Irishman Mr. Dennis Day on St. Patrick's Day

Well, sure an' we'd be missing a parfect opportunity on this fine day to present that wonderful tenor Mr. Dennis Day in a lovely liting tune, titled "An Irishman Will Steal Your Heart Away". You remember the pleasing Mr. Day was appearing on The Jack Benny Show on radio at the time, doncha'?

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Dennis Day....



Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from The Flaming Nose!

To commemorate the day, here are a couple of very nice renditions of the classic Irish "Londonderry Air" -- better known as "Danny Boy" -- from television. The first one features singers Jimmie Rodgers and Johnny Cash from an episode of The Johnny Cash Show from 1970.




And now for something completely different...three Muppets doing the song, from The Muppet Show.

Happy St. Paddy's Day from all of us!

Nose-talgia: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, the least we can do is present a photo from one of the most adorable Bonanza episodes ever called Hoss and the Leprechauns, where he discovers a pot of gold and a passel of little people in green (wearing costumes from the 1956 Danny Kaye movie The Court Jester, btw). It's one of the jolliest Bonanza episodes and features the wonderful Dan Blocker in one of his most charming performances. The whole episode is on YouTube here, but it's in Spanish, though you'll still get the essence of the episode -- it's not exactly Shakespeare and you'll figure out the story pretty easily -- and hear the hilarious musical score featuring excerpts from Mendelsohn's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". At the very least, click on the YouTube link above and watch the first few minutes, to hear David Rose's theme music for Hoss which perfectly captures the gentle giant's amiable personality. (Interestingly enough, Hoss and the Leprechauns originally aired on Dec. 22, 1963, not near St. Patrick's Day at all, although it was always my St. Paddy's treat for viewers when I programmed KTLA back in the day).

The Nose also tried to find a good version of the famous Saturday Night Live John Belushi bit "The Luck of the Irish" -- not too much luck, but the whole transcript is here and a rather shakily-recorded off-TV video of it is here. Better than nothing, that's for sure!