This or That

[vitanola]

Tauber, for I enjoy this sort of music, and Tauber records, which seem to be universally well recorded, are rather easily obtainable here in the 'States.

Standard Sanitary or Crane?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Crane

Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly?

Ginger Rogers or Marika Rökk?

As many in the US have probably never heard of Marika Rökk, here's an example of her dancing

[video=youtube;UkgCHd2Tekg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkgCHd2Tekg[/video]

 

[vitanola]

Austerlitz.

Rogers, only because she handled comedy so well (remember "Any-time Annie"?)

Arthur Pryor's or Prince's band?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Arthur Pryor's or Prince's band?

Prince's Band -- Von Tilser Medley (1915)
Columbia A-5724

Mack Sennett or Hal Roach?

 

[vitanola]

Prince's Band -- Von Tilser Medley (1915)
Columbia A-5724

Mack Sennett or Hal Roach?

Roach

Kathleen Norris or Harold Bell Wright?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Harold Bell Wright

Lili Marleen: Lale Andersen or Marlene Dietrich?

Lale Andersen (original recording, 1938)
[video=youtube;8btnYYDbkqQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8btnYYDbkqQ[/video]

1942 English version
[video=youtube;y0P_m7SZBvQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0P_m7SZBvQ[/video]


Marlene Dietrich
[video=youtube;oRxR7e2c2L0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRxR7e2c2L0[/video]

[video=youtube;o6kBfcSlNgY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kBfcSlNgY&feature=related[/video]

 

[vitanola]

Lale Anderson.

B. F Goodrich Silvertown cords or Montgomery Ward's Riverside Ramblers?

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Lale Anderson.

B. F Goodrich Silvertown Cords or Montgomery Ward's Riverside Ramblers?

:thumb:

[video=youtube;pjahGypsZwM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjahGypsZwM[/video]

Eric (the one with the glasses) or Ernie (the one with the short, fat hairy legs)?

Morecambe & Wise with Suzanne Danielle
[video=youtube;pNg0PXNc6XA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNg0PXNc6XA[/video]

 

[vitanola]

Ernie.

Henry Crun or Minnie Bannister?

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

Oh boy! Wouldn't want to be at that board meeting! lol

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

1. Los Angeles or San Francisco?

2. Sydney or Melbourne?

3. Munich or Berlin?

4. Venice or Florence?

5. Canterbury or York?
I think "London or Leeds?" would have been a no-brainer

1) Both! I can't choose!

2) Sydney

3) Berlin

4) Venice

5) Canterbury

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

Crane

Fred Astaire or Gene Kelly?

This one is such a hard one for me because I like both, but my vote is going to go to Fred Astaire (and not forgetting Ginger Rogers of course!).

[video=youtube;IFabjc6mFk4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFabjc6mFk4&feature=related[/video]

 

[Deco-Doll-1928]

Ernie.

Henry Crun or Minnie Bannister?

I have to apologize for this one. I had not heard of the Goons before you posted the question. After finding a few You Tube videos I came to the conclusion of Henry Crun as my vote.

Maple Leaf Rag

[video=youtube;pMAtL7n_-rc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMAtL7n_-rc[/video]

or

The Trolley Song

[video=youtube;0odXnKhKBxQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odXnKhKBxQ[/video]

(I'm sorry that I couldn't come up with a better song question combo....)

 

[vitanola]

Maple Leaf

As far as Novelty songs are concerned,

"Mariutch" ;

http://www.archive.org/details/JamesBrockman-Mariutch1908

or "Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)?

[video=youtube_share;bSOn5gQFDpE]http://youtu.be/bSOn5gQFDpE[/video]

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

I have to apologize for this one. I had not heard of the Goons before you posted the question. After finding a few You Tube videos I came to the conclusion of Henry Crun as my vote.

[video=youtube;rmR4FE8kWrA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmR4FE8kWrA[/video]

 

[rue]

Maple Leaf

As far as Novelty songs are concerned,

"Mariutch" ;

http://www.archive.org/details/JamesBrockman-Mariutch1908

or "Cement Mixer (Put-ti Put-ti)?

[video=youtube_share;bSOn5gQFDpE]http://youtu.be/bSOn5gQFDpE[/video]

My grandfather loved that song! He used to sing it all the time

 

[vitanola]

[video=youtube;rmR4FE8kWrA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmR4FE8kWrA[/video]

(cues the sound of a sock filled with custard hitting a brick wall)


You silly, twisted boy, you!

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

Fat @** Godzilla

or

Lean Mean Godzilla?
(Godzilla 1998)

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Fat Godzilla.

Dave and Sugar?
[video=youtube;a9dG5hYXuvs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9dG5hYXuvs&feature=related[/video]

Or the Kendalls?
[video=youtube;Z0ZK1DvTBpw]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0ZK1DvTBpw&feature=related[/video]

(Yes, I'm addicted to cheesy 70's Country-Western, I grew up on it lol)

 

[HoosierDaddy]

No contest...
The Kendalls

BBQ Pulled Pork...or Chicken Noodles and Biscuits