Harry Belafonte ‘managing’ his audience singing the Banana Boat song. 🔗 You know why it is here.
Same song - from the extraordinary Stan Freberg (we don’t hear much about him these days ) - in 1957 - with his (I think very funny) parody of the same song).
TL;DW … over an hour of nothingness to get to this!
PS - no I didn’t watch it - that’s what ‘fast forward’ is for - and the background music is not chill.
As @drewcastillo and I recently riffed - he really is very good. Sure he’s got some duds - don’t we all? Off the top of my head - some of my favorites (alphabetical - to avoid …
Time Traveller Discovers
and
He does tend to nail his topics … with humour … and bonus … his promo ads are at the end.
SNL Stone Cold Open … a special Easter edition.
Just in case you are thinking that the US is a little over the top - try this on for size …
🔗 Then again - in the US we shoot pranksters.
stick a fork in him, the motherfuckers done
… 🎵 Reminded me of this classic … enjoy.
I just read @colinwalker ’s 🔗 post re Ryuichi Sakamoto’s passing …
Sharing a 🎵 perfectly elegant beautiful piece of music that he wrote over 40 years ago.
Farewell Ryuichi and thankyou.