Monday 5 October 2020

Who would ever blend things like these?

It's always a horrid moment when the alarm goes off at the start of a new week, and for the first time you need to switch the lamp on - and it hits you that it is indeed Autumn. As if Mondays weren't bad enough...

However, let's not be too glum. Today it is the 95th birthday of one Herbert Kretzmer (thankfully still with us) - not, perhaps, one of the more familiar household names out there but nevertheless a man who has made a massive contribution to the world of showbiz; not least for the fact he wrote the massively-successful English lyrics for Les Miserables, as well as his work with M. Charles Aznavour on the English versions of his own magnificent repertoire, including such classics as She and Yesterday When I Was Young, and also novelty hits such as Goodness Gracious Me (for Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren) and Kinky Boots (for Honor Blackman and Patrick McNee).

Of course, in a career that stretched over six decades, there will inevitably be some - ahem - less successful moments. One of those was his collaboration with Anthony Newley on his ridiculously-titled musical film Can Hieronymus Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humppe and Find True Happiness, from which comes this bizarre scene.

On this Tacky Music Monday, how about the faboo Miss Joan Collins singing and dancing with a naked Mr Newley (her then husband) and some people dressed as crustaceans?! 

Of course.

That certainly woke me up!

Have a good week, dear reader.



UPDATE

14th October 2020: RIP, Mr Kretzmer.

14 comments:

  1. Oh dear, you opened the vaults deep for this gem!!!!

    All weekend your posts stayed at the top of my reader list even thought posted hours before. You big ole top!!!!!!!! I noticed a few blogs do this.

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    1. To paraphrase Miss Merman:

      You're sublime
      You're a turkey dinner
      You're the time
      Of the Derby winner
      I'm a toy balloon that's fated soon to pop
      But if, baby, you're the bottom
      I'm the top!


      Jx

      PS Isn't that clip of La Collins just fantabulosa?!

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    2. Yes dear it was different. Huh, yeah, her singing was something.

      Im just glad Dynasty came along, lol!

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    3. She had a long way to go, and myriad high-class productions (such as The Stud, The Bitch, Making of a Male Model, Sins and - erm - Empire of the Ants) between this and Dynasty, my dear... Jx

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  2. Cripes! Whatever was that?!? One of Alexis' cheese dreams??

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    1. She certainly doesn't seem to mention it much these days... Jx

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  3. well, a nice ass shot of mister newley. the rest - meh.

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    1. That routine may be many things - but "meh" wasn't my first reaction... Jx

      PS Yes, I was quite surprised how good the otherwise never-really-sexy Mr Newley's arse was - I wonder if he had a "butt-double"?

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  4. WEll! That cheered me up and pushed some memory buttons. Thank you.

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  5. It's Friday!!!! Sorry I am late, but this feels like the best way to cope with Monday.
    Blimey - that is a daft video - but some nice ideas for the tin foil hat competition.
    Sx

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    1. You'll need a lot of tinfoil to make a lobster costume... Jx

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  6. Anthony(somebody slap him) Newley !
    I thought it was a naked Terry Jones from Monty Python.

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    1. "And now for something completely different!" Jx

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