For the past several days I’ve watched the History Channel’s Armageddon Week. I’ve learned the prophecies of Nostradamus, the ancient Mayan Calendar – that is amazingly accurate, and the Book of Revelations. I’ve seen the world destroyed by asteroids, the human race wiped out by killer flu-strains, the entire Earth sucked into a black hole into deep space, the prospect of nuclear world war, and various other doomsday scenarios. I’ve seen happy dinosaurs, minding their own business, suddenly barbecued by the after effects of a killer asteroid. You know, it’s hard to be too excited about the future after watching all that! But a new day is dawning. A new president will take the oath soon, and even if we’re just as delusional and unaware as our dinosaur cousins, let’s get happy – if just for a little while!
If Judy Garland can’t make you feel better, no one can!
The classic Streisand/Garland duet.
I sure love Judy too! When I was kid we all flocked to the nearest neighbor with color TV to watch the Wizard of Oz. And then all the kids spent the weeks afterwards singing the songs and acting the various parts…. Great clips.
I never saw the Wizard of Oz until I was in my early 30′s but now I’m a fan. Every time I watch the movie, I think about one of my old history professors proclaiming the film version was a political satire of Roosevelt’s New Deal in the 1930′s. Just a little history tidbit, I thought I’d throw in:
http://www.otal.umd.edu/~vg/msf95/ms18/emerald.html
I love YouTube for all the old clips I get to enjoy again – or for the first time!
Oh, yes and cigarette commercials! I never saw one of those before. That seems like prehistoric times. I think those commercials were outlawed before my time. Now if we could just get rid of pharmaceutical commercials for all their snake oil remedies, I’d be thrilled.