Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Once my clothes were shabby
Tailors called me "cabby"
So, I took a vow, said
"This bum'll be Beau Brummel"

"All I Need is a Girl" (Styne/Sondheim)
as performed by Mel Torme, Mel Torme Swings Shubert Alley (1960)

I, meanwhile, probably couldn't get Frank, Jr. to return a phone call!

Frank Sinatra's hologram to sing at Simon Cowell's 50th

The top 3 reasons why "Frank, Gil, and Friends," unlike "Late Night with David Letterman," doesn't have staffers

3) Extortion is one thing, but extortion by an employee of 48 Hours? Have these CBS people have no network loyalty at all?

2) Even writing a fake check for $2 million is too funny for words

1) "Getting up for the show" would take on a far different meaning

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

Do you remember the days of the old schoolyard?
We used to laugh a lot.
Oh, don't you remember the days of the old schoolyard?

When we had simplicity
and we had warm toast for tea
and we laughed and needed love
yes, I do,
oh, and I remember you...

You were my first love (my first sweet love)
My lovey-dove (my love-lovey-dove)
No matter the place (whichever the place)
I still see your face (your smiling face)
Inside my dreams (in childish dreams)
Like king and queen (God save our dreams!)
And though time may fade (though time may fade)
It ain't never too late
to learn about love (learned about love)

"Old Schoolyard"
Cat Stevens (with Elkie Brooks), Izitso (1977)

Blame it on Rio...

...when President Obama's bid for the Olympics loses.

Rio: Correct hemisphere, new continent.

Not even Oprah can stop this from happening.

Top 5...er...6, Reasons I 'm Not Enjoying MAD MEN As Much as I Used To

6. Bertram Cooper used to be far more pixie-ish (y'know, the way Robert Morse was in How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying*).

**Speaking if which, given the success of MM, shouldn't a revival of HTSIBWRT be Broadway-bound soon?

5. Roger Sterling isn't as nearly as much fun as he was when serially cheating on his first wife.

4. Betty used to be troubled and sympathetic. Now she's just a bad mom.

3. Peggy used to be troubled by her faith and attracted to Fr. Gill. Now she sleeps with Duck (?!?!)

2. Don used to be mysterious and dangerous. Now he's just grumpy and mean.

1. Miss Holloway doesn't work there no more.

Lyric of the day from the Gigliotti vinyl collection

I still remember
sittin' in the sandbox
holdin' hands with you
I still remember two little kids
the things we used to do.

I still hope to see you again,
but I know that can never be.
Kids grow up and go their own ways
Yours was a way away from me!

You're gone, but I still remember things we used to do
You're gone, but I still remember happy times with you

"I Still Remember"
The New Lime (45 rpm, date unknown)