A bit of escapism

We started watching a DVD of selections from Not Only But Also - Dudley Moore's and Peter Cook's sketch show from the mid-1960's - for the John Lennon guest shots. We stayed for the "Dud and Pete", the genesis of the "Leaping Sisters of St Beryl" (later to be featured in Bedazzled), the poetry (yes, really), and the jazz music.

Dudley Moore was an accomplished pianist with his own jazz trio, and this charming duet with singer Marian Montgomery is a diversion I sorely needed today.

Jazz singer Marian Montgomery was a few months older than Dudley Moore; they both died in 2002 - within a few months of each other.

Over the rainbow

I'm tired. I'm taking the Randy Rainbow escape. Because he is an escape. A big, campy, over-the-top escape - with a spot-on parody of the opening of Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

(Am I the only person who thinks William P. Barr looks like Elton John?)

You know it's been a bad month when….

What can I say about this past month?
Nuthin'.
Oh, plenty went on, but I don't want to discuss it.  We're halfway through the year, and I don't like the way it's going.
One bit.

So, let's talk Game of Thrones.
I don't watch Game of Thrones.
Why?
Because I'm squeamish.
However, I know enough about it to find the following extremely funny.  It's from the first American version of Red Nose Day, which I tried to watch, but there were way, way, way too many commercials.  So I missed this, but found it later on social media.

I'm going to bed now.  I'll be taking several Sleep-Relax and pray that the year starts taking a turn.