to read about news so deeply galling that isn't the result of an action by Trump or one of his circle - somehow ABC News managed to do it by settling a defamation lawsuit by...

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17.12.2024

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I wrote about this piece of remarkable TV history back in 2014, and it remains one of my favorites. And it's a joy to be able to include it annually as part of the Holiday Fest. Back in my...

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16.12.2024

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Falling under the "Fest" part of the gala, this is a video I always enjoy for the season from the Conan show. It's about his effort to come up with a Secret Santa gift for one of his staff members....

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16.12.2024

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This is a truly wonderful find that I wasn’t looking for and, even having found it, am bowled over it exists. But to put it all in perspective, it requires some background. Anthony Newley and...

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15.12.2024

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Back on December 14, 1979 -- 45 years ago to the day -- the TV legends Kukla, Fran and Ollie reunited for a TV special. The show -- which was wonderfully-titled 'Tis the Season to Be Ollie (a...

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15.12.2024

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We have a longer version of the Fest today. Bear with me a bit and let me explain. I've posted this all before and I find it a fun story of sorts to repeat. When the movie musical Scrooge was...

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14.12.2024

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Today is Dick Van Dyke's 99th birthday, which is not shabby by any standard. Oddly, he almost didn't make it, though not for health reasons. You may have read about the major wildfires in Malibu,...

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14.12.2024

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Since it is now officially 12 days to Christmas, I figured what better time to post the song "Twelve Days to Christmas" from the 1963 musical, She Loves Me. The show has a score by Sheldon...

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13.12.2024

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I'll even go a step further. In his comments, Wray said, “I’ve decided the right thing for the bureau is for me to serve until the end of the current administration in January and then step...

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13.12.2024

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I see that the mentalist who went by the stage name of The Great Kreskin passed away yesterday just short of his 90th birthday. He was a regular guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson,...

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13.12.2024

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I can’t believe all the years of The Fest when I didn't included this. Fortunately, that oversight was finally corrected. I used to like the comic strip Pogo by Walt Kelly, and every holiday...

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13.12.2024

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Once again, the MAGOP show who they are, as the MAGOP supermajority legislature in North Carolina stripped powers from the incoming governor and other just-elected high state officials, all of whom...

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12.12.2024

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If you didn't see Jon Stewart's Monday hosting of The Daily Show , his Main Story was about the coup in Syria and the overthrow of Assad, as well as a bit about Trump heading to Europe. Somehow,...

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12.12.2024

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As I noted during our Thanksgiving gala, The West Wing always seemed to have particularly good -- and moving -- episodes during the holidays, and this sequence is no exception and proves the...

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11.12.2024

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No, I didn’t watch Trump’s interview with Kristen Welker on Meet the Press . It wasn’t just that I didn’t have the stomach fortitude, though that’s at the top of the list, but I...

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11.12.2024

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This isn’t a little-known holiday song in the slightest -- actually, it’s a very well-known one. But I’m including it in our Holiday Fest for other somewhat lesser-known reasons. And that...

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10.12.2024

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Robert J. Elisberg is a political commentator, screenwriter, novelist, tech writer and also some other things that I just tend to keep forgetting. Elisberg is a two-time recipient of the Lucille...

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10.12.2024

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Somehow, I thought I'd posted this before, but doing a search of the site here, I couldn't find it. So, perhaps not. If I did, though...well, it was long enough ago that I don't remember, and...

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10.12.2024

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This is one of my favorite sketches from Saturday Night Live ” done in 1999. There are several songs in it, so happily it qualifies for the Music part of the Fest. But it would qualify...

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09.12.2024

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For this morning's Holiday Fest, we have a total joy. As readers of these pages know, especially since I mentioned it the other day, I'm a huge fan of the "Goes Wrong" folk -- who've done several...

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09.12.2024

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Tonight's Fest is all you want. Two completely different songs titled, "All I Want for Christmas is You" -- and both wonderful. The first is the one that most people think of, Maria Carey's song. ...

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08.12.2024

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While "Hallelujah" isn't precisely a traditional Christmas song (nor little-known), it comes close enough for the season and this particular version qualifies for our "little-known" purposes. ...

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08.12.2024

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This is a fascinating, totally unexpected treat. It came to my attention when I was scrolling through YouTube and came across something marked The Miracle on 34th Street, which said it starred...

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07.12.2024

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The other day I mentioned my longtime friend, John Kander, all the way from back at Camp Nebagamon, and how his nephew Jason Kander was being featured on 60 Minutes (which you can see here ). ...

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07.12.2024

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For today's Fest, we have three of my favorite holiday recordings. Hugely-known songs, but not arranged like this. These are come from my Internet friend, the talented composer, arranger,...

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06.12.2024

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It’s never a good sign when a cabinet nominee needs to have his mom go on TV to defend him. And oh-so far worse when the position is to be Secretary of Defense, in charge of the Pentagon,...

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06.12.2024

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Happy Ollie Days. I posted this in 2021 for the first time, and loved the video so much that I thought it deserves repeating on this anniversary day and being made a bonus posting this year. ...

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05.12.2024

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On Sunday, I posted a Media Alert about a double-segment on 60 Minutes. It was about Jason Kander (nephew of my longtime friend John) who organized, with the help of others, a remarkable,...

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05.12.2024

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