There’s only one thing to do when an armed intruder comes trudging down the hall in the middle of the night: give ’em a taste of the ol’ Silly Putty.
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Any physician worth his salt will tell you that it’s physically impossible to have the blues while doing the Mambo, but that it is possible to play the Mambo Blues.
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Some apartments and condos show a bit better in the daytime…
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There are a lot of things you can do without having to get out of your car.
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In tonight’s musical amusement en route to the Tips, Isham Jones and Orchestra, along with vocalist Rita Smith, perform their version of a 30s pop song called It Isn’t Fair.
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Tonight, in the interest of hopefully preventing widespread outbreaks of rioting and arson by Andy Williams fans, we present what many to consider to be his signature tune: Moon River.
Now please, return to your homes and calm down.
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French entertainer Charles Aznavour has written over 1,000 songs over the course of his long career. Tonight, we listen to a song of his that rested comfortably in the French until it was subsequently co-written/translated by English-language lyricist Dee Shipman, who thought it would be a good idea (she explains herself here) to translate a particular word literally. The results speak for themselves, in English: Here’s ….that song.
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Tonight, we take a look at a seagoing behemoth:

Constructed by Gulf Marine Fabricators in Ingleside, Texas, the $100-million VB 10,000 is a heavy-lift catamaran that mounts a pair of massive lift gantries atop a pair of barges. Perhaps massive is a bit of an understatement. Each gantry measures 240-feet tall and weighs 3,400 tons—or about as much as the Ben Franklin Bridge in Pennsylvania.

Here’s an extract from the project video — after about the two-and-a-half minute mark you start to get a sense of the scale of it.
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One minute you’re happily riding the rails on the ol’ SP, harmonizing with your chums, and the next you’ve been kicked off Way Out There.
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Make your pigs and piglets fat, happy, and healthy by swinging them.
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In tonight’s video amusement en route to the Tips, from the Prelinger Archives, here’s a 1945 short film, produced by the U.S. Office of War Information, about the American presidential elections called Tuesday in November.
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In tonight’s music video, shot at the beautiful Kögerlalm in Austria, musikgruppe Alpencho treat us to a hearty alpine performance of Mein Schatz das ist ein Jägersmann (“My Sweetheart is a Hunter).
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In tonight’s musical entertainment en route to the Tips, Emmylou Harris and Gram Parsons are carried home once again on that Hickory Wind.
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Tonight the strapping Annette O’Toole climbs through the ropes looking for a man.
Let’s have a good clean bout, and protect yourselves at all times.
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In tonight’s typically high-quality entertainment en route to the Tips music hall stars Wilson & Keppel, & Betty treat us to some authentic desert culture, as they fight off the heat to perform their Egyptian-themed Sand Dance.
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Tonight we take a look at the sights, sounds, and industrious people of the Land of Fair Dinkum circa 1948.
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Tonight, a jaunty musical tribute to those ubiquitous Women on a Panel.
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In tonight’s musical entertainment en route to the Tips Tucson, Arizona’s Howe Gelb and his all-Danish band Giant Giant Sand (formerly Giant Sand) drift through the atmosphere on a Wind Blown Waltz.
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At the Battle of Bunker Hill all the men were tired, until a drum & fife gave them new life, and Rhythm Saved The World.
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Hey everybody, Scrappy Lambert is about to sing you a Happy Little Tune.
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