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.

Joan Collins - Chalk and Cheese

That certainly woke me up!

Have a good week, dear reader.

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UPDATE

14th October 2020: RIP, Mr Kretzmer.