Sunday, October 5, 2008

Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue

Your Sunday evening moment of zen:


Mitch Miller, 1963.

I've never followed Miller's career beyond the end of my dissertation (1954), where he was the impresario behind "Come on-A My House" among other great hits. My adviser introduced me to this truly frightening spectacle from later in his career. What would Hans Eisler say about this mass song?

2 comments:

Dan B. said...

Oh my God. Is the guy they zoom in on at 1:20 the guy in Singin' in the Rain who demonstrates the talking picture? "Notice how my lips and the words issuing from them are synch-ro-nized in perfect unison. A talking picture." That guy?

Doug Gentry said...

I remember watching this as a kid. Frightening, huh?