Podcasts about ralph blane

Hoewel kerst veelal geassocieerd wordt met de warmte en gezelligheid van het samenkomen met familie en vrienden, ervaart niet iedereen kerstmis als the most wonderful time of the year. Kerst kan namelijk ook als eenzaam worden ervaren, of als erg stressvol – bijvoorbeeld door de verhitte gesprekken tijdens het kerstdiner. Op welke wijze (kerst)muziek ons stressgevoel tijdens de niet zo hap-happiest season of all kan reduceren, en hoe vaktherapie zich binnen het domein van de psychologie en de psychiatrie onderscheidt van andere vormen van therapeutische interventies, bespreekt redacteur Emerence Kapteijn in deze kerstspecial van Radio Swammerdam met dr. Martina de Witte (University of Melbourne). Zij onderzoekt zowel de effectiviteit van muziekinterventies als waarom, hoe en wanneer muziektherapeutische interventies effectief zijn. Met een column van Job Korte. De muziek in deze aflevering: I'll Be Home for Christmas – Oscar Peterson [1995, geschreven door: Buck Ram, Kim Gannon, Walter Kent; geproduceerd door: Robert Woods, Elaine Martone; bron: Telarc] Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Oscar Peterson [1995, geschreven door: Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane; geproduceerd door: Robert Woods, Elaine Martone; bron: Telarc] Last Christmas – Wham! [1984, geschreven & geproduceerd door: George Michael; bron: Epic] Ave Maria, D.839 – Andreas Delfs, Renee Fleming, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra [2005, geschreven door: Adam Storck, Franz Schubert, Walter Scott; geproduceerd dood: Chris Hazell; bron: Decca Music Group Ltd.] KERST MET DE FAM – MEROL [2018, bron: AMMEHOELA RECORDS]

This week on The Sound Kitchen you'll hear the answer to the question about Paris Photo. There's some Christmas cheer to be had, as well as “The Listener's Corner” - all that, and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click the “Play” button above and enjoy!  Hello everyone! Welcome to The Sound Kitchen weekly podcast, published every Saturday – here on our website, or wherever you get your podcasts. You'll hear the winner's names announced and the week's quiz question, along with all the other ingredients you've grown accustomed to: your letters and essays, “On This Day”, quirky facts and news, interviews, and great music … so be sure and listen every week.The RFI English team is pleased to announce that Saleem Akhtar Chadhar, the president of the RFI Seven Stars Listening Club in District Chiniot, Pakistan, won the RFI / Planète Radio ePOP video contest, in the RFI Clubs category. Bravo Saleem! 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As Lidwien van Dixhoorn, the head of “Le Français facile” service told me: “Bathe your ears in the sound of the language, and eventually, you'll get it.” She should know – Lidwien is Dutch and came to France hardly able to say “bonjour” and now she heads this key RFI department – so stick with it!Be sure you check out our wonderful podcasts!In addition to the news articles on our site, with in-depth analysis of current affairs in France and across the globe, we have several podcasts that will leave you hungry for more.There's Spotlight on France, Spotlight on Africa, The International Report, and of course, The Sound Kitchen. We also have an award-winning bilingual series – an old-time radio show, with actors (!) to help you learn French, called Les voisins du 12 bis. Remember, podcasts are radio, too! As you see, sound is still quite present in the RFI English service. Please keep checking our website for updates on the latest from our journalists. You never know what we'll surprise you with!To listen to our podcasts from your PC, go to our website; you'll see “Podcasts” at the top of the page. You can either listen directly or subscribe and receive them directly on your mobile phone.To listen to our podcasts from your mobile phone, slide through the tabs just under the lead article (the first tab is “Headline News”) until you see “Podcasts”, and choose your show. Teachers take note! I save postcards and stamps from all over the world to send to you for your students. If you would like stamps and postcards for your students, just write and let me know. The address is english.service@rfi.fr  If you would like to donate stamps and postcards, feel free! Our address is listed below. Another idea for your students: Br. Gerald Muller, my beloved music teacher from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, has been writing books for young adults in his retirement – and they are free! There is a volume of biographies of painters and musicians called Gentle Giants, and an excellent biography of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., too. They are also a good way to help you improve your English - that's how I worked on my French, reading books that were meant for young readers – and I guarantee you, it's a good method for improving your language skills. To get Br. Gerald's free books, click here.Independent RFI English Clubs: Be sure to always include Audrey Iattoni (audrey.iattoni@rfi.fr) from our Listener Relations department in your RFI Club correspondence. Remember to copy me (thesoundkitchen@rfi.fr) when you write to her so that I know what is going on, too. N.B.: You do not need to send her your quiz answers! Email overload!We have a new RFI Listeners Club member to welcome: Himangshu Mukharjee from West Bengal, India. Welcome, Himangshu! So glad you have joined us!This week's quiz: Paris Photo - the largest international art fair dedicated to photography – is held every November at the magnificent Grand Palais. RFI English journalist Isabelle Martinetti wrote an article about it: “Paris Photo fair focuses on photo books and their publishers”.You were to re-read Isabelle's article and send in the answers to these questions: What is the name and nationality of the photographer who won the First Book prize at this year's Paris Photo fair?The answer is, to quote Isabelle: “The first book prize was awarded to Taiwanese photographer Tsai Ting Bang for "Born From the Same Root", a self-published work, awarded with a $10,000 cash prize.”In addition to the quiz question, there was the bonus question:  “What do you like to eat in the winter? Why?” The question was suggested by Liton Hissen Mia from Naogaon, Bangladesh.Do you have a bonus question idea? Send it to us! The winners are: RFI Listeners Club member Dipita Chakrabarty from New Delhi, India. Dipita is also the winner of this week's bonus question. Congratulations, Dipita!Also on the list of lucky winners this week are Ferhat Bezazel, the president of the Butterflies Club Ain Kechera in West Skikda, Algeria, and Zaheer Ayiaz, a member of the Naz Radio France and Internet Fan Club in Faisal Abad, Pakistan. There's also RFI Listeners Club member Shaira Hosen Mo from Kishoreganj, Bangladesh, and last but not least, RFI English listener Sadman Shihabur Rahaman, from Naogaon, Bangladesh.Congratulations, winners!Here's the music you heard on this week's programme: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, performed by Johnny Bregar; “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, performed by the Dexter Gordon Quartet; “The Flight of the Bumblebee” by Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Cakewalk” from Children's Corner by Claude Debussy, performed by the composer, and “Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle”, attributed to Nicolas Saboly and Emile Blémont, performed by Les Petits Chanteurs de Mont-Royal.Do you have a music request? Send it to thesoundkitchen@rfi.frThis week's question ... you must listen to the show to participate. After you've listened to the show, listen to Melissa's 15 December International Report podcast – “Gaza's powerful war narratives make their way to the Oscars”, which will help you with the answer.You have until 27 January to enter this week's quiz; the winners will be announced on the 1 February podcast. 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We have a Christmas confession. Honestly, we don't really care that much for Christmas music. Oh, we're not scrooges or anything — well, a few of us are — but mainly it's just the nature of Christmas songs themselves. The chord patterns are not especially easy to remember, and since you do them only a few days or weeks every year, you don't get a chance to get real cozy with them. Plus, well, frankly Christmas tunes generally don't swing. (Put a beat behind “Little Town of Bethlehem” and there will be repercussions….) But here's one that does fit the Flood groove nicely, especially when the merriest of our merry band — Danny Cox and Floodster Emerita Michelle Hoge — lead the way.About the SongWritten in 1943 as a vehicle for Judy Garland in the MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” was later recorded by Frank Sinatra with modified lyrics and quickly became part of America's standard Christmas set list on radios across the nation.In fact, ASCAP regularly ranks it among the five most performed Christmas song each year, along with “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Winter Wonderland,” “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” and The Christmas Song.”MGM hired Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane to write several songs for its movie, which gave “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” a memorable setup.In the scene in which the song is debuted, a family is distraught by the father's plans to move to New York City for a job promotion, leaving behind their beloved St. Louis home. It is Christmas Eve and Judy Garland's character sings the song to cheer up her despondent baby sister.ControversiesAlthough Ralph Blane is credited with writing the music for many of Hugh Martin's songs, Martin later claimed in his autobiography that he wrote both music and lyrics to all of the songs in this movie."I was reasonably content to let him receive equal screen credit, sheet music credit, ASCAP royalties, etc.,” Martin wrote, “mainly because this bizarre situation was caused by my naive and atrocious lack of business acumen."If Martin was indeed doing double duty on the songs, it might explain why he had so much trouble with this particular tune. For instance, before filming began, some of Martin's original lyrics were rejected by director Vincente Minnelli, who found them depressing.Martin wrote several changes to make the song more upbeat. In particular, the lines "…. It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past" became "Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight.”Swinging the SeasonWhile Judy Garland sang it straight — very straight — in the movie, “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” started swinging with Sinatra's 1948 treatment. Since then, many others — from Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne in the ‘60s to Joe Williams and Mel Tormé in the 1990s — have heeded the call of those cool chords to make the song jazzier.In 2009, Keyshia Cole even reached number 58 on the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs chart with her take on the tune.More Christmas Tunes?Finally, if one song is not sufficient fuel for your current Christmas spirit, we have a booster pack for you. Check our the “La Flood Navidad” playlist in our free Radio Floodango music streaming service. (In fact, we've just added our 2023 take on “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” to be its lead-off track.)For that yuletide playlist, we've culled bits of audio recorded over the past dozen years by The Flood as well as by a half dozen Flood friends. Guest artists include Ritch Collins, Ron Sowell, Jim Rumbaugh, Karen Combs, Mike Smith and Randy Brown.Enjoy, and Merry Christmas to us every one! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit 1937flood.substack.com

This podcast covers New Girl Season 3, Episode 18, Sister III, which originally aired on March 4, 2014 and was written by Camilla Blackett and directed by Jay Chandrasekhar. Here's a quick recap of the episode:In our third episode with Abby, Jess gets upset when she thinks that Abby and Schmidt are further along in their relationship than her and Nick, so they move in together. Meanwhile, Cece, and her new best friend Coach, are suspicious of Abby and try to get Schmidt to see it too.We discuss Pop Culture References such as:Garbage Pail Kids - Nick told Winston that Jess makes him put his Garbage Pail Kids in a box.The Little Match Girl - When Nick was wearing his nightshirt, Jess said he looked like the Little Match Girl. Additional Pop Culture References such as:[Nora] Ephron - Schmidt shared he needed a break from “Snora” Ephron. Nora Ephron was an American journalist, writer, and filmmaker who is best known for her romantic comedy films and was nominated three times for the Writers Guild of America Award and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for the movies Silkwood, When Harry Met Sally..., and Sleepless in Seattle. Ephron also directed films including her own screenplays like Sleepless in Seattle and You've Got Mail, both starring Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks.[The Trolley Song by Judy Garland] - Jess sang a portion of this song when she was in the hotel room, singing “Clang, clang, clang went the trolley | Ring, ring, ring went the bell”. "The Trolley Song'' is a song written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and made famous by Judy Garland in the 1944 film Meet Me in St. Louis. Blane and Martin were nominated for and lost the Academy Award for Best Original Song at the 1945 Academy Awards, for "The Trolley Song". The song was ranked #26 by the American Film Institute in 2004 on the AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs list. We also mention a fun fact about this song in our Trivia section in the podcast. Children of Men - Schmidt was concerned they hit a car in a neighborhood where it looked like they filmed Children of Men. Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay was based on P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, which takes place in 2027 when two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse.This episode, we discuss who is most likely to make their own jewelry, move in to prove a point, sleuth to find out what someone is up to, and be ready for rapidfire questions. We also cover the scene between Nick and Schmidt around the Iroquois throat band Abby gifted Schmidt as our “Schmidtism”. For “Not in the 2020s” we talk about Winston's comments to the little boy and Nick pantsing Winston. We also discuss Cece apologizing to Schmidt as our “Yes in the 2020s”. Additionally, we explore the career of Ericka Kreutz (Elevator Woman), the guest star of this episode.Also in this episode were the following guest stars who we do not discuss in the podcast: Stone Eisenmann (Young Nick - Previously Discussed in S2E13), Jordan Fuller (Young Winston - Previously Discussed in S2E13), Linda Cardellini (Abby Day - Previously Discussed in S3E16), and Connie Sawyer (Oldest Woman in the World).We did not find the bear this episode.While not discussed in the podcast, we noted other references in this episode including:Iroquois - Schmidt clarifies that the jewelry that Abby made him is an Iroquois throat band. The Iroquois are of the Iroquoian people who are Indigenous to the Northeastern Woodlands and the Great Lakes of North America. The Iroquois Confederacy was believed to be founded between 1450 and 1660 by bringing together five different nations in the southern Great Lakes area, with each nation having its own language, territory, and function.Byzantine - When Jess is in the hotel, she asks if there are any films in the Byzantine era. The Byzantine Empire was the continuation of the Roman Empire in the East, continuing after the fall of the Western Roman Empire. It existed until the fall of Constantinople in 1453 to the Ottoman Empire. At the time, it was called the Roman Empire and only became called by the term “Byzantine” after the end of the realm. Approximately this time period covers 395 CE to 1453.Ethel Kennedy - In this episode, Jess tells Abby her insecurities around Nick and mentions that while she went to the hotel by herself, she watched a documentary about Ethel Kennedy. Ethel Kennedy is known for being an American human rights advocate and the widow of the late Robert F. Kennedy. She founded a non-profit charity and in 2014 was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.When Jess and Nick are agreeing that they shouldn't live together, they mention both the pilgrims and the Plymouth Rock Massacre.Plymouth Rock - While there wasn't actually a massacre, Plymouth Rock is the site that marked where the Plymouth Colony was founded in December of 1620 when the Mayflower landed in the “New World”.Pilgrim - A pilgrim is used to describe a traveler who goes on a journey to a holy place. In this case, it referred to the Pilgrim Fathers who came to North America on the Mayflower to escape religious persecution in England.This episode got a 7/10 rating from both Kritika and Kelly; Kritika's favorite character was Cece and Kelly's favorite was Coach.Thanks for listening and stay tuned for Episode 19!Music: "Hotshot” by scottholmesmusic.comFollow us on Twitter, Instagram or email us at whosthatgirlpod@gmail.com!Website: https://smallscreenchatter.com/

Yule 2022 – IV14th-21st CenturiesWe hear anonymous and traditional works and works by Thomas Tallis, Jacobus Vaet, Michael Praetorius, Alessandro Scarlatti, Christoph Weyse, Heinrich Kaminski, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Myroslav Skoryk, Franz Gruber, Sir John Tavener, John Rutter, and Peter Warlock.167 Minutes – Week of 2022 December 19

Will our troubles really be "out of sight" next Christmas? The Bible doesn't say that. We are those who live knowing that "in this world you will have trouble..." Thankfully, the end of this Bible verse ends with a firm promise - "but take heart! I have overcome the world."In this episode, Chara discusses how our hearts can be light this Christmas while not denying that trouble will surely come.Verses referenced: John 16:33; John 14:3; Luke 2:10-11; Matthew 1:23; Psalm 34:18; Zephaniah 3:17; Psalm 23; Isaiah 9:6Articles referenced:Christmas Mourning by Chara Donahue: https://bit.ly/3m67NNAWhen Peace on Earth Seems Impossible by Chara Donahue: https://bit.ly/320hc2jChristmas Bells by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow: https://poets.org/poem/christmas-bellsThe Original Lyrics to ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas' Weren't Very Merry at All by Maddy Shaw Roberts: https://bit.ly/326fM61Songs referenced: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Bsy9Sl4Z6U***You can find Chara at: https://anchoredvoices.com/ https://www.facebook.com/CharaDonahue/ https://twitter.com/CharaDonahue/Episode Image Credit: Getty/sabelskaya

Look at the sheet music. Take your time. This is about sight-reading. It's necessary skill to master. Make this a habit with every new song. Next, look at the chords. Do not play the chords. Play the melody first without the chords. Title: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Words and music by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Published in 1944 by Leo Feist, Inc.; renewed 1971 & 1972 SBK FEIST CATALOG. All Rights Reserved. Buy the songbook. Thanks for listening.

On this episode of MICRO BREAK (Episode 24), I sing Christmas classics for you, my loyal listeners. This is a surprise Christmas Eve special for 2020! I hope it puts you in the mood to celebrate Christmas this year, and years to come! This episode is fun for all ages! So let your Children join in and sing along with me, your host, Michael J Maione. Have a very Merry Christmas! "A Holly Jolly Christmas" (also called "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas") is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and most famously performed by Burl Ives. The song has since become one of the Top 25 most-performed "holiday" songs written by ASCAP members, for the first five years of the 21st century. "Blue Christmas" is a Christmas song written by Billy Hayes and Jay W. Johnson and most famously performed by Elvis Presley; it was first recorded by Doye O'Dell in 1948. It is a tale of unrequited love during the holidays and is a longstanding staple of Christmas music, especially in the country genre. "Jingle Bells" is one of the best-known and commonly sung American songs in the world. It was written by James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) and published under the title "The One Horse Open Sleigh" in the autumn of 1857. It has been claimed that it was originally written to be sung by a Sunday school choir, or as a drinking song. "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch" is a Christmas song that was originally written and composed for the 1966 cartoon special Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/microbreak/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/microbreak/support

It was a Christmas hit that literally had to be rescued from the trash! This is the story behind…Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. #BehindTheChristmasHits is Presented by Pizza Pizza! It was written for Judy Garland’s 1944 movie Meet Me in St. Louis. The film was notable for a couple of reasons: the song and for being where Judy and the film’s director, Vincent Minnelli, met and fell in love. They married in 1945 and then Liza Minnelli was born the next year. The movie tells a year in the life of the Smith family beginning in 1903 and leading up to the World’s Fair the following year. Meet Me in St. Louis became the second-highest grossing film of 1944 and had a hugely successful soundtrack with three hit songs – hey, that’s just like Flashdance! Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas is heard after Garland’s character, Esther, becomes engaged to the handsome boy next door, John Truitt, at a fancy Christmas Eve ball – however, their engagement means, they have to move from St. Louis to New York – something that doesn’t sit well with Esther’s 5-year-old sister, Tootie. Songwriter Hugh Martin wrote a melody for the song but threw it away after being unable to figure out what to do with it. When I say threw it away, I mean, in the trash to be taken out by custodial staff. After telling his writing partner, Ralph Blane, what he had done the next day, Blane insisted they start going through trash cans because that melody was too good to throw out. Blaine once told NPR “thank the lord we found it.” That said, Judy Garland had some major problems with the original lyrics and refused to sing them. She thought they were far too sad and gloomy and needed some hope & optimism. Hugh Martin wrote in his biography, The Boy Next Door, he refused to rewrite it and stood by the song as it was. That’s when Garland’s co-star, Tom Drake, came to Martin and said “I’ll think you’ll be sorry if you don’t do this.” So Martin went home and wrote the version heard in the movie. How sad were those original lyrics? Well, the line "Let your heart be light / Next year all our troubles will be out of sight" was originally written as "It may be your last / Next year we may all be living in the past.” There was a lot of pain in those original lyrics – something that wasn’t often expressed in Christmas music back then. But Judy Garland wasn’t alone in her feelings that it was too sad. In 1957, Frank Sinatra tweaked the line “Next year all our troubles will be miles away” to the now more commonly heard “From now on our troubles will be miles away.” Suddenly, a wish for a better tomorrow became more of a celebration of the present day. Depending on how the music is arranged, you can still get those melancholy feels…but any hint of the pain in Martin and Blaine’s original lyrics…was now gone. Ralph Blane passed away in 1995. Martin lived until he was 96 in 2011…and he liked to keep up with who was recording new versions of their song every year. He told Entertainment Weekly he enjoyed Sarah McLachlan and James Taylor’s…and called Twisted Sister’s version “a hoot.”Thanks for joining us. Click subscribe for more stories Behind the Christmas Hits!

Due to technical difficulties...the sermon for Week 2 did not record. Please enjoy the styling of Mike the Piano Player...as we consider Ted's sermon title "A Time to Ponder" "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is a song written in 1943 by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane and introduced by Judy Garland in the 1944 MGM musical Meet Me in St. Louis.

Diane and Sean discuss the Judy Garland classic, Meet Me in St. Louis, and what a great time 1903 was in America...if you were white...and wealthy. Episode music is "Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis", music by Kerry Mills, lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling; "The Trolley Song", by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane.Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=FDAK8MLABD6SG&source=url)

Account Manager, Conor Standish, brings us a beautiful rendition of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” accompanied by his very own band, The Front Porch Lights.   The song was originally written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, and first performed by Judy Garland.    Credit to Front Porch Lights for performing and to Greg David of Sequence Music for recording and mixing the song.

Pardo's Turn is asking you all to Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas this week, courtesy of my lovely wife, Chrissy. I talk about the phenomenon of Jewish songwriters and Christmas tunes, and then sing a classic by the gentile writing team, Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Chrissy reveals some facts about the original lyrics, too!

“CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!” went the podcast! And despite all the noise, we are excited to chat with y’all about the heartwarming, fun-filled Classic from 1944; Meet Me in St. Louis! Join us as we dissect this sweet love letter to St. Louis starring Judy Garland. We will be discussing the musical choices as related the the direction of the film, our favorite scenes, and St. Louis’ own little serial killer sweetheart: Tootie. This episode is a load of fun and we are starting to get into the meat and potatoes of movie musical production. Let us know what you think about Meet Me in Saint Louis and the season so far! Join us on social media to discuss what 3 decades of movie musicals has added to the tradition you know and love.  Podcast cover art: David Taylor Twitter: @bwaybabies Facebook: Facebook.com/broadwaybabiespodcast Recording: YouTube | Amazon | iTunes  Songs: “Meet Me in St. Louis” Performed by Judy Garland “The Boy Next Door” by Judy Garland “Under the Bamboo Tree” by Judy Garland and Margaret O’Brien “The Trolley Song” by Judy Garland and the MGM Studio Chorus “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” by Judy Garland Music and lyrics are by various artists. Some songs are traditional and adapted from the turn of the century, while others were written for the film by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane. Distributed by Loew’s, Inc.   Show Notes: The first look photo of Renee Zellweger as Judy in her upcoming biopic, set in her later years. A side-by-side of the Trolley scene and Judy Davis’ recreation from “Me and My Shadows.” Article about Margaret O’Brien’s Oscar getting stolen and returned to her 50 years later. The ugly side of old Hollywood beauty.  Info on the Cakewalk

Episode Notes We celebrate the holidays with some festive X-Men stories. We answer some listener questions, and have a suprise Christmas gift at the end for all you.Ranked this episode: X-Factor #27 (Gifts!) Uncanny X-Men #143 (Demon!) A Miracle a Few Blocks Down From 34th Street (Marvel Holiday Special 1991) That sweater Adam & I are wearing is out of stock here.Check out the Battle of the Atom Master Ranking List!New content every week on XavierFiles.comFollow Zack and Adam on Twitter @Xavier Files and @arthurstacy!Our theme music is from the X-Men: Evolution On Angel's Wings by William Anderson & our outro music was written by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, lyrics by Kelly P. Corvese, and performed by our own Adam ReckCover art is by Adam Reck after Dave CockrumIf you want to support the show make sure you rate and review the show or check out our Patreon!

The Jeff Adams – For Real ® Podcast Episode Eighteen © 2012 Jeff Adams – For Real All Rights Reserved Original tunes this week include a produced copy of my original song, “Christmas Morning”, “As The Moment Passes By”, “Beyond”, and then an impromptu open-air version of the 1944 Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane tune entitled, “Have […]