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Best of Spike Jones - Volume 1 [VHS]

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This is the best of the Spike Jones tapes, and one of the funniest videos ever compiled, with choice excerpts from Spike Jones's 1950s TV appearances. Jones fans will enjoy the television adaptations of his record hits: you can now see the woebegone horse Beetlebaum, and a new arrangement of "You Always Hurt the One You Love" offers a biting satire of the Ink Spots vocal group. Billy Barty does a show-stopping Liberace routine. There's even a demonstration of drummer Jones's serious musicianship as he and trumpeter George Rock duet on "Minka." It's hard to pick the best sketch because all of them are winners. Picture and sound are excellent.

This one (Vol. 1) contains:

1. The Evolution of Music
2. Farandole
3. William Tell Overture featuring Doodles Weaver (and providing glimpses of the immortal "Beetlebaum")
4. I'm in the Mood for Love
5. Minka
6. The Poet and the Peasant
7. Girl Musician Medley:
a. It's Tough to be a Girl Musician
b. 12 Street Rag
c. Sugar Blues
d. He's Funny That Way
e. Wild Wild Women
8. Spike Jones Hits Medley:
a. I'm Captain of the Space Ship
b. Chloe
c. Holiday for Strings
d. You Always Hurt the One You Love
e. Cocktails for Two

Featuring clips from the B&W Spike Jones Show, this includes the William Tell Overture, Billy Bartle's famous I'm in the Mood For Love and the finest of all, "The Poet and Peasant Overture" with Freddy Morgan's best comedy. Buy it, you'll love it!

I'm old enough to remember when Spike Jones had a summer show on CBS. It was funny then, and in light of what passes for "comedy" these days, it's even funnier & wackier today! Born Lindley Jones--& if YOU had a moniker like that, wouldn't YOU have altered it ASAP?!?--Spike provided much musical comedy (OK, 15% musical, 85% comedy) as he got older; I don't think he actually grew up! Anyone who needs a few laughs these days--and who doesn't?!?--should order anything by Mr. Jones.