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New York weatherman Tex Antoine used this as his theme music for many years.. The tune is often associated with the magic act performed by Art Metrano (as the Great Metrano), which consists of an inept magician performing inane tricks while chanting "duh-duh-DA-DA, duh-duh-duh-DA DA!"
The West Point Story (also known as Fine and Dandy) is a 1950 musical comedy film starring James Cagney, Virginia Mayo and Doris Day, and directed by Roy Del Ruth. Plot [ edit ]
Antoine's theme music was "Fine and Dandy." Originally, Antoine used several records to reflect the weather of the day. ("Stormy Weather," "Let it Snow", etc.) However, all of the records but one became damaged or broken and he was left with "Fine and Dandy". The theme served him for years.
George Bryan "Beau" Brummell (7 June 1778 – 30 March 1840) [1] was an important figure in Regency England, and for many years he was the arbiter of British men's fashion.At one time, he was a close friend of the Prince Regent, the future King George IV, but after the two quarrelled and Brummell got into debt, he had to take refuge in France.
The term Doodle first appeared in English in the early 17th century [9] and is thought to be derived from the Low German dudel, meaning "playing music badly", or Dödel, meaning "fool" or "simpleton". The Macaroni wig was an extreme fashion in the 1770s and became slang for being a fop. [10]
The shifting meaning of 'fine' "Fine" is what Kiesling calls a "scalar word." It's in the middle-to-low end of the scale, though historically that was not always the case. ("It was a fine day" did ...
Fine and Dandy was the first successful Broadway musical to feature a complete score by a female composer, running for over 250 performances. [ 18 ] The Times Union (Brooklyn, New York) reported that among those in the audience for the opening night performance were George Gershwin , Ira Gershwin , Ted Lewis , Al Jolson , Ruby Keeler , Marc ...
The suit pertained to a "cutaway" segment from the 2005 episode Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story, where Stewie alludes to the miracles of Jesus Christ being "exaggerated a bit." The cutaway shows Jesus performing to a group of awed onlookers while doing Metrano's act: making his fingers jump between hands while humming "Fine and Dandy".