Eugene David ...The One-Minute Pundit |
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Sunday, May 16, 2004
A song in Ervin Drake's underappreciated musical What Makes Sammy Run? popped up in my head today. Robert Alda as a hard-boiled editor sang it to Steve Lawrence as the young Sammy Glick:
You help me Like a burglar helps Fort Knox. You help me Like a fox hunt helps the fox. Like molasses candy helps An aching tooth, Like a marijuana helps A wayward youth.... I can't remember the rest, but after reading LENNY'S BOYS screaming about how we MUST get out of IRAQ, and then hearing them cry crocodile tears (on PAGE D01) over THIRTEEN CHILDREN gunned down in D.C. thus far this year, forgive me if I've forgotten a few words.
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