Besides, they both come from M-G-M musicals: "Be a Clown" is from "The Band Wagon." (I think it was sung by Jack Buchanan.)
>From: Mezzoid@a... >In a message dated 05/17/2000 4:14:09 PM Central Daylight Time, >michaelb@y... writes: > ><< Make 'Em Laugh - sung by Donald O'Connor (in Singing In The Rain? - for > sure in That's Entertainment - by the way, the "mother" of all comedy > tunes and/or performances, in my opinion...) >> > >Basically "Make 'em laugh" IS "Be a clown". I read in a book about movie >musicals that they asked the composer for a song similar to "Be a clown" in >style and intent - and the composer practically plagiarized the tune!! >Fortunately, the original composer (Irving Berlin?) was gracious and didn't >make a fuss...
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