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(Přepsáno pomocí TurboScribe. Upgradovat na Neomezený pro odstranění této zprávy.) It's Fred Astaire's third Emmy award-winning television

special, Astaire Time.

Part of our special tribute, hats off to

Fred Astaire.

The following program is brought to you in

living color on NBC.

Astaire Time, with Fred Astaire, Mary Chase, Count

Basie and his band, Joan Williams, these pan

dancers, and David Rose and his orchestra.

When Cole Porter writes the words of music,

they stay written and remembered and played.

Here's one in particular.

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

Madam?

Maxwell, what did you say?

I said Miss Otis regrets she's unable to

lunch today.

And why can't she?

She's sorry to be delayed.

But last evening down in Lover's Lane she

strayed.

Madam?

Lover's Lane?

What on earth was she doing there?

I don't know, Madam, but Miss Otis regrets

she's unable to lunch today.

Maxwell?

Yes, Madam?

What happened?

When she woke up and found that her

dream of love was gone, Madam, she ran

to the man who led her so far

astray.

Silly girl.

And from under her velvet gown, she drew

a gun and shot her lover down.

Madam?

She should never wear velvet.

Nevertheless, Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch

today.

Maxwell?

Please don't snap, Madam.

Sorry.

Thank you.

Were there any repercussions?

When the mob came and got her and

dragged her from the jail, Madam.

The mob?

The jail?

How common.

They strung her up on the old willow

across the way.

Frightening message.

And the moment before she died.

Died?

She lifted up her lovely head and cried,

Madam.

What did she say?

Miss Otis regrets she's unable to lunch today.

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Madam.

Maxwell.

Madam.

And now, Count Basie.

I'm

sorry,

Count Basie.

I'm mighty

proud to have you here, Count.

Thanks.

Say, what was the name of that last

tune you played?

Not now, I'll tell you when.

Oh, yeah, I like that one.

You know, I've been dying to dance to

your music.

And I've been dying to play for you,

too.

Oh, that's fine.

Well, I guess there's nothing else to do

but just get at it.

I guess we should start.

All right.

You play and I'll dance.

No, you dance and I'll play.

Oh, that's better yet.

Isn't that sweet, Georgia Brown?

Crazy.

All right.

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No, not now, I'll tell you when.

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choreography that gives us a change as cowboy

dancers on the western range exhausted

and we're due for a nap we find

that it's time to do some tap I'm

sorry I missed the first part would you

mind doing the whole thing over for me

especially when you're falling down there's one thing

I'd like to do if you don't mind

I'll make a little suggestion there's there's one

place there I think it's the Tahitian punch

bit now when you when you drop to

your right knee you drop you drop your

right knee and then count four and then

everybody left see right knee count four and

everybody left that's what I said everybody left

hello Jenny hi Mr. A that's quite a

thing you're doing this must be good for

limbering up yes it is I used to

know a lot of those things but I

don't know lately I've been lazy or something

I've forgotten all the movements say I wonder

would you show me something it'd be good

for stretching and you know getting limbered up

quickly all right try this aren't you

gonna try it later much later I can

do it too after all doesn't everybody do

that you know dancing certainly has changed in

recent years hasn't it yes it has I

must say I like a lot of the

new things but I'm still loyal to that

old time step oh so am I it's

it's it's comfortable you know let's let's do

a couple shall we did

you do a turn then no I didn't

oh my imagination let's do it this time

and and do it with the turn it's

a good idea now you

you didn't do a turn that time did

you why yes I did maybe I'm not

getting enough sleep lately or something don't pay

any attention to me