Slimtime
An evening pause: Another short animated film, hat tip to Jim Mallamace.
Tag: entertainment
Julie Andrews – Impossible
An evening pause: From the live television premiere of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella in 1957, their only musical written for television. Edith Adams plays the fairy godmother.
For the world is full of zanies and fools
Who don’t believe in sensible rules
And won’t believe what sensible people say
And because these daft and dewey-eyed dopes keep building up impossible hopes
Impossible things are happening every day!
I first posted this in 2011. Time to see it again.
David Essex – A Winter’s Tale
An evening pause: Performed live on television in 1982.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Jerry Weil – Maoz Tzur (Rock of Ages)
An evening pause: A simple but powerful performance, in Hebrew and English, for the first night of Hannukah.
No Strings A Cappella – Past Three O’ Clock
An evening pause: Though written as celebration of the birth of the baby Jesus, I think the lyrics really apply all newborns. As William Wordsworth said, we arrive “trailing clouds of glory.”
past three o’clock,
on a cold frosty morning,
past three o’clock,
good morrow masters all.
born is a baby
gentle as may be,
son of the Eternal
Father supernal.
mid earth rejoices
hearing such voices.
ne’ertofore so well
carolling nowell!
cheese from the dairy
bring they for Mary,
and, not for money,
butter and honey.
thus they: i pray you,
up sirs, nor stay you
till ye confess him
likewise and bless him.
Hat tip Edward Thelen.
Pablo Larcuen – Elefante
An evening pause: A short film, courtesy of Jim Mallamace.
USAF Band – Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring
A evening pause: This is almost a real flash mob event at the Air & Space Museum. It seems as if they sneak up on the holiday crowds, but at the same time I am not so sure. Too many cameraman around, as well as performers. Regardless, it is a great performance.
Hat tip Edward Thelen, and Tim Vogel (who suggested this a couple of years ago when I was especially dismissive of fake flash mob events. Since then I’ve mellowed). Also, as Edward notes, the schedule of events at the end of this video no longer applies.
How to make your dog really happy!
An evening pause: How? You enter the room dressed as your dog’s favorite toy.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
The Holdman House decorated for Christmas
An evening pause: From the youtube webpage:
The Amazing Grace Christmas House was located in Pleasant Grove, Utah and designed and programmed by Richard Holdman. A small little charity box placed in front of the display has raised more than $40,000 for the Utah Make-a-Wish Foundation. Thank you everybody for your support.
Hat tip Willi Kusche.
LeAnn Rimes – Blue
An evening pause: Performed live, 1996. She was 14 at the time.
Hat tip Jim Mallamace.
Petula Clark – I couldn’t live without your love
An evening pause: Performed live, 2012, when Clark was in her eighties. See this 2017 interview of her that includes some nice details about her life.
Portrait of Lotte, 0 to 18 years
An evening pause: Somehow, to me, this seems a fitting introduction to the holiday season. From the youtube website, “Lotte from the Netherlands (Utrecht) becomes 18 years old in this film! Dutch filmmaker and artist Frans Hofmeester has been filming and photographing his children Lotte and Vince since birth. Every week the images are shot in the same style.”
Hat tip Edward Thelen.