December 9, 2008

Five Pennies for your thoughts

In the same vein as Thelma's post, here's a clip from The Five Pennies, a movie that I have loved ever since a few of my dear friends introduced it to me a few years ago. I tell ya, you can't watch this clip of Danny Kaye and Louis Armstrong singing Pennies Saints and not be delighted:



And, while I'm at it, here's another clip I love from the same movie. Forgive a moment of sentimentality, but when I hear songs like this, I can't wait to sing them to my own kids one day. Here's Lullaby in Ragtime:

3 comments:

Thelma said...

YES!! That's it im leaving activism and going into showbiz

The Shark said...

You're welcome, Amanda. :)

Unknown said...

OOOOH! i am in love with danny kaye. we just had a white christmas party. so wonderful!