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I really love musicals. You probably guessed that about me though.


I think it may have started with Cinderella. The 1965 Rogers and Hammerstein version (a play) with Walter Pidgeon, Ginger Rogers, Stuart Damon and introducing Lesley Ann Warren. I remember telling you some time last year, about singing in the cafeteria w/a complete stranger –

IMPOSSIBLE, FOR A PLAIN YELLOW PUMPKIN TO BECOME A GOLDIN CARRIAGE,

IMPOSSIBLE, FOR A PLAIN COUNTRY BUMPKIN AND A PRINCE TO JOIN IN MARRIAGE,

AND FOUR WHITE MICE WILL NEVER BE FOUR WHITE HORSES.

SUCH FALLERALL AND FIDDLEDEEDEE OFCOURSES.

IMPOSSIBLE.

BUT THE WORLD IS FULL OF ZANIES AND FOOLS,

WHO DON’T BELIEVE IN SENSIBLE RULES,

AND WONT BELIEVE WHAT SENSIBLE PEOPLE SAY,

AND BECAUSE THESE DAFT AND DEWY-EYED DOPES KEEP BUILDING UP IMPOSSIBLE HOPES,

IMPOSSIBLE, THINGS ARE HAPPINING EVERYDAY.

I know the words to ALL the songs not just that one. And it’s been at least 30 years since I’ve seen it! It used to be on TV every year. I remember looking forward to it just like The Wizard of Oz. Sigh. Well they stopped broadcasting it decades ago. I know they did a remake, with Brandy playing Cinderella, and the music was the same but it just wasn’t the same. I’ve looked for it a couple times on Amazon over the years but could never find a copy that wasn’t a collectable and over a $100 !! Until a couple weeks ago. I happen to have that tune in my head again, for NO reason mind you. And HOORAY!! I found someone selling what are surely copies, but I didn’t care. He only wanted $10 bucks. A small price to pay for a delightful childhood memory. I watched it while Bill was in California. He wouldn’t get it. I sang along, out loud and smiled the whole time! It was fantastic! If you ‘youtube’ it, 1965 Cinderella, you’ll find several of the songs on video. I’m going to have to watch it again, and again, and….