(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)
- THANK YOU GOOD EVENING
AND SAY, HAVE YOU NOTICED IN RECENT YEARS
HOW SINGERS HAVE BECOME MORE INFORMAL WHEN THEY SING?
YOU KNOW, THEY LOOSEN THEIR TIES, OPEN THEIR COLLARS
LIGHT UP A CIGARETTE
YOU'VE SEEN THEM - SINATRA SAMMY DAVIS, DEAN MARTIN
I MUST ADMIT THAT LIGHTING UP A CIGARETTE DOES HEIGHTEN THE
ROMANTIC ILLUSION
BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN A COMEDIAN PULL OUT A CIGAR DURING A
ROMANTIC BALLAD
LET'S SEE WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE
RAY?
(PIANO MUSIC STARTS)
♪ LAURA ♪
♪ IS A FACE IN THE MISTY NIGHT
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ FOOTSTEPS ♪
♪ THAT YOU HEAR DOWN THE HALL ♪
♪ THAT LAUGH THAT FLOATS ON A SUMMER NIGHT ♪
(SMELLS CIGAR)
♪ THAT YOU CAN NEVER QUITE ♪
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ RECALL ♪
♪ AND YOU SEE LAURA ♪
(SPIT)
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ ON A TRAIN THAT IS PASSING THROUGH ♪
♪ THOSE EYES ♪
♪ (UNDISTINGUISHABLE SINGING)
♪ A VERY FIRST ♪ (UNDISTINGUISHABLE SINGING) ♪
♪ TO YOU ♪
♪ THAT WAS LAURA ♪
♪ BUT SHE'S ONLY A DREAM ♪
(BAND FINISHES SONG)
(AUDIENCE APPLAUSE)
CAN YOU PICTURE - CAN YOU PICTURE AN OPERA SINGER
WITH A CIGAR IN HIS MOUTH?
♪ (SINGING IN ITALIAN) ♪
YOU KNOW
WHEN IT COMES TO OPERA SINGERS
THEY WOULDN'T BE CAUGHT DEAD WITH THEIR COLLAR OPEN OR
SMOKING ON STAGE
THEY'RE STRICTLY FORMAL ALL THE WAY
I'VE NOTICED ONE THING ABOUT OPERA SINGERS
ONCE YOU'RE TRAINED IN THAT OPERATIC STYLE OF SINGING
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO SWITCH TO ANOTHER STYLE OF SINGING
I SAW THE PROOF OF THIS RECENTLY IN LAS VEGAS AT
A NIGHTCLUB CLUB DEBUT OF AN OPERA SINGER
SINGING POPULAR SONGS, NO LESS
AND NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIED
THE OPERATIC BACKGROUND WOULD CREEP THROUGH
HERE'S HOW HE SANG "SMILE"
(PIANO MUSIC STARTS)
♪ SMILE THOUGH YOUR HEART IS ACHING ♪
♪ SMILE EVEN THOUGH IT'S BREAKING ♪
♪ WHEN THERE ARE CLOUDS IN THE SKY ♪
♪ YOU'LL GET BY ♪
♪ IF YOU SMILE THROUGH YOUR FEARS AND SORROWS ♪
♪ SMILE AND MAYBE TOMORROW ♪
♪ YOU'LL SEE THE SUN COME-A SHINING THROUGH ♪
♪ FOR YOU ♪
♪ LIGHT UP YOUR ♪
♪ (SINGING ITALIAN) ♪
♪ OH, SHE'S A MAKE-ME FIDGETA ♪
♪ (SINGING ITALIAN) MEMORIES ♪
♪ SO SMILE JUST ♪
LISTEN, MY FRIEND NO PAY ATTENTION TO
THESE PEOPLE WHO SAY SMILE SMILE, SMILE, MAKE A SMILE
YOU UMBRELLA
YOU'RE GOING TO GET A MOUTH FULL OF RAIN
IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO
THEY SAY SMILE AND YOUR TROUBLES GO AWAY SURE
SUPPOSE YOU COME HOME AND YOU ASK YOUR WIFE
"WHERE'S THE CAR?"
SHE SAYS "I RAN INTO A GOOD HUMOR TRUCK"
WHAT DO YOU GOT? YOU'VE GOT A PONTIAC ON A STICK
IS WHAT YOU GOT
SMILE A SMILE
LISTEN, I GOT A FRIEND GIUSEPPE, HE'S ALWAYS SMILING
HE'S ALWAYS LAUGHING
HE'S AN IDIOT IS WHAT HE IS
AND ONE DAY, HE HAD A LITTLE BIRD THAT FLEW IN HIS MOUTH
AND BUILD A NEST
YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO WALK AROUND WITH
A NEST IN YOUR MOUTH?
EVERYTHING, IT TASTES LIKE SHREDDED WHEAT
HOW CAN THE PEOPLE SMILE WITH ALL THE TROUBLE IN THE WORLD?
CRAZY WORLD
YOU'RE WALKING DOWN A STREET
YOU WHISTLE AT A GIRL
TURNS AROUND, IT'S TINY TIM
OR SUPPOSE YOU CALL YOUR WIFE
AND YOU SAY, "ROSE. I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT YOU ALL DAY
WHEN I WALK IN THAT DOOR TONIGHT, IT'S GOING TO BE WOW
LOVING KISSES"
AND SHE SAYS "WONDERFUL. WHO IS THIS?"
SMILE
HO, HO, HO
WHAT'S A JOLLY GREEN GIANT GOT TO HO, HO, HO ABOUT, EH?
WHERE'S HE GOING TO FIND A JOLLY GREEN LADY, EH?
SUPPOSE YOU CALL YOUR WIFE AGAIN AND YOU SAY
"I GOING TO BE A LITTLE LATE FROM THE OFFICE
I GOT TO WORK AND YOU TAKE YOUR PRETTY
SECRETARY OUT FOR FRIENDSHIP DRINK
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT, EH?
YOU GO TO A LITTLE BAR, NOBODY KNOWS YOU
THEN THE BARTENDER SAYS, "SMILE! YOU'RE ON CANDID CAMERA"
YOU SHOW ME THE MAN WHO'S ALWAYS WAKE UP WITH A SMILE
ON HIS FACE AND I'LL SHOW YOU ARISTOTLE ONASSIS
♪ SO NOW SMILE, WHAT'S THE USE OF TRYING? ♪
♪ SMILE, IT'S THE TIME FOR CRYING ♪
♪ YOU'LL FIND THAT LIFE IS STILL WORTHWHILE ♪
♪ IF YOU NO SMILE ♪
HAPPY NEW YEAR