LOVE this --thanks! I have the audio but have searched near and far for the video of this number, which I assume is from one of Astaire's outstanding "An Evening With Fred Astaire" TV specials from the 60's. Any idea if the video is available?
Oh, I say there, a dry martini… very dry, bartender if you please! How’s that? Lemon twist? Well, if you insist, but mind you, Just the barest squeeze! One drop of extra sec Vermouth… Your very best Gin will do… Three cubes of ice? To tell the truth, I’d rather have just two. The very thinnest, thinnest glass you have And, if you please, just let it freeze But, by all means, don’t let the temperature pass Exactly ten degrees! Now, when you stir, be certain sir You don’t use melting ice! Oh yes, and mind you, I prefer you Stir precisely twice! Ah-ah-ah, what’s that, an olive? Gad, man, how could you think I’d violate my code! A connoisseur would never, never drink Martinis ala mode! Hmm… Good heavens, is that the time? How about the way time does one in? So sorry, old man, I’ll… I’ll have to rush… just pour me out A water glass of gin.
LOVE this --thanks! I have the audio but have searched near and far for the video of this number, which I assume is from one of Astaire's outstanding "An Evening With Fred Astaire" TV specials from the 60's. Any idea if the video is available?
An OLIVE?! Do you expect me to break my code?
Oh, I say there, a dry martini… very dry, bartender if you please!
How’s that? Lemon twist?
Well, if you insist, but mind you,
Just the barest squeeze!
One drop of extra sec Vermouth…
Your very best Gin will do…
Three cubes of ice? To tell the truth,
I’d rather have just two.
The very thinnest, thinnest glass you have
And, if you please, just let it freeze
But, by all means, don’t let the temperature pass
Exactly ten degrees!
Now, when you stir, be certain sir
You don’t use melting ice!
Oh yes, and mind you, I prefer you
Stir precisely twice!
Ah-ah-ah, what’s that, an olive? Gad, man, how could you think
I’d violate my code!
A connoisseur would never, never drink
Martinis ala mode!
Hmm… Good heavens, is that the time?
How about the way time does one in?
So sorry, old man, I’ll… I’ll have to rush… just pour me out
A water glass of gin.
Thanks for the transcription...