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"Have You Ever Met That Funny Reefer Man", often known simply as "The Reefer Man", [1] is a 1932 American jazz song composed by J. Russel Robinson, [2] ...
Colonna was one of three memorable 1940s Kraft Music Hall discoveries. The others were pianist-comedian Victor Borge and Trotter's drummer, music "depreciationist" Spike Jones ; it should be noted, however, that Colonna performed on two songs for the 1938 Warner Bros. film Garden of the Moon , to memorable effect—"Girlfriend of the Whirling ...
Irving Berlin Early Songs. Marcel Dekker, 1995. ISBN 0-89579-305-9; Russell, Dave (1997), Popular music in England, 1840–1914, Manchester University Press, ISBN 9780719052613; Tawa, Nicholas E. Supremely American: Popular Song in the 20th Century . Scarecrow Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8108-5295-0; Otfonoski, Steve, The Golden Age of Novelty Songs.
Unattractive man [5] alarm clock Chaperone [5] alderman Man's pot-belly or simply a prominent belly of a man; see bay window [7] alibi Box of flowers or candy [5] all to the good Everything is all right [8] all wet Erroneous idea or individual e.g. "He's all Wet" [6] alley worker A woman thief who robs men in alleys [8] and how! I Strongly ...
By Serge Stevens The comedy team is a sacred show-business relationship. From the beginning of time, when Eve asked Adam if he wanted a bite to eat, having two or more characters deliver the jokes ...
The lofty language and uplifting lyrics referenced Belize's former status as a slave society indebted to profits from forestry, linking it to the end of Belize's colonial period, a process that culminated on 21 September 1981. The song was originally titled "Land of the Gods", a salute to the proliferation of organised religion in Belize.
The United States Navy chose the name "Project Yehudi" for an early 1940s precursor to stealth technology, [2] also known as Yehudi lights. A song with the title and catchphrase "Who's Yehoodi?" was written in 1940 by Bill Seckler and Matt Dennis. It was covered by Kay Kyser and more famously by Cab Calloway. [1] The final stanza of the song is:
Robert Charles Benchley (September 15, 1889 – November 21, 1945) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and movie actor. From his beginnings at The Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University, through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New Yorker and his acclaimed short films, Benchley's style of humor brought him ...