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 * Thumbelina** is a 1994 American animated film directed by Don Bluth and Gary Goldmanfrom a screenplay by Bluth based on Hans Christian Andersen's Thumbelina. The film was produced by Don Bluth Entertainment and was released to movie theaters by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment on March 30, 1994.

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This song by dean martin, originating in the 1952 movie "Hans Christian Anderson", was made famous by Danny Kaye. It was up for an Oscar when Dean Martin sang it in an episode of The Martin & Lewis Radio Show. TX: 28th April 1953.
 * Dean Martin** (born Dino Paul Crocetti; June 7, 1917 – December 25, 1995) was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian.

“Thumbelina” is essentially Andersen’s invention but takes inspiration from the traditional tale of "Tom Thumb", Tom Thumb is a character of English folklore. The History of Tom Thumb was published in 1621, and has the distinction of being the first fairy tale printed in English. Tom is no bigger than his father's thumb, and his adventures include being swallowed by a cow, tangling with giants, and becoming a favourite of King Arthur. media type="youtube" key="SJHls-r_Pp0" height="315" width="420" align="center"
 * Hans Christian Andersen**


 * thumelina song by danny kaye ,** from Hans Christian Andersen 1952 film.


 * Danny Kaye** (born David Daniel Kaminsky; January 18, 1913 – March 3, 1987)was a celebrated American actor, singer, dancer, and comedian. His best known performances featured physical comedy, idiosyncratic pantomimes, and rapid-fire nonsense songs.

Kaye starred in 17 movies, notably The Kid from Brooklyn (1946), The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947), The Inspector General (1949), Hans Christian Andersen (1952), and – perhaps his most accomplished performance – The Court Jester (1956). His films were extremely popular, especially his bravura performances of patter songs and children's favorites such as "Inchworm" and "The Ugly Duckling". He was the first ambassador-at-large of UNICEF in 1954 and received the French Legion of Honor in 1986 for his many years of work with the organization.









According to the story, Cheburashka is a funny little creature, unknown to science, who lives in the tropical forest. He accidentally gets into a crate of oranges, eats his fill, and falls asleep. The crate is eventually delivered to a grocery store in an unnamed Russian city (by some facts it may be Moscow) where the rest of the main story unfolds. Cheburashka is a name given to the character by the puzzled store manager who finds the creature in the crate when he opens it. The salesman takes the animal out and sits him on the table, but his paws are numb after the long time spent in the crate, and he tumbles down ("cheburakhnulsya" (чебурахнулся), a Russian colloquialism, "tumbled" in English) from the table onto the chair and then from the chair, where he could not sit, for the same reason, onto the floor. The store manager, who witnesses the scene, called him Cheburashka. Words with this root were archaic in Russian; Uspensky gave them a new lease on life.
 * Cheburashka**, Russian: also known as Topple in earlier English translations, is a character in children's literature, from a 1966 story by the Russian writer Eduard Uspensky.

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The Five Pennies was a semi-biographical 1959 film starring Danny Kaye as cornet player and bandleader Red Nichols. Other cast members included Barbara Bel Geddes, Harry Guardino, Bob Crosby, Louis Armstrong, Susan Gordon, and Tuesday Weld. The film was directed by Melville Shavelson. The film received four Oscar nominations.

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The song is from the motion picture  The court jester released in 1955. The Court Jester is a 1956 musical-comedy film starring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, and Angela Lansbury. The movie was co-written, co-directed, and co-produced by Melvin Frank and Norman Panama. The film was released by Paramount Pictures in Technicolor and in the VistaVision widescreen format.

Danny Kaye received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Motion Picture Actor - Comedy/Musical.

Made for a cost of $4 million in the fall of 1955, it was the most expensive comedy film produced at the time. The motion picture bombed at the box-office on its release.

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"My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. The song was first introduced by Mary Martin and Patricia Neway in the original Broadway production and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.

In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a reference to things Maria loves, such as 'raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens'. These are the things she selects to fill her mind with when times are bad.

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 * Donald Duck** is a cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie. Donald is most famous for his semi-intelligible speech and his mischievous and irritable personality. Along with his friend Mickey Mouse, Donald is one of the most popular Disney characters and was included in TV Guide's list of the 50 greatest cartoon characters of all time in 2002.


 * Mickey Mouse** is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio.Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves. He is one of the most recognizable cartoon characters in the world and is the mascot of The Walt Disney Company, the world's largest media conglomerate in terms of annual revenue.


 * Chip and Dale** (often stylized as Chip 'n' Dale or Chip an' Dale) are two chipmunk cartoon characters created in 1943 at Walt Disney Productions. Their names are a pun based on the name "Chippendale" . This was suggested by Bill "Tex" Henson, a story artist at the studio.

According to Disney, Chip is the logical schemer, and Dale is the goofy, dim-witted one. Originally the two were of a very similar appearance, but as a way to tell them apart, some differences were introduced. An easy way to visually tell them apart is that Chip has a small black nose (it looks a bit like a chocolate "Chip" as a way to help people remember who is who) and two centered protruding teeth, whereas Dale has a big red nose and his two prominent buck teeth exposed. Chip is also depicted as having smooth, short fur atop his head while Dale's tends to be ruffled.

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 * "Inchworm"**, also known as "The Inch Worm", is a song originally performed by Danny Kaye in the 1952 film Hans Christian Andersen. It was written by Frank Loesser.

The song has become a popular children's song and is best known for its arithmetical chorus:

Two and two are four

Four and four are eight

Eight and eight are sixteen

Sixteen and sixteen are thirty-two

In the film, a children's chorus sings the "arithmetic" section over and over inside a small classroom, while Andersen, listening just outside, gazes at an inchworm crawling on the flowers and sings the main section of the song. media type="youtube" key="fXi3bjKowJU" height="315" width="420" align="center"

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Sergei was a soloist with Russia's "Big Children's Choir" from 1972 to 1975. He was also called the Soviet Robertino Loreti. Born in a normal family, his grandmother took him to a casting of the Big Children Choir when Sergey was 10 years old. A year later Sergey had already become soloist of the choir. People were amazed by his beautiful voice, by his honest character and the sensitive and expressive way he performed. He was very popular all over the country. After his voice change though he left the choir. Other boys sang the songs that were written especially for him. Nobody seemed to need him anymore after he left the choir. He was born 25 Jun 1961 (Moscow, USSR) and died 15 May 1998 (Moscow, Russia) at the young age of 36. = =



=Песня крокодила Гены. Song of the crocodile Genes=

media type="youtube" key="blypORq3HMc" height="315" width="420" media type="youtube" key="NN3rGioV1rQ" height="315" width="420" ПУСТЬ БЕГУТ НЕУКЛЮЖЕ ПЕШЕХОДЫ ПО ЛУЖАМ,

И ВОДА ПО АСФАЛЬТУ РЕКОЙ, И НЕЯСНО ПРОХОЖИМ

В ЭТОТ ДЕНЬ НЕПОГОЖИЙ, ПОЧЕМУ Я ВЕСЕЛЫЙ ТАКОЙ. А Я ИГРАЮ НА ГАРМОШКЕ У ПРОХОЖИХ НА ВИДУ,

К СОЖАЛЕНЬЮ, ДЕНЬ РОЖДЕНЬЯ - ТОЛЬКО РАЗ В ГОДУ! ПРИЛЕТИТ К НАМ В ГОЛУБОМ ВЕРТОЛЕТЕ

И БЕСПЛАТНО ПОКАЖЕТ КИНО. С ДНЕМ РОЖДЕНЬЯ ПОЗДРАВИТ

И, НАВЕРНО, ОСТАВИТ НАМ В ПОДАРОК ПЯТЬСОТ ЭСКИМО. А Я ИГРАЮ НА ГАРМОШКЕ У ПРОХОЖИХ НА ВИДУ,

К СОЖАЛЕНЬЮ, ДЕНЬ РОЖДЕНЬЯ - ТОЛЬКО РАЗ В ГОДУ!



Let the pedestrians walk clumsily through the puddles

And let the water run over the asphalt in a river.

It’s unclear to the passersby,

On this rainy day,

Why I’m so happy.

But I’m playing the concertina

For all the passersby to see.

Unfortunately,

Birthdays

Only come once a year.

I wish that a wizard

Would fly in, in a light blue helicopter,

And show a movie for free.

He would wish me a happy birthday

And probably, leave as a present

500 ice cream sandwiches.

But I’m playing the concertina

For all the passersby to see.

Unfortunately,

Birthdays

Only come once a year.

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** stories, by: ** Danny Kaye The Most Remarkable Cat

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