Henrietta and Merna Can't Sing - Go Tell It On The Mountain
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2008
- More from my Public Access TV collection. Listen as these two unfaithfully reproduce "Go Tell It On The Mountain" using a karaoke tape, and tell it on a mountain that they just cannot sing.
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UPDATE - There's a recent picture of Merna on my blog if you want to go look - เพลง
It’s not the stunning vocal talent that gets me tearing up, it’s the unbridled enthusiasm.
hahahahah so right
Right???
Oh my gosh is that not the truth !!
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Omg you have me rolling!!! 😂😂😂😂
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Their mannerisms are clear. It’s definitely a hostage situation.
You said it.
The pastor is abusing the women.
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Blink twice if you need help!
omg that comment had me laughing
No back up dancers… No pyrotechnics… No autotune… no lip synching... Just pure talent. Today's singers can't hold a candle to these legends.
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Lol!
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you made me laugh, thank you.
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Henrietta is a rare talent, few other performers have the range to sing in the key of R.
with due respect, I think it's S
Hahaha omfg 😅
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Yes and there are "some" keys that should be left alone!!
@@barryallenflash1
which they *insist* on using
That zoom in on the fake flowers was pure art
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WhereDragonsDwell 220 by ILM
That’s where Merna and Henrietta were-standing on the stamen.
That shit is just straight up 1980s television lol
Buahahaaha I just died
Little known fact: This was actually shot in ONE take... Incredible!
Well that's sayin' something.
Haha
😆Gifted.
Fortunately. Relief.
They could only "TAKE" doing it only once.... lol
How am I only just seeing this in February 2024 ? My entire life now feels like a missed opportunity
And you missed whaaaattttt? LOL!!!
Same!!😂😂
Hey, I’m watching it in March 2024. Opportunity abounds!
Right? I am so feeling the same sense of loss! Maybe we can start a support group?
You are not alone! 😅
Merna looks like she's mentally counting down the length of the song before she can meet her friends at the mall.
"Mother, this was cute when I was 4..."
Mall? What is this place, Mall, you speak of?
She isn’t going to the mall. That girl is grounded and this is part of her punishment.
Yes! 😂 the moment this ended, you know she was like :
- Can I go now, mom?...
…. shortly after this Merna discovered boys and Death Metal
It's like they are working off a community service sentence.
"community service sentence," LOL!
i have to watch this video for my community service
Noah Kromer you just slayed me !!!
Llllllllllllooooooooooollllllllll
the young one is
Myrna clearly feels that Henrietta is holding back her career.
Myrna is the star
I can’t tell if Merna is ticked off or just disassociating. 😂
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@@chalkedlines8960 Is Myrna the one with the long hair?
The joy on their faces as they proclaim the birth of Jesus is priceless.
If you had the sound down, you’d be persuaded that he had actually just died
The joy is so overwhelming!!!😂😂😂😂
Respect to the camera operator for managing to keep them in frame the whole time.
Myrna’s thinking, “It’s ok, this is just public access. Nobody will ever see this!”
She was clearly wrong...
To confess something, I was interviewed on a public access show in the 1990s. I had to rush on a hot day to get the studio (translate: room) on time. I looked awful. But it's ok, it was just public access and nobody will ever see it.
@@brianarbenz7206 Why were you interviewed
@@fz7091 It was just a general discussion of things. The show was done by a co-worker in a sports section of a newspaper where I worked. We were both sports stringers covering local games. He told me he had this show and said come on by and be a guest. We talked about the crucial issues of parking meter enforcement in our city, and why sports editors sometimes edit out your best lead sentences. Totally unstructured and not quite Earth-shattering.
@@brianarbenz7206 I love public access television
Their stage presence is what really makes this a great show.
Haha it reminds me of a Saturday night live skit .
@@nickhill8612 it's like watching paint drying and nails on a chalkboard all in one 😁
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Haha yeah yeah you are right.
Lol
@@nickhill8612 Thank you for your response and happy New Year to you and yours.
The zoom in on the fake flowers changed my life
Reading the comments while listening to this unmatched performance can only ever bring me to tears
This was the daughter's punishment for a Nirvana album, a VHS tape of The Craft, and a mini skirt being found in her room.
Very plausible
@@jcloud7 She never had a mini skirt or Nirvana album!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Extra wool underwear perhaps.
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I believe it was the Tupac album!
@@richardtravick5794 maybe madonna's justify my love.
I'll bet when they recorded this some 30+ years ago, that they never could have imagined that over 2 million people would have seen their performance and are still watching in 2023.
For SURE the younger one didnt….
The great ones never die.
This could have been filmed last week in many parts of rural America. 😂
Merna knew...Merna has high hopes
And I bet Merna is just THRILLED about that! 🤣😂🤣
Cool to see them at the beginning of their career, before the stadium tour, the acid house years, the break up, the comeback and of course 'the incident'.
best comment yet.
Ohhhhh shit....I totally forgot about the incident. Did the truth ever come out about that because.... well..... you see, I've been living under a rock with the pill bugs and worms and I haven't kept up with it.
I was their crew slut.
@@Savatage1964Look, my brother. This is not the forum to be speaking about the "incident". No one is prepared to know of it. What happened on the mountain top, stays on the mountain top. Now, let's go smoke some worms together.
@@goglowdaddy1686 Meet ya there !!
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I really appreciate that the host not only wishes us a Merry Christmas but a blessed Christmas and MOST OF ALL, a happy Christmas!
All of these are very different experiences.
I for one was a little miffed that she didn’t wish me a joyous Christmas, but I tried to have one anyway 🥴
I know! Trying to have all three is hard work! 😂😂
I always try to have a “holly-jolly” Christmas (it’s the best time of the year)
Stop it !
I appreciate this young womans internal rage..
TheDominoJester ~May have gone to her 'happy place' in head.
TheDominoJester #quietrage
Yes, about half way through, I began to anticipate her ocular oscillations, which tended to accompany certain wailing tones, being emitted by the older woman.
the person who can always find the positive, in all that is negative.
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What they lack in vocals they make up for in stage presence... 'SIZZLE'!!!!
Brilliant
Hilarious
This comment Lmfao!
It isn't Christmas in our household until I whip this video out
I never thought of that !! Im actually going to do that next Christmas, I mean it. Thank you for that idea. Cant wait. On the big tv screen. Ohhhh
Please adopt me your Xmas's sound lit 😂
My computer went into sleep mode 3 times during this.
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I’ve never seen anyone look so resentful at the birth of Jesus Christ.
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Lolololololo
The power of Christ repels them
this post killed me lmaooo
Agreed, I totally agree with you on this..... she's NOT a happy girl.
So this is what singing at gun point looks and sounds like...........
Jinx
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😂😂😂😂😂The comment section is golden.
Yep. That's what it *D E F I N I T L Y* looks like...
Bwahhahah
You know it's an old video because Myrna isn't staring at her phone.
It's not just the incredible raw talent, but the powerful stage presence that sets them apart from other artists.
I’ve seen people on life support more animated than Henrietta and Merna!
No I think someone has already pulled the plug…
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I work in a morgue and I have seen corpse with more spirit and better vocals too.
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"Pleeeease throw me off a mountain!" --the girl on the right, probably.
snarkiwi 😂😂😂😂😂😂
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Funniest thing I’ve seen all day 🤣🤣🤣
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The passion in their voice, The fire in their eyes. These two have that IT factor and you can tell they really want it. The end where that beat drops and they start rocking out. Wow just Wow.🤩. The girl on the right seems to be frozen maybe the right side of my screen is paused.
I wholeheartedly agree! The only thing I don’t understand, though, is this: Why are these church ladies promoting abortion? Merna (the girl on the right) clearly regrets having been born, which is really not the message we would like to be spreading on Christmas.
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You're hilarious!!
There are certain folks who should never tell it on the mountain, or anywhere else.
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This jazzed up version tells us that music is not dead; even if the singers are.
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Imagine if they had to dance too?
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Omg!!!!! Too funny 😂
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Two of the most natural and charismatic performers to ever light the stage.
Puts AC/DC to shame
Let them sing some joy division please
They have moxy for sure.
Yes, and I can tell that they are in pain from their performance just like us.
The close-ups on the flowers and random points of the blue space behind them😂😂
I miss when TH-cam was all about THIS kind of content. How naive we were thinking it would never end.
This is the best.
RIP Old Internet, we hardly knew ye
That was incredibly inspirational..
I immediately went up on the mountain and told it..
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Told it to “run to the hills” far away.
@@lilliankeane5731 I kind of lied about that..
I didn't go up on the mountain and tell it.
I just went near the mountain and warned it about Henrietta and Merna...
I still feel it was a good deed on my part !!
@@2packs4sure forgiven! Thank you. It’s people like you Merna and Henrietta that are changing the world… I know I’ll never be the same again. 😁.
@@lilliankeane5731 Well thank you so much Lillian,,, just to be mentioned in the same sentence with Henrietta and Merna is itself an honor !!
It’s impossible to count the number of souls brought to Christ thanks to this performance.
(Wait for it . . .)
It actually made me a Satanist 😢😂
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Many people say His name while watching!
I became an atheist after hearing this
The voices of two generations still delivering the good news to us decades later. Absolutely timeless! Thank you, ladies!
That Bass had no business being that funky!
You don't need vocal ability with such a MAGICAL STAGE PRESENCE!!!
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Guy Fawkes OMG I'm crying
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Guy Fawkes:💀
Guy Fawkes I was mesmerized the whole time.
Can we just salute the invisible bass player and background singers? They’re clearly carrying this performance.
Thank Heaven for background track tapes! 🙏
That Bass had no business being that funky
They already went to the mountain
Karaoke track?
When I'm down, i always come to this clipand read all the comments...feel so much better afterwards.
It's a Christmas tradition for me and it never disappoints
Thank you merna and harieta. I played this out loud and just half way through your performance everyone left the break room and i have it all to myself today 😁 🎉
The energy coming off of this performance could power a city.
It couldn't even power the tablet I'm using right now, gimme a break! 😆
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Or the world
Yes. Clean, renewable energy. Let's harness this great resource!
Yes, an Amish city could thrive for years on the electricity of this powerhouse performance ⚡️
Singing was great and all but it's their mesmerizing stage presence that really sucked me in.
They sucked
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I was mesmerized by this performance, I just couldn't stop watching it...lol. And then I went to the bathroom and threw up, haha.
LOL
CLASSIC
Merna with some strong “screw you Nana for making me wake up early on my Christmas break to come here and sing this stupid duet with you” energy.
When I heard the names Henrietta & Myrna, I knew I was in for a laugh...the stage presence, the vocal range, the excitement! 😂😂😂
No Auto-Tune whatsoever!! Just pure talent. Amazing.
You better preach 🙌🏿 👏🏿 💯🤣
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Such passion...wow...
Beyonce would be proud
@@marcellaoreilly2730 Beyoncé is seething with rage and running to the studio 😩🤣
They are banned from the mountain.
koopadude1 😂😂😂😂😂😂
LOL Yes!
Wanted her to go sing it on the mountain
koopadude1
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koopadude1 😂 That was hilarious Koopadue 1. 😂😂
This is what i would imagine 2 people who hate eachother being forced to sing togather at gun point would look like.
That was so inspiring I immediately went to the top of the mountain and jumped off!
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You can tell that was the longest few minutes of Myrna’s life.
True, but the young are resilient Hitting rock bottom at such an early age, as she did, meant there'd be many years ahead to climb up and out of that abyss. Hope she made it.
@@dorothybarrett1853she was just beginning to make it when someone got hold of this tape, uploaded it to TH-cam, where 30 million people saw it....and she slid right back to the bottom again
Mine as well! I felt like this was a 20 min song
I actually feel bad for Myrna. She looks straight out of the late 80’s or early 90’s, so not far from my age. I can totally remember being “forced” to “perform” for certain relatives who would not take “no” for an answer. Fortunately for me, I wasn’t ever required to sing a duet on stage, on video. It was just other stupid stuff. But my mom didn’t actually think her daughters should have boundaries or their own voice, so best we could do is show this isn’t our idea. Myrna looks underage. I hope she is okay with this having been uploaded and viewed for the past 14 years. Hopefully she submitted it herself, for the laughs.
I honestly believe the only way she got through this was by telling herself that no one she knew would be watching this two-bit community access channel.
Wow...there's a lot of deep, seething hate in that Merna...you can just tell. It's like she's thinking about where to dump Henrietta's body.
sacredmeow I'm quite sure she's never produced an emotion on her face
malykoth
lmao!!! 🤣
malykoth l: Maybe she's worried Henrietta might be planning the same thing and might just get in first
Nah, I think Henrietta's playing the long game...planning on making Merna miserable for as long as she lives. After all, she could have simply strangled Mirna in her crib.
malykoth - stop, stop, oh please stop !! that's too goddam funny !!
I was a confirmed atheist before I watched this, but watching these two wonderful women singing has made me see the light. God bless them and all praise to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
That’s what I thought. I thought: if this doesn’t bring you to Christ, what would ?
Oh, you smooth talker.
This is one of the only hostage videos ever released in which terrified and angry people were forced to sing a gospel tune. Note: Upon release of this video their captors were told, "Look, they're your problem now....." No ransom was ever paid.
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Ironically, the mountain is where the girl is planning on burying her aunt's body
Diane Archen it's her mom.
Diane Archen rlmao
Lmaoooo!!!
Aunt... Mother... Either way Merna is gonna make sure Henrietta's death is ruled a "suicide"
The sheer joy these two women exude in singing for their lord is just contagious!
Sheer joy? They look like 2 handmaids thinking about a way out of their prison.
@@ericheatmiser2099 - I was being sarcastic.
@@ericheatmiser2099 when you get time google tongue in cheek
It's just infectious, isn't it?
Surely you jest.
When God fills you with so much joy that you can barely contain it
The real shame is that I lost the Henrietta and Myrna workout VHS tape years ago.
Henrietta is now in 80s and Myrna is married. I must have no life that I did research to see what they are up to now. I hope they do a farewell tour.
Everyone of us must have no lives as we all came across this. I have no idea how it came up on my suggestions.
Much like H&M, you are doing the lord’s work with this comment.
LOL
Thank you for I was wondering just that ❤️😁
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I thought we one on the right was embalmed at first but then her eyes moved.
Lmfao!
I thought the comments could not get any funnier till I read this!!!!! LOL!
😂😂 omg embalm me cause this comment killed me!😂😂
Becky Boofer~😂me too!
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Costumes and flowers provided by the “Come on in” Appalachian thrift store. All microphones and audio equipment provided by Don’s fix it shop.
Stop it !
When Myrnrietta opened for Zeplin at the Silverdome, I was like "they're never gonna top this." I was wrong. And I'll go tell it on the mountain!
‘Myrnrietta’. Magic
That's why Barry retired. Even he couldn't possibly top that act in Pontiac.
At least the pre-recorded karaoke background singers gave a pretty solid performance.
They did an impromptu concert at the bowling alley. Someone recognized them at the tent revival and invited them to go tell it again.
*Myrna was depressed, but no one could tell.
Just caught this in March 2024, and I have to say....the comments are priceless!!! :)
May 2024! I had that same sweater back then...BWAHAHAHAAH
May 2024! I had that same sweater back then...BWAHAHAHAAH
They could have been one of the all time greats but drugs and fame took its toll
Bless their hearts
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Why do I have the feeling Henrietta and Myrna are forever single
Lmao 🤣
2:03 Henrietta looks at Myrna like “We are killing it now!” 😂
Yeah, I was bit worried at the start that she wouldn't find the right groove, but she ultimately nailed it.
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Go tell it on the mountain that Word Records in Nashville said DON'T CALL US - WE'LL CALL YOU. They never did!
Ok. But they kind of are in a different way. A very different way. #killingitkindof #heygoodforthem
Rumor has it Henrietta's sweater is on display at the Gospel Music Hall of Fame.
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Stop it ‘
Shes the angry teenage girl who doesnt wanna be at church but has to sing on stage because she's grounded.
"Henrietta and Merna aggressively command the stage, demanding the audience push themselves to the brink of delirious rapture as they hear the siren call brought fourth from the heavens!" TIME Magazine
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Haha yeah
You guys are bringing it with the comments 🎵🤣📣😉
When I listen to these two ladies in a soft warmly lit room, I close my eyes and envision that quote scrolling across the gold hemmed red velvet curtain of my head movie! Sensational!
@@nycamelful
Wow you have a very good imagination.
I'VE NEVER SEEN TWO PEOPLE TEAR UP THE STAGE LIKE THIS!
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You prick...now I've got coffee on my shirt! 😂😂😂😂
It's a bit much. Like the rolling stones.
They killed it,,,,,,,, I mean literally killed it
Oh call me an ambulance
My sides are splitting from laughter 😂😂😂
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Behind the scenes, The Day the Music Died: Fans of the beloved duo sensed something was off in the lastest performance of H&M which was to become their last concert followed shortly after by a very public and messy breakup. Henrietta sited Merna's overwrought stage theatrics were increasingly drawing attention at the expense of the music. Merna's response was "what ever, f--- it, I'm going to Dennys."
That room smells like moth balls.
southernjw 😊 it's grandmaw's sweater
Haha
I think it smells like soup
It's like...before they rolled the tape, they were told..."Sing this or we kill you both"....
Even their green screen refused to be a part of this fiasco.
I’m a humanist and an atheist, and have a deep reverence for the folk traditions coming to us over the generations from the untrained voices of the people , and the religions that sustain them through life’s many hardships
Stop it , haaaa !
Their facial expressions say "we rarely leave our cult compound."
and mom just found out that daughter is gettin more action than she is - ?
Oh Jesus.
Yeah but to be fair the one of the right could get it.
You're gonna sing with grandma and you're gonna LOVE it!
islezeus~ Is this a ventriloquist act??
You're gonna love it whether you like it or not!!
Hahahahahhahaha yesssssssss 😂😂😂😂😂
There is murder in her eyes. Seriously.
Isn't that her mom?
I still keep coming back just to read the comments. Thank you all.
I sure saved this video!
Classic. So do i !
Today’s kids have no clue what real music is, so glad I grew up with this classic 🤩
0:17 *"let me zoom right in on that."*
Christopher R.: The blue wall zoom was superb too
Was the dramatic effect, sadly
Christopher R., I ended up laughing the hardest at that. It just killed me.
LOL, IKR!
Omg that was everything lol
I asked her if she was interested in singing lessons. She's going to mullet over.
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That was so bad. 😅😅😅
It's amazing how wardrobe managed to match the stage flowers on her sweater...
I found them on Facebook. Henrietta and Myrna (mother and daughter) are alive and well and very very religious.
Neither of them killed the other. I'm still curious why they look so miserable.
One of them was in an abusive relationship. Her ex posted this.
So sorry to hear that. .aybe someday they will think for themselves
@@ubeuonly You must have been born with an encyclopedia implanted in your brain.
Letting Merna's little brother accompany them on his Casio keyboard is what REALLY sells it.
i watched this, scrolled through the comments and laughed myself into tears.
+Ashley Watson Ha ha ha me too.
ditto lol
Ashley Watson yup. 😆😆😆
...the commentaries are PRICELESS!!...LOL!!...
Me too! My stomach hurts from laughing at the comments...and the "singing"!
You could power an entire potato battery with the amount of raw energy in this performance!
A must watch every year near Christmas time. Puts me right in the Holiday spirit. God Bless both Henrietta and Merna! 🧑🎄🎅🏻🎄⛄️💖
This comment section is 🔥🔥🔥 I haven't laughed this hard in a while
I know bro😂😂💀💀
I think I just wet my pants. 😂😂😂
Omg I’m crying
Exactly 👌🏽💯🤣😅😬
I swear I'm coming back to this video just for the comments lololol
Take it down a notch ladies this isn't Rock-n-Roll!
LOL
Rock and or roll
This girl band's music video just upstaged Van Halen's Panama as the most rock and or roll video of all time. They're just too wild for the camera.
peter g 🤣🤣
Whahahaha!
Your going to sing with your grandma, and your going to LOVE it. ☺️
Reminds me of all those times my parents forced me to perform piano pieces for guests...ugh.
The captivating and infectious stage presence generates an atmosphere infused with an irresistible energy, permeating the entire performance space. This, in turn, amplifies the luminosity of profound, unbridled joy etched upon my heart, compelling me to ascend the mountaintop with fervor, ardently sharing the narrative.
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The girl on the right is blinking “Someone please help me” in Morse Code.
That's hilarious. Wish I had thought of it.
The best singer here was that flower pot in the beginning.
dewott, clever!! I agree.
He really deserved that guitar solo.
LMAO :D
Dewott ~ Often the case, opening act better than feature show. All 'still life'.
Carole Cook Still life !!!!!!
I was 17 years sober until the algorithm brought me here. Gonna go huff paint and renounce my faith.
Zooming in on the fake flowers at :20 is such a Scorsese move!!
Just imagine if your mom had forced you to sing a duet with your crazy aunt Myrna.
Diane Archen Myrna is the young one. Henrietta is her mom. Myrna is actually on Facebook and grew up into a pretty woman.
Diane Archen I thought they were sisters.
How did you know that??
Diane Archen so Henrietta is the young one? How this girl if didn't commit suicide must be in an asylum !
Got alink to her profile? :-)