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“What’s My Line?” (1965): When the mystery guest was the heavyweight champion of the world
The one and only. . .identified as both Cassius Clay and Muhammad Alli. . . with a squeaky voice. . .and with commercials starring the leads of a successful sit-com of the period, Betwitched…
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It All Depends on You (Sinatra in 1949) [by David Lehman]
This is the best version. . .Echt Sinatra. Notice the be-bop scat in the second go-round. Yeah, I know the conventional wisdom has it that scatting is not his strong suit. Nevertheless he improvised…
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Fragments 148-156 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
A child watches with delight as the worker bangs away at plaster: loud noise, destruction, making a mess—and it’s all right with everyone. In our first stay in Paris, each night I stop at…
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Nadia Vadori-Gauthier’s one-minute dance numbers: “towards a sweeter way of living” [by Paul Tracy Danison]
Nadia Vadori-Gauthier’s 60-second micro-political resistance videos open doors, bring out the poetic resonance of everyday life Number. House number. Queue number. Social security number. Numbered bank accounts… What’s in a name, indeed. What’s in…
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Red Smith Hits It Out of the Park, with Roger Angell’s comments [by David Lehman]
Red Smith would never have predicted that the illustrious Library of America would collect the columns he typed on short deadlines for the New York Herald Tribune, publish them lovingly, and dub him "America's…
