An Overdue Bucket Of Sads For Monique, Plenty of Peebles, A Clever Corky, Plus Hot Pants At MGM And A Green/Blue Secret Song!

Va-va-voom. Cherchez la femme. Ommph. All are appropriate responses to Monique Van Voreen, who only recently hot-cha-cha-cha'd her way to the heavens. Monique, as you may know, had a highly eclectic and unusually long career. I say "unusually," because a long career is not generally associated with an actor who's first introduced like this:

Exclusive Tiny, The MGM Gang's All Here, Plus Exclusive Connie And A Reader-Suggested Secret Song!

Shake it down, kids! Tiny's in the house!

Exclusive Judy, Plus Sex Symbols Galore, A Screwy Poof Party And A Screaming Halloween Secret Song!

Judy, Judy, Judy! Did you know? As a child, she claimed to learn better in school when she wasn't wearing her left shoe, and so habitually took it off in class. For some reason this makes me happy.

Exclusive Ruth & Dakota, Plus Dancin' Gene And A Promiscuous Secret Song!

With her spooky, film noir-ish soprano vocals, Ruth Olay has always been a jazz singer that you have to meet halfway. But it's worth it, I swear.

The Weather's Fair Again, Plus A Single Abel, Diahann's Beat, Filthy Jazz And A Green Frog Secret Song!

Is the weather nice 'n' easy where you are? No more snow 'n' such? Oh, I hope so (we just had an earthquake here) (but it was small, so no biggie). Spring is skipping around the corner, which means it's the perfect time to listen to songs from the most cynical Hollywood movie musical ever made.