rickps: (Queer Duck)
rickps ([personal profile] rickps) wrote2008-12-17 08:11 am

Who's the dirtiest dog in this wonderful world?

Captain Hook, of course.



While channel surfing last night I happened to catch a song from a 1960 broadcast of JM Barry's classic Peter Pan.  As Cyril Richard's clipped British accent danced over the lyrics to Captain Hook's Waltz, I found myself 12 again, sitting in front of my parent's Magnavox television in the living room, watching Mary Martin fly through the air hanging from a very obvious wire (but he's a GIRL!).  It's still one of the most vivid memories of my childhood.

Stories that entertained were so simple.  Good versus bad (and even the bad was lovable) with a huge dollop of whimsy.  I hope never to lose the memories of that simpler time Peter sang of in Neverland...

I have a place where dreams are born,
And time is never planned.
It's not on any chart,
You must find it in your heart.
Never Neverland

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