That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for June 18, 2020

Their voices melted the pianist‘s face.

“Stay six feet away!”

Rehearsing the semaphore version of “Help!”

https://tinyurl.com/beathelpsem

Proof that the Village People copied the song YMCA from Chopin.

OK … totally serious. Degas was one of the original “Impressionist” painters. Judging from the date it appears this painting was created about a year before the first ‘Impressionist’ exhibition in Paris which took place in 1874. If anyone reading this is interested in the story of the Impressionist (Monet, Manet, Degas, Renoir, Pissarro, etc) movement there is an EXCELLENT BBC movie – not documentary – in three parts on You Tube starring Richard Armitage for free. Just do a search at You Tube for “The Impressionists mini series”. It is one of the finest and most beautiful productions I have ever seen and can also serve as a crash course in Impressionism.

“No, no, no! Remember to keep your vowels tall, your consonants defined, and one eye open at night if you even think of making another pass at my fiancé.

painting by a guy who really needed new glasses…

“Stop, in the name of love before you break my heart.”

Wait, they aren’t the lyrics you are meant to sing

Stop!, she cried!

Did you just give the “Tomahawk Chop” to Chopin?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYc_s4vLFNI

No No No, it is the rine in Spine sties minely in the pline.

Expelliarmus!

Is that a dog playing piano?

Mary held a hand up over her face as Louisa sprayed saliva yet again during her solo. ‘I need a splash guard’

L is for LOSERS that can’t stay on key.

“We all live in a yellow Submarine…”

The rehearsal was going so well/ yet something was wrong, she could tell/for the room was a blur/(or it seemed so to her)/ and what was that strange almond smell…

Degas always started his works with the door in the room and his work is noted for their exquisite realism. And for the impact the brandy he consumed while painting the door had on the rest of the painting…

After cleaning his camera lens with Vaseline, Edgar invents ‘Bokeh’.

She had studied for weeks for the role :/ she had ev’ry note under control/ but a drop of strychnine/ had been placed in her wine/ and she fell somewhat short of her goal.

It was only a Broadway revival/ and the show is so old, it’s archival/ but this much is certain/ ere they open that curtain/ you don’t go to lunch with your rival…

The painting was rushed because the models couldn’t stand Degas smell after the beans at lunch.

“No! I wanted CCR’s version, not Ike and Tina’s! Ooh, you’ve wrecked my wedding!”

“Hark! What light through yonder window breaks!” Hey, how come I have to play Romeo?

High five!

“The Doomed Duet" or “Alice Stops Eloise From Hitting High C”

The Song Rehearsal:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Edgar_Degas_-_La_r%C3%A9p%C3%A9tition_de_chant.jpg 

has info and links that point to info about this roughly jumbo envelope size painting.

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/degas_edgar.html

http://www.sai.msu.su/cjackson/degas/degas_bio.htm

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/people/detail.php?ID=144

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/3c5j1xpGp7C9VcB90VK8wfZ/edgar-degas-1834-1917

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/2324/edgar-degas

https://www.wikiart.org/en/edgar-degas

https://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/dgsb/hd_dgsb.htm

http://www.getty.edu/art/collection/artists/1739/edgar-degas-french-1834-1917/

http://www.artnet.com/artists/edgar-degas/

https://www.artrenewal.org/Artist/Index/46

http://totallyhistory.com/edgar-degas/

https://www.christies.com/features/The-life-and-art-of-Edgar-Degas-8136-1.aspx 

https://www.wga.hu/bio_m/d/degas/biograph.html 

http://www.all-art.org/history480-5.html 

http://hoocher.com/Edgar_Degas/Edgar_Degas.htm 

all have info, or links that point to more info, about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL. So far, 11 works by him have been used here. 

https://www.gocomics.com/that-is-priceless/2019/09/18?comments=visible 

has the prior (my comment there used the same artist info URLs, the 3rd of which may be unresponsive).

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2473 (June 17, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.

Madam on the right promises to present madam on the left with a new toothbrush before the next rehearsal.

Emily, if you insist on joining the Woman’s Auxiliary, then you must practice your hand salute until you get it right! :>)

I give them a B+ for their musical skills but a D- for their dramatic ability.

Delphine was getting quite a reputation for attempting to fly over peoples’ heads and falling on them. It kept them in stitches.

Apparently the try outs for the Pitch Perfect movie were going to take longer than expected.

“No! Not that f@*$%^* song again!!!!!!”