Old music and old movies are a couple of my favorite things.
It’s not an entirely unbroken shot of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers dancing. There are two cutaway reaction shots, the last at the 48-second mark. Still, some nice steps performed by the duo.
What would you like to talk about? It’s Tuesday Night Open Thread and that means you pick the topics.
What’s on your mind?
Well…they ain’t exactly Fred and Ginger, but they ain’t bad…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7JOa3dISg0
And if you don’t like their dancing, there’s always this…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHqSOLRQWsU
Bummer. Still waiting on that first Astros World Series win. To make up for tonight’s loss, the Astros should start a four game winning streak.
Georges Bizet was born October 25, 1838. In the course of a short life (he died about five months short of his thirty-seventh birthday), he wrote not only the fine opera les Pecheurs de Perles (in English, “The Pearl Fishers”), but also Carmen, one of the truly great operas, from which, I’m sure, you’ve all heard this piece (the part that you’ll recognize starts at about 1:25):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNPjH01PtZ4
The Gender Pay Gap is realz!
Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did but she did it backwards and in heels.
And she only got 77% as famous as Fred!