In honor of George Harrison's 83rd birthday.
Billy Preston with Ringo Starr, Paul McCartney, Eric Clapton and Dhani Harrison performing "My Sweet Lord" at the George Harrison tribute concert (2002)
During the wedding scene of The Godfather (1972), an elderly man takes the microphone and begins to sing a traditional Neapolitan song. This is Gennaro Amato, a renowned Neapolitan comic performer who was one of the great figures of Italian-American stage and recording culture in early 20th-century New York.
The piece he performs is “C’è la luna mezzo mare” or “There’s a Moon in the Middle of the Sea”, a classic Sicilian wedding song. The song is full of meanings and humor. It’s an old folk tune about a mother and daughter discussing possible suitors.
𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢, 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥,
𝘔𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰? 𝘔𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦.
𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘳, 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰.
𝘐𝘧 𝘐 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯, 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘩𝘦’𝘭𝘭 𝘨𝘰.
𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘦,
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢!
𝘖𝘩 𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘢, 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘳𝘦,
𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢!
Leslie Nielsen was born 100 years ago today, so here’s a triple dose of three all-time comedy classics: Airplane! (1980) Police Squad! (1982) and The Naked Gun! (1988). Surely you can’t be serious.
I am serious—and don’t call me Shirley.
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On this day 15 years ago, we lost our inspiration and idol.
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada on 11th February 1926 he died on November 28th 2010 aged 84.
Thinking of Leslie Nielsen today and every day, one of the greatest actors of our time #otd#leslienielsen
Dustin Hoffman said the iconic “I’m walkin’ here!” moment in Midnight Cowboy (1969) was never planned.
“We had no permit. We were shooting in real traffic.”
“A cab almost hit us, so I stayed in character and yelled, ‘I’m walkin’ here!’ and they kept it in.”