{"id":83,"date":"2017-03-21T20:37:33","date_gmt":"2017-03-22T02:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2026-01-04T19:26:33","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:26:33","slug":"2017-3-21-ive-got-to-sing-a-torch-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wackyland2.com\/?p=83","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve Got to Sing a Torch Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOne, two, one two. Breathe Deeply!\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1933-09-23 I&#039;ve Got To Sing A Torch Song (MM)\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"525\" height=\"398\" src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player.html?video=x60k8fc&#038;\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Supervision by Tom Palmer; Animation by Jack King; Music by Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer. A Merrie Melody released in 1933.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, there was an invention called the radio. It was THE form of entertainment back in the day. In fact, entire families would do their aerobics in front of it. While others got their exercise in more creative ways like tightening their wife&#8217;s girdles or rocking their children to sleep. But there was more than just exercise programs on the radio. Here, many singers who are legends today, got their starts on the radio. Like Cros Bingsby who would sing in the tub to the delight of women everywhere. (This was how many people &#8220;viewed&#8221; porn before the internet.)<\/p>\n<p>And the radio wasn&#8217;t only popular in America. Wherever there were people, there were radios. In Shanghai, the police listened to it to be aware of any crimes being committed. (And tying it into a knot if it disturbed their naps.) Cannibals would tune in to listen to recipes about how to prepare celebrity soup. And even up in the frozen north, the Inuits listen to it while they fished. If they caught a whale by accident, their radio could become lodged in the creature&#8217;s blowhole. (They didn&#8217;t seem to mind though.) The radio was so popular that people would rather listen to it, than watch scantily clad women dance in front of them!<\/p>\n<p>The title of this post was the name of a song that was sung by many female celebrities at the time, like Greta Garbo and Mae West. Even Lady Liberty couldn&#8217;t help but join in. Finally, the time was even told by a man who looked an awful lot like Ed Wynn. But I guess this was when he was much younger as he doesn&#8217;t even SOUND like Ed Wynn. Or maybe it could be his father? The entire family looks exactly the same.<\/p>\n<p>Personal Rating: 2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cOne, two, one two. Breathe Deeply!\u201d Supervision by Tom Palmer; Animation by Jack King; Music by Bernard Brown and Norman Spencer. 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