| Selection |
Source |
Performer(s) |
Comments |
| Rocko Products |
Somewhere Over the Radio | Stevens and Grdnic |
It's the ultimate concert survival kit! |
| Someday My Prince Will Come |
Stay Awake |
Sinead
O'Connor | From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
(sic). This breathy, Marianne Faithful-style rendition is typical
of the left-of-center approach producer Hal Willner took in
putting this collection together. |
| Feed the Birds |
Stay Awake |
Garth
Hudson | From Mary Poppins. This and the next
four songs are actually part of a single long medley on the
disc. |
| Whistle While You Work |
Stay Awake |
NRBQ | From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs |
| I'm Wishing |
Stay Awake |
Betty
Carter | From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
The late Carter (she died on September 26th, 1998) was widely
considered one of the greatest jazz vocalists of the 20th century. |
| Cruella De Ville |
Stay Awake |
The Replacements | From 101 Dalmatians |
| Dumbo and Timothy |
Stay Awake |
Bill
Frisell and Wayne
Horvitz | From Dumbo |
| I Wan'na Be Like You (The Monkey Song) |
The Jungle Book (OS 1967) |
Louis Prima
and Phil
Harris | The king of the apes (voiced by Prima) demands
that Mowgli make good on his promise to deliver the secret of
fire. Harris is the voice of the friendly (and very hip) bear
Baloo. He and Prima finish the song with some exceptionally
cool scat singing. |
| The Lioness Hunt |
The Lion King (OC 1997) |
Lebo M and Company | This is one of several numbers added to the
original Elton John / Tim Rice score for the stage version by
African singer and songwriter Lebo M. |
| Can You Feel The Love Tonight |
The Lion King (OC 1997) |
Max Casella, Tom Alan Robbins, Jason Raize,
Heather Headley | This one, on the other hand, comes straight
from the original film. |
| The Lion Sleeps Tonight |
Without You I'm Nothing |
Sandra
Bernhard | OK, it's not Disney, but "The Lion Sleeps
Tonight" does appear in both the animated and stage
versions of Lion King. I happen to like this version
because it's so odd. |
| Mickey Mouse March |
Walt Disney's Mickey
Mouse Club |
The Mouseketeers | Yes, it's Jimmy Dodd and the original cast in
a blast from your (or somebody's) past. Dodd, on the other hand,
didn't have much of a future after the Mickey Mouse Club; he
died of heart failure in 1964 at the age of 54. |
| Mickey Mouse |
Angst in My Pants |
Sparks | Mickey's here for you. Trust Sparks to add something
manic to the mix. |
| Mickey's Son and Daughter |
Gorilla |
The
Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band | And trust the Bonzos to add something sublimely
silly. |
| Mickey Mouse March |
Stay Awake |
Aaron
Neville |
This is a surprisingly laid-back version that
turns the march into something more like a lullaby (an example
of which is even quoted briefly at the end). |
| Castle in Spain |
Stay Awake |
Buster
Poindexter (David Johansen) and the Banshees of Blue |
I had some extra time in this segment, so I decided
to throw in a couple more from Stay Awake. This number
(by George Bruns and Mel Leven) was added to the original Victor
Herbert score for Disney's film version of Babes in Toyland
(1961). |
| Baby Mine |
Stay Awake |
Bonnie
Raitt and Was
(Not Was) |
This is just plain charming. It's from Dumbo,
where the title character's mom sings it to him to comformt
the little guy after the other elephants make fun of his big
ears. |
| Onion
Radio News 20 |
The Onion's Finest News Reporting |
Doyle Redland | Jews Ordered Back To Egypt For Pyramid Duty. |
| Chapter 1 - Not Quite the Solution He
Expected |
The Tale of the Giant Rat of Sumatra |
The
Firesign Theatre |
Starting this week, the Story Time segment features
this thrilling tale from The Cheque Book of Hemlock Stones.
In chapter 1, Stones and Dr. Flotsam meet mysterious American
ingÈnue Violet Dawn Dudley, decode a secret message, and head
off on a dangerous mission to The Curse of India Pub. |
| Football |
The Ten Minute University |
John Moschitta | Get out there and kill! |
| Interview Part 1 |
Self |
Ed Reggi and Chuck Lavazzi |
Ed is the Theatre Coordinator at COCA and also
the founder of the PaperSlip Theatre Company, and improv ensemble.
In this first segment we talked about the new "black box"
theatre space COCA is building. |
| Interview Part 2 |
Self |
Ed Reggi and Chuck Lavazzi | Ed talks about PaperSlip (which gets its name
from the device of having audience members write situations
down on slips of paper, which the company then uses as the basis
for improvised scenes) and improvisational theatre in general. |
| Give a Little Whistle |
Pinocchio (OS 1940) |
Cliff
Edwards |
Jiminy Cricket tries to warn Pinocchio to stick
to the straight and narrow and stay in school. Known as "Ukulele
Ike" in his early days (when he was a vaudeville headliner),
Edwards made a (sadly) brief comeback just before his death
as the voice of the animated cricket in Pinocchio and
on the Mickey Mouse Club. |
| Someday My Prince Will Come |
The Best of Etta James – the Prestige
Singles |
Etta James |
From Snow White |
| A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes |
A Cappella Vocal Jazz |
Vox
P |
From Cinderella. You wouldn't know if from listening to them, but this vocal jazz group is actually Danish. |
| When You Wish Upon a Star |
From Branch to Branch |
Leon Redbone |
Redbone plays it straight with this classic from
Pinocchio. |
| Beyond the Sea |
Finding Nemo (OS 2003) |
Robbie
Williams |
This is end title music for the film. |
| Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride |
Lilo and Stitch (OS 2002) |
Kamehameha Schools Children's Chorus & Mark
Keali'i Ho'omalu |
The roller coaster ride they're talking about
involves surfboards and large waves. |
| Under the Sea |
Reggae for Kids – Movie Classics |
Arrow |
Soca king
Arrow's style is a perfect match for this calypso number from
The Little Mermaid. |
| It's a Small World |
Around the World in 80 Days (OS 2004) |
Baha Men |
This Bahamas-based group is best known for their
hit single "Who Let the Dogs Out". The film this track
comes from was panned by critics and bombed at the box office. |
| Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah |
Reggae for Kids – Movie Classics |
Don Carlos |
Reggae veteran Carlos' latest CD is Special
Edition. |
