Marilyn was such a sweet singer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_IzdZDyT0w.  And she made an even sweeter singer's career when she told the owner of the Mocambo on Sunset Strip, which had never had a black performer before, that if he hired Ella Fitzgerald she, Marilyn, would come every night, meaning of course the place would be sold out.  And he did, and she did, and it was.

"It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen."—W. H. Auden

A Clutch of Countries

Ladies and Gentlemen,
Greece, for me, is of endless interest.
Germany is sort of interesting.
Canada has a climate problem.
And what is England but its caste system?
In that sense it’s like India.

As for France, L’s and G’s, the funniest experience you will ever have, the most laugh-out-loud tears-in-your-eyes screamingly funny experience you will ever have, is Total Moisture. You have my personal guarantee.

Ha ha,
Robair

Robert MacLean is an independent filmmaker. His recent The Light Touch is on Amazon Prime, Tubi and Scanbox, and his 7-minute comedy is an out-loud laugh. He is also a novelist, a playwright, a blogger, a YouTuber, a film reviewer, a literary critic, and a stand-up comic poet. Born Toronto, PhD McGill, taught at Canadian universities, too cold, live Greece, Irish citizen. No brains, but an intellectual snob.

“Darling, the legs aren't so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.”—Marlene

The Light Touch on Amazon Prime

The Natural Wish to Be Robert MacLean

The Devil's Pleasure Garden