If you're a fan of old musicals like I am, you'll recognize Virginia O'Brien as the deadpan singer in those MGM movies in the 1940s. Here's she's visiting Martin Block in his short-lived MGM series, and smiles quite naturally. It turns out it was a gag all along.
Block tells her the story of Les Brown and His Band of Renown, as it was still called in the 1960s, when I would see them on the Bob Hope TV specials. His was a popular and well-run band of the era, although largely sustained by the silly earworm of a name; it reached the point where it was parodied as 'Milton Delug and His Band With A Thug' on THE GONG SHOW.
Anyway, we see the musicians -- or perhaps actors playing them -- performing the musical numbers, while Block lounges around .
Block tells her the story of Les Brown and His Band of Renown, as it was still called in the 1960s, when I would see them on the Bob Hope TV specials. His was a popular and well-run band of the era, although largely sustained by the silly earworm of a name; it reached the point where it was parodied as 'Milton Delug and His Band With A Thug' on THE GONG SHOW.
Anyway, we see the musicians -- or perhaps actors playing them -- performing the musical numbers, while Block lounges around .