Carol Burnett and Julie Andrews at Carnegie Hall (1962)


and

Groucho Marx in a scene from "Monkey Business"

You're welcome.

One of the Worst The Price Is Right Players Ever

(via seriouseats)

Surprisingly moving. To me, anyway.

It's the opening credits to a hugely popular Mexican soap opera called Maria la del Barrio, starring Thalía, who I guess around these parts is most famous for a KMart clothing line, and being married to Tommy Mottola.  She's also missing a rib.  Or two, I can't remember.

I also can't lie, I loved her novelas (which Wikipedia can tell you all about), at least the 3 mid-90s ones.  I didn't watch the last one (I was away from home by then) and the earlier ones, I'm not sure we got here.  The one I've mentioned is my favorite.  Just so over the top, and YouTube delivers fond televised memories of the Thalia era.   This scene ("Perfecto!!!!!" - thanks, David), which leads to the end of the soap, and shows the dramatic death of the insane evil villainess, is awesome.  Somewhere near the end of that clip they also show the miraculous recovery of the "crippled" (and therefore always frumpy dressing) girl who is in love with the previously put-up-for-adoption son of Thalia's previously insane and poor character, before she became wealthy and found him again 15 years later, after adopting a girl herself, whose parents later come looking for her.  Oh, there's just so much ridiculous detail, I feel bad if you don't know.

Nina Simone sings (and plays) Hebrew folk song, Erets/z Zavat Chalav ("Land of Milk and Honey"), 1962.