Happy Birthday Herr Kaldenbach

Hip Hip Hooray voor JW (dat rijmt!)

Clip from the ‘Balloon Dance’ from the motion picture “Give the girl a break” Warner Brothers 1953. via Warner Archive Instant on YouTube)

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Mot du Jour: Raspberry

Mot du Jour: Raspberry

Mimi Berlin’s word of the day/le mot du jour is: Raspberry. The late Carol Channing shows us when and how you can use this word in a very chique way. Prosito!

From the movie Thoroughly Modern Millie (Universal Pictures, March1967)

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How to Remember the Lyrics to ‘My Favorite Things’

How to Remember the Lyrics to ‘My Favorite Things’

Mimi Berlin feels it’s important to know the lyrics from the classic ‘The Sound of Music’ song; My Favorite Things, so we gathered images to make it more easy to remember the words by.

You’re Welcome! xoxo Mimi Berlin

My Favorite Things is written by Oscar Hammerstein and Richard Rodgers for the musical The Sound of Music (1959)

Raindrops on roses
And whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings

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Age of Aquarius VS Age of Aquarius Songs

Age of Aquarius VS Age of Aquarius Songs

Mimi’s Brainbreaker Week; Two versions of the song recorded 10 years apart. The first clip is by The Fifth Dimension from 1969, the second from the film-musical Hair made in 1979. Which one is your favorite?

Our favorite is the Hair version……..But what is the age of Aquarius ? Continue reading

Friday Night, Party Night! #79

Friday Night, Party Night! #79
Friday Night, Party Night! #79

Ann Margret swinging while singing “smash the mirror” in The Who’s movie “Tommy” (via/by gifmyass)

See the scene on youtube HERE

Watch all Friday Night, Party Night gif’s HERE

Go see the original 2013 Friday Night Party Night series by Rex Dieter HERE

 

 

Kaleidoscopes by Busby Berkeley

Kaleidoscopes by Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976), born Busby Berkeley William Enos, was a Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Continue reading