Making Jokes During Pain, Plus Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

Since y'all have seen fit to make jokes during my pain* I'm not going to post anything original tonight.  Not even anything humorously frivolous.  Instead, I'll post Ladies and Gentleman, Mr. Leonard Cohen (1965).  Despite being made by Canadians, it's quite good.  Even if you don't like Cohen, I recommend watching the stand-up bit at the beginning of the first episode.  At the very least, his delivery bears on Saturday's post.  Cohen could, in fact, not sound like Cohen, meaning that his decision to read and sing flat may not be reducible to his deficient voice.  Judge for yourself:

Before Joe panics because I've become one of those sad "YouTube bloggers," let me say that this documentary's been lost for more than a decade, so its appearance on YouTube's a certifiable find.  This is no cute polar bear cub, but a verifiable important bit of music history.  Or something.  Anyhow, watch Part One above.  Now that I've quelled that fear, here's the rest of the documentary:

Part Two:

Part Three:

Part Four:

Part Five:

Tomorrow, I'll write about more academic material, i.e. elephants that aren't on tables, kittens that aren't around corners, and rings that aren't on fingers.

*Joss Whedon, "Hush," from Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Four.

Comments

[Ahistoricality]

I am reminded of this, as Cohen's work was much more original than it sounds to my ears now.

[Dot Com Mom]

Thank you so much for finding this. I am a big fan of Cohen.

[Joseph Kugelmass]

I missed this until now...can I do a sort of retrospective panic? You know I make exceptions for people who also create videos of their own.

Meanwhile, Happy New Year!