The great outdoors

Scenes from our Grand Annual Picnic in Regent's Park today...

...well... almost...

The outdoor life

Scenes from our annual picnic in Regent's Park today...





...well... almost...

He shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a swang on me

Sad news this week of the death of Miss Dorothy Provine, star of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat! and The Great Race. I have blogged about her before, and she always made me smile.

In the early 1960s Miss Provine was the star of a short-lived TV show called The Roaring Twenties, which Madam Arcati loved so much we went on a mission to find the soundtrack on vinyl LP - and found it!

Here's a clip from that series:

Dorothy Provine in The Roaring Twenties

Here she is holding her own against Ethel Merman!

Dorothy Provine in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

And here is the scene from The Great Race for which we remember her most fondly...

Dorothy Provine - He Shouldn't-A, Hadn't-A, Oughtn't-A Swang On Me

RIP, Dorothy Michelle Provine (20th January 1935 – 25th April 2010)

I am a friend of Dorothy

For no good reason, other than the sun is shining and I am happy to be starting a placement at Islington Council today, I felt like posting an overdue tribute to one of our favourites, that chirpy, leggy, energetic star of The Great Race, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the TV series The Roaring Twenties Miss Dorothy Provine...