Chicken Ranch anniversary: Sheriff T.J. Flournoy (1902-1982)

On this date in 1982, Fayette County Sheriff T.J. "Jim" Flournoy died at the age of 80. Big Jim, as he was known, was the longest-serving sheriff in Fayette County history, had a two-year run as a Texas Ranger during World War II and several stints as a deputy in various jurisdictions. He shot to fame, of course, by defending the Chicken Ranch brothel when KTRK-TV newsman Marvin Zindler campaigned to shut it down. Zindler returned to La Grange on December 30, 1974 to do a follow-up story, and that's where he encountered Sheriff Flournoy. The altercation ended with the Sheriff stomping on Zindler's toupée in the middle of the street, and Zindler heading back to Houston with several cracked ribs. Lawsuits flew back and forth for years, before the two eventually settled out of court.

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is available from both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. It's also available as an ebook in the following formats: Kindle, Nook, Google Play, iBooks and Kobo.

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They're gonna romp! And stomp!

I haven't posted much here about the Chicken Ranch lately (or really, much of anything--life intervenes) but I've got a good one to share today. This evening I shall be making the short drive up to Wimberley to take in the Wimbeley Players' production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. As is my wont with these things, I shall be arriving early and staying late to answer questions from the audience, cast, crew and random passers-by about the real Chicken Ranch and the shenanigans that went on there back in the day. It's always a good time, but I'm just the sideshow here--the play's the thing, and I've heard excellent buzz about this production. If you've only ever seen the theatrical version with Burt and Dolly, I strongly encourage you to check out the play if you can. There's so much here that the movie simply ignored, and that's a shame. Most of the run is sold out, but give the box office a call, as they may have a few tickets squirreled away here or there.

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is available from both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. It's also available as an ebook in the following formats: Kindle, Nook, Google Play, iBooks and Kobo.

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Reddit vs. the Chicken Ranch

Well, now. This should prove to be interesting. I have been approved for a Reddit Ask Me Anything with--what else?--the Chicken Ranch as the primary topic! Can you tell I'm excited? Nervous? All of the above?

My AMA will be 9 p.m. EST (that's 8 p.m. for us normal, Central Time folks) on September 22, a date which just coincidentally happens to coincide with Fayette County Sheriff J.T. "Big Jim" Flournoy's 114th birthday. See what I did there? The Reddit AMA will happen at this link and it should appear on the sidebar calendar before long. My username is "JaymeBlaschke."

I suspect most Reddit users will be more familiar with The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas than they are with the historical Chicken Ranch itself. I wonder how many people are going to ask if the madam really looked like Dolly Parton? See you there!

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is now available from both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. It's also available as an ebook in the following formats: Kindle, Nook, Google Play, iBooks and Kobo.

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Chicken Ranch report no. 80: BookPeople and more!

First things first: Tonight at 7 p.m. I'll be at Austin's landmark book store, BookPeople, for a 7 p.m. signing and discussion of Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch. I've been looking forward to this for a long time, and hope the weather cooperates so we can get a good turnout (I've checked the hourly forecast, and chances of more wet stuff drop off significantly this evening, so yay!). This kicks off my busiest week thus far on the book tour front--Thursday, I'm in Columbus at the Nesbitt Memorial Library, Friday I'm at the Twig in San Antonio, and Saturday is the official book release party at Casa de Blaschke. So yeah, I'm going to be busy.

In all honesty, my busy week actually started a couple of days ago, when I made the trip over to Bryan/College Station for the Theatre Company's production of "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas." I had a fantastic time, and was welcomed by everyone I encountered, from the performers to the staff to the audience. I met several La Grange natives who were excited by me book, and met several more former customers of the brothel who joked about "the good old days." The play itself was fascinating. Sure, it was rough around the edges as community theatre often is, but what struck me was how different it was from the San Antonio production I'd recently attended. Both used the same book--essentially, the version reworked for the Ann-Margret national touring show from 2001 (I've found out that the Samuel French Company is currently not allowing any productions of the original 1978 book, presumably so as not to conflict with the proposed Rob Ashford/Kristin Chenoweth Broadway revival). Simple direction choices and line delivery by the actors made this play very different, even though the lines and songs are all the same. Some lines in Bryan got huge laughs that didn't play as remotely funny in San Antonio, and vice versa. And the characters were very different as well. Harold Presley's version of Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd was all rapid-fire dialogue and fluster, whereas Paul Galindo's version in San Antonio was stoic and brooding. David Blazer played Melvin P. Thorpe as an over-the-top televangelist with zero self-awareness in San Antonio, whereas Corey Barron took the character in an entirely different route, channeling the late Marvin Zindler by way of Elvis Presley, complete with sneering, self-aggrandizing arrogance. Finally, I have to give a big shout-out to Ellen Wilcox's choreography. She took a limited number of athletic men and created a wonderfully entertaining "Aggie Song" despite not having nearly enough bodies to replicate Tommy Tune's original choreography. And she took a real sow's ear in the revamped "Angelette March" (the 2001 Ann-Margret version does away with the blow-up dolls and balloons and attached social commentary) and made it a seamless and entertaining part of the production, as opposed to the awkward speed bump it was in San Antonio. It's amazing what talent and passion can accomplish, even when resources are lacking.

Oh, and finally, I've got several more media interviews lined up in the coming days, along with these two stories that just hit. I'm not sure if this media attention is moving the needle any as far as book sales go, but I'm doing my darnedest to pull my own weight.

This ‘little whorehouse’ in Texas helped a president relieve stress: New York Post

The president's favorite brothel: Lyndon Johnson would 'relieve stress' by secretly visiting a prostitute named Penny in Texas... And introduced her as a 'family friend': Daily Mail (U.K.)

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is now available from both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com. It's also available as an ebook in the following formats: Kindle, Nook, Google Play, iBooks and Kobo.

Title: Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
Author: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
ISBN: 978.1.46713.563.4

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The Best Little Special in Texas!

First up, a bit of business: I'd like to remind everyone that tomorrow I will be at the Fayette Heritage Museum & Archives, aka the La Grange library, starting at 6 p.m. for a reading, signing and discussion of Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch. Then on Saturday, I'll be in Houston for a signing at Murder By the Book starting at 4:30 p.m. Then Sunday I'll be in San Antonio for the final performance of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas at the Playhouse San Antonio starting at 2 p.m., signing books and talking about the history of the Chicken Ranch in the lobby. Come on out and catch the show if you can!

I've got some new dates to add as well. I'm pleased to announce that I'll be in Bryan/College Station August 13 and 14 for the Theatre Company's production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Like with San Antonio, I'll be in the lobby talking history and signing books for the 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. shows, then for the 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday as well. Finally, I've added another Houston appearance. I'll be at Brazos Bookstore August 23 at 7 p.m. for a signing and discussion of, you guessed it, the history behind the Chicken Ranch.

Now that business is out of the way, let me share with you this curiosity from 1982: The Best Little Special in Texas! It was produced to promote the theatrical release of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, and was distributed in syndication. It's never been aired since, and isn't even included in the special features on the DVD/Blu-Ray releases of the film. Frankly, it's not that great, putting more attention on the "special guest stars" that had nothing to do with the film or play, rather than the film itself. I guess someone decided that the subject matter of the Chicken Ranch was too much for television, so they figured smoke and mirrors was the way to go. In any event, it's a curious bit of broadcast history.

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Theatrical sins of the Best Little Whorehouse

Broadway World has a new review of the Playhouse San Antonio production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas up: Playhouse's BEST LITTLE WHOREHOUSE Entertains Despite Lackluster Material. This review falls into a pattern I've seen repeated over and over again with reviews on this musical, namely, the reviewer spends much of the "review" complaining about the play itself (the premise is terrible, the music is terrible, the book is terrible, the whole thing is terrible) and bemoaning the fact that it remains popular with audiences across the country. Once that is out of the way, they invariably go on to say despite all that negative baggage, this version is really quite fun and entertaining and would be highly recommended apart from the fact that it sucks.

What?

I have struggled to get my head wrapped around this attitude. There was a little bit of this early on, when Whorehouse first opened off-Broadway, but by the time it made the jump to the big time, reviews were overwhelmingly positive for the most part. Yet the dismissive, condescending reviews have continued. For a long time I assumed stems from the notion that prostitution is an unworthy subject for a musical comedy (and I think that lies at the root of much bias, whether the reviewer admits it or not). "Prostitution should not be glorified in such a manner!" Well, if that's the case, should Sweeny Todd (the musical that beat out Whorehouse for Best Musical at the 1979 Tony Awards) be condemned for glorifying cannibalism?

I've come to realize there's more to it than that, however. The reviewer linked above provides a laundry list of offenses the play commits, and it's pretty clear that pretty much every aspect of the musical is at fault:

• The main protagonist and main antagonist never meet.
• The first twenty minutes are spent introducing two characters who are barely seen or heard from again.
• Not one but two of the show's best songs are given to cameo characters.
• Most songs and scenes don't advance the thin plot or develop the weak characters.
• While the goals of the main characters are clear, the motivations behind them are not.
• Of the romantic leads, one has only one song and the other goes a full hour between songs.
• There's almost zero attempt to develop the relationship between the two protagonists/romantic leads.
• The two romantic leads don't have a duet.
• The romantic leads barely have any scenes together.
• Neither protagonist has enough stage time or enough to do (this is exactly why the roles were eligible for Tony nominations in the Featured vs. Leading categories).
• It's a sex comedy/satire with not enough sex, comedy, or satire.

Wow, that's quite a laundry list. There's some valid critique here, no doubt. Shy and Angel are set up as entry point characters for the audience, characters who the audience learns through. That's a common trope in writing, be it for theatre, television, movies or prose. Unfortunately, neither really gets a character arc--they're in the background most of the time, and by the end of the play, Shy has become a confident, throw-caution-to-the-wind prostitute ready to seek her fortune in Las Vegas, whereas the hardened, streetwise Angel has decided to put her sordid past behind her and dedicate herself to being a mother with a legitimate career. That's a dramatic role reversal, but the audience doesn't get to see it happen.

Beyond that, it seems the reviewer wants to watch a play that is almost, but not quite, entirely unlike Best Little Whorehouse. That there's almost no attempt to develop the relationship between the "romantic" leads is kind of stunning. It's very, very clear that there is no romance here. That's kind of the point--Mona carries a small flame for Ed Earl stemming from a weekend in Galveston years before, but Ed Earl barely remembers it. And Ed Earl's elegiac song, "Good Old Girl" makes it clear he admires Mona for not ever developing feelings for him despite his gruff affection for her, showing he's utterly and completely misunderstood their relationship through the years. So, from that perspective, not having many scenes together and not singing a duet makes perfect, logical sense. Curiously enough, these "failings" were addressed in the cinematic version of Whorehouse, with Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton having a lot more scenes together and yes, even singing a duet. I've yet to meet anyone who defends those changes as making the film superior to the play.

The rest of the complaints, to the best of my reckoning, amount to a disapproval of the play not following formula. Now, formula is popular because it's convenient and enables playwrights the use of shorthand--the audience expects certain things according to formula, so those things can be presented without additional explanation. Whorehouse, however, never lent itself to formula. It was based on real events, after all. Sure, Larry King, Pete Masterson and Carol Hall took broad liberties with the material, but the gist is still there. Marvin Zindler, the ego-maniacal newsman threw all of his stones from afar and didn't stick around. Governor Dolph Briscoe didn't exactly dance "The Sidestep," but he did squirm, briefly, in the media spotlight. The Chicken Ranch was indeed closed with a simple phone call. Yes, some of the most entertaining songs are delivered by essential cameo performances, but I've seen much the same in Chicago and the handful of other musicals I've enjoyed in person. Whorehouse seems to have a few more of these than normal, but unless the book's going to radically change from reality, it doesn't make much sense to have the Governor sing "Girl, You're a Woman" or Melvin P. Thorpe sing "Bus from Amarillo." Whorehouse is best viewed as an ensemble piece, one comprised of a series of character vignettes that occur in the venerable brothel's final days. It could easily have been titled "Scenes from a Texas Brothel," although I doubt that would've generated as much business as the one actually used. Could the characters have been used better? Sure. Doatsy May could've been expanded on early on, so that her solo doesn't come so unexpectedly out of the blue. Shy and Angel could stand to be beefed up in the middle sections of the narrative. Melvin, despite his dramatic entrance and raid on the Chicken Ranch, is largely absent in the second act. The second act sags a bit, but this is a problem with many plays--it's easier to set up a situation than to resolve it and maintain that vibrant energy throughout.

But to argue Whorehouse is not funny or sexy enough... well, I've always found the first act pretty damn funny. A heck of a lot funnier than the movie version, for sure. as for not having enough sex, well, I've never heard that complaint before. Earlier this summer I read an article about a collegiate production of Whorehouse being staged in Great Britain. The director said the students were initially taken aback by the amount of nudity the play required, but had to get over it to fully inhabit the characters. To which my reaction was, if your version of Whorehouse has nudity in it, you're doing it wrong. It's not a play about sex. It's not a play about prostitution. It's a play about hypocrisy, and anyone who doesn't grasp that might as well be watching Cats.

For the record, Whorehouse isn't my favorite musical. That'd be Man of La Mancha. I have to say Spamalot! is pretty great, too, and The Rocky Horror Show--fully staged as opposed to people acting out the film as it's shown--is amazing. But you know what? The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas resonates with audiences because it's an absurd piece of theatre based on an absurd piece of history. It's easy to empathize with the characters, brief sketches though they may be, and the music (which didn't generate any hits until Dolly Parton released her own version of "Hard Candy Christmas") isn't infectious earworm material, it still keeps the audience engaged when it needs to. It's funny, entertaining and doesn't tie everything up with a neat bow for a happy ending. Sometimes that's enough.

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The Best Little Whorehouse in... Denmark!?

If there's any doubt that the Chicken Ranch is the most famous (or infamous, if you prefer) brothel in the world, this should lay that to rest. Here is "A Little Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place" from a Danish theatrical performance of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. Clearly, they grasp the whole prostitution thing--it's been legal in Denmark since 1999, with some exceptions--but there are clearly a few cultural disconnections in "Byens Bedste Horehus":

Strange hearing Miss Mona recite her "No-no rules" in Danish, is it not? Well, hang onto your hats, friends and neighbors, because it's about to get a lot weirder. The late Marvin Zindler, the famed consumer affairs activist for KTRK-TV in Houston who closed down the Chicken Ranch and served as the inspiration for the character Melvin P. Thorpe in the play and movie, well, he was a flamboyant character by any standards. In the various productions I've seen, Thorpe is both more cartoonish than Zindler while also falling short of the man's full flamboyancy. Part of the problem is the tendency to present him as a caricature TV preacher intent on imposing his own brand of morality on everyone. Well, that's not who Zindler was. He was a populist and an opportunist, and only became a moral crusader when it suited his interests. But this... I think it's safe to say nobody has seen an interpretation of Melvin P. Thorpe quite this outlandish (outside of Denmark, that is). And if you really want a cultural disconnect, take a gander at those disturbingly mutated Texas logos on the KTEX banners behind the dancers. Wow. Another one of those "you have to see it to believe it" things: "Texas has a Whorehouse in It! (in Danish)," lord have mercy on my soul!

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is now available from both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com.

Title: Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
Author: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
ISBN: 978.1.46713.563.4

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The Aggie Song vs. the Tony Awards

If you've ever seen The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas--either the play or the movie--then you're likely to remember "The Aggie Song." This is the part of the show where the Texas A&M football team, having successfully vanquished their arch-rivals during the annual Thanksgiving Day showdown, celebrates in anticipation of an all-expense-paid trip to the legendary Chicken Ranch brothel. It's a funny scene, simply for the sheer absurdity of it. Texas A&M gave the film crew full access to the football locker rooms when they were making the 1982 film, but I have a sneaking suspicion they wouldn't be so cooperative today if approached about a remake.

But that's neither here nor there. Back in 1978, after some fits and starts, the play exploded on Broadway and became a major hit. In fact, it garnered a bunch of Tony Award nominations in 1979, including one for best musical (it lost out to Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, which I suppose means that cannibalism is more socially acceptable than prostitution). Strangely enough, they picked "The Aggie Song" to represent the play. Out of all the songs, I'd have thought they'd choose "Little Ole Bitty Pissant Country Place" or maybe "The Sidestep." But no, they choose the song where a bunch of men wax poetic about visiting a brothel. All I can figure is that somebody decided Tommy Tune's creative choreography would look good on TV... and it does. But the censors went absolutely nuts with the bleeping out of words, making the song sound far dirtier than it actually is. And instead of simple bleeps, they use a xylophone, which makes the whole thing that much more surreal. And is it possible for poor Henry Fonda to look any more uncomfortable during his introduction? This is one of those "You've got to see it to believe it" things. Enjoy!

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is now listed on both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com for pre-order.

Title: Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
Author: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
ISBN: 978.1.46713.563.4

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Chicken Ranch report no. 77: The first review!

I have my first, genuine, for-true book review of my new book, Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse. It appears in the current issue of the San Antonio Current, on newsstands today. I knew Bryan Rindfuss was working on something, but I hadn't realized he'd actually received an advance review copy. Here's a taste of what he thinks:

Ahead of its August 1 publication date, author Jayme Lynn Blaschke’s Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch comes hailed (by former Texas Lieutenant Governor William P. “Bill” Hobby Jr.) as “the best account of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas ever written.” Preceded by a 1978 Broadway musical and a 1982 film (both titled The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas and based on a story by Larry L. King) and Jan Hutson’s 1980 book The Chicken Ranch: The True Story of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Blaschke’s update delivers much more than its title suggests — shedding light on the history of prostitution and brothels in the Lone Star State in the processing of building a compelling portrait of “that home out on the range” immortalized in ZZ Top’s 1973 classic “La Grange.”

If you're not in the San Antonio area, you're still in luck, because the review is published online: Jayme Lynn Blaschke Ventures Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch. Read it! Share it! Call the neighbors and wake the kids! This thing is real, and it's happening now...

Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse is now listed on both Amazon.com and BarnesAndNoble.com for pre-order.

Title: Inside the Texas Chicken Ranch: The Definitive Account of the Best Little Whorehouse
Author: Jayme Lynn Blaschke
Publication Date: August 1, 2016
ISBN: 978.1.46713.563.4

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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas rides again!

Friends and neighbors, if you were broken up about missing the Theatre Under the Stars' production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas staged at Houston's Miller Outdoor Theatre last month (and really, you have every right to be. I was fortunate enough to be a guest for their production of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas during it's run at the Hobby Center in 2012, and it was downright fantastic!) then do I have good news for you! News broke yesterday that the Tony Award-winning musical is getting its very own Broadway revival! This marks the first time the show's been performed on Broadway since the original 1978 production enjoyed a spectacular run of 1,584 shows.

Now wait a cotton-picking minute, you're probably thinking to yourself right now. If you know your Whorehouse history (and you know you do) you're looking at your Ann-Margret soundtrack and saying, "But Jayme! What about Ann-Margret's successful run as Miss Mona circa 2001-2002? I didn't just imagine that, did I?" You, you certainly did not. You are correct the immortal Ann-Margret headlined a successful re-staging of Whorehouse, along with Gary Sandy of WKRP in Cincinnati fame as Sheriff Ed Earl Dodd. The original play's songwriter, Carol Hall, even penned a new song, "A Friend to Me," for Ann-Margret. It was kind of a big deal. The thing is, that was a national touring show. It played pretty much everywhere except Broadway.

So what do we know about this new show? Not much, actually. It's more or less the same show Larry L. King, Peter Masterson, Carol Hall and Tommy Tune struck it two-thirds rich with (as King liked to say) back in 1978. The announced director/choreographer is Rob Ashford, a big name in Broadway circles. He's got Tony, Emmy and Olivier awards on his mantlepiece, so it's hard to argue with his credentials. He was the creative force behind “How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying” with Daniel Radcliffe, "Macbeth" with Kenneth Branagh, “A Streetcar Named Desire” with Rachel Weisz, “Thoroughly Modern Millie” and the 81st Academy Awards. Other than that, little information has been released--no theatre, dates or actors are known.

On the bright side, there continues to be no movement on Universal's remake of the mediocre 1982 film version of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, starring Dolly Parton and Burt Reynolds. While it's hard to imagine the remake could do much worst than Burt Reynolds singing, the fact that the producers, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey, are the folks who gave us the Twilight movies. I can see it now: All the prostitutes sparkle beautifully in sunlight.

Enough of the history lesson, Jayme (you're saying to yourself right now, I'll wager). Tell us what's really important--how does this impact your book on the history of the Chicken Ranch brothel in La Grange, Texas? In all honesty, it doesn't. At least, not directly. The history and the entertainment are two different things, and apart from broad strokes, are pretty much separate animals. Where this could help me is in raising the public awareness of the Chicken Ranch. As the Broadway production ramps up, more and more folks are going to grow curious about the real story behind the infamous brothel. If the run is successful and the revival earns some Tony Award nominations--maybe even winning a few--then that exposure is multiplied. Anyone with a comprehensive book out on the subject could stand to capitalize on the ensuing publicity quite nicely. At least, that's what I'm telling the editors currently considering my book.

Hollywood Reporter: 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' Sets Broadway Return in 2015
Variety: ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ Heads Back to Broadway
Playbill: Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Will Stomp Its Way Back to Broadway, Run by Rob Ashford
Broadway.com: The Chicken Ranch reopens! The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas Will Return to Broadway
USA Today: Rob Ashford to helm new 'Whorehouse' on Broadway
Star Tribune: Revival of sex romp musical 'The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas' coming to Broadway
Dan Cirucci: 'Whorehouse' On Broadway? Yes, It Opens In 2015!

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Friday Night Videos

Really folks, was there ever any doubt which musical selection would be featured today, given my post from Wednesday?



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