Tawdry Ethel Merman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_oU_Mqm4PuU&feature=related
"Ethel Merman is one seriously butch taxi dancer"
Can't you post that as your thread title!? xD
I love how she grabs her shin and says "Ouch!" after "Customers crush my toes"
For some holiday cheer, here's her "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0tmu0fjqKk
I love how she grabs her shin and says "Ouch!" after "Customers crush my toes"
I like that moment and the moment just after when she beckons the sailor to the dance floor with a jerky tilt of the head and awkward "let me show you a good time" wink.
People rarely realize what a first-rate comedienne she was.
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