Sunday 6 March 2011

"Cosmo, call me a cab." "OK, you're a cab."

Cosmo:

Though the world is so full of a number things,
I know we should all be as happy as
But are we?
No, definitely no, positively no.
Decidedly no. Mm mm.
Short people have long faces and
Long people have short faces.
Big people have little humor
And little people have no humor at all!
And in the words of that immortal buddy
Samuel J. Snodgrass, as he was about to be lead
To the guillotine:


Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?
(Ha ha!)
My dad said "Be an actor, my son
But be a comical one
They'll be standing in lines
For those old honky tonk monkeyshines"

Now you could study Shakespeare and be quite elite
And you can charm the critics and have nothin' to eat
Just slip on a banana peel
The world's at your feet
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh


Make 'em...
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?
My grandpa said go out and tell 'em a joke
But give it plenty of hoke


Make 'em roar
Make 'em scream
Take a fall
But a wall
Split a seam
You start off by pretending
You're a dancer with grace
You wiggle 'till they're
Giggling all over the place
And then you get a great big custard pie in the face
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh


Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know... all the...wants..?
My dad...
They'll be standing in lines
For those old honky tonk monkeyshines
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Don't you know everyone wants to laugh?


Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ah ha ha ha ha ha
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha
Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!
Make 'em laugh, ah ah!

 
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh
Make 'em laugh!

-Make 'Em Laugh, Donald O'Connor.
Film: Singin' in the Rain (1952)



      Easily one of my most favourite films, one of my favourite characters and one of my favourite songs ever. Unfortunately I couldn't find a picture of when Cosmo, played by the irreplacable Donald O'Connor, jumps of that wall (you know what I'm talking about).
       This song makes me so happy. It's exactly why I believe in films so much... as much sorrow and horrors and whatever else happens to us and around us, they have the power to always make us laugh and forget our grief and anguish for a while.

2 comments:

  1. One of the greatest scenes in movie history. Thanks for posting this!

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  2. Agreed. You're welcome.

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