[78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)

[martha]

 Fred Astaire for President,  Ginger Rogers as VP,  Edward Everett Horton as 
Secretary of State!  At least Fred and Ginger could do justice to the words 
paraphrased by BO's speech writers.

 Sounds like the Dream Team, compared to what we've had for the past (many too many) 
years.   Too bad they're all dead.

 I suppose we aren't allowed to watch any Al Jolson movies for the time being.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
To: "78L" <78-L at 78online.com>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 1:21 PM
Subject: [78-L] Obama quotes Dorothy Fields (not OT, the song was on 78)


> "Starting Today, We Must Pick Ourselves Up, Dust Ourselves Off, and Begin Again
> the Work of Remaking America"
>
> I mentioned to a theatre friend that a Dorothy Fields lyric had been
> paraphrased and he asked which one. When I told him, he replied that he'd
> expected "Hey, Big Spender" or "There's Gotta Be Something Better than This".
> Both good choices.
>
> (No idea who that poet Elizabeth Whatsername is, but Robert Frost she ain't.)
>
> dl