Nine seconds to laugh

Morecambe and Wise - Mastermind

A truly awful photo.

What, the new one at the head of my blog?  Yes, I know it is.  But the old one - me and my granddaughter Abigail - is somewhat out of date now.  While I look for a better one, enjoy yourself with this...

Happy Birthday, Shirley

Dame Shirley Bassey - like Elvis and David Bowie - celebrates a birthday on January 8th.  Always a powerful performer, she achieved her peak, some would say, with the assistance of two most helpful props men...

Kermit and Derek

Inimitable