Pearl and Carol

Long story short, but "Elegance" from HELLO DOLLY came up (because I brought it up), and I thought it seemed an appropriate Recessionista song of the musical theater variety. The clip I found from the (terrible) movie version disabled embedding, which led me to search more, which led me to this hoakey gem of a variety show featuring Carol Channing and Pearl Bailey singing, among other things, "Elegance" and that insipid title song. It is beyond indulgent--decadent, really. But something we're not likely to see Idina Menzel, Stephanie J. Block, Shoshana Bean, Eden Espinoza and Julia Murney doing anytime soon (though I kinda wish they would)