sitting in Mitchell’s green and white striped chair, listening to him talk about:
– Lena Horne
– Ella Fitzgerald
– Pearl Bailey (uhm – have you heard her version of “Jingle Bells”? At one point, she is shouting, in this gutteral voice: “I SAID AH-JINGLE.”)
These ladies were all singing Christmas carols in the background and Mitchell kept getting pulled into what they were doing (even though he has heard these songs probably thousands of times) and talking about why they were so great, and specific … not just “Oh, I love Ella” … but talking about what it was that makes her such a genius.
I think Mitchell was even a little bit late to work, because he had to keep talking about Lena Horne, and doing a little compare and contrast analysis with the others.
I’ve known Mitchell for about 20 years now. He has been talking about Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne for this entire time. Now that is a die-hard fan.
At one point, she is shouting, in this gutteral voice: “I SAID AH-JINGLE.”
It’s not yet 7 AM and I’m crying with laughter at this. Not sure why.
Patrick – hahahaha I know – it’s so bizarre, and yet so perfect.
Mitchell was like: “What the hell is going on, Pearl? ‘I SAID AH-JINGLE!’???”
And she’s so emphatic. She MEANS it.
Its as if the damn bells WOULDNT jingle.
Well, iTunes didn’t have Pearl Bailey’s version of Jingle Bells, so I bought three of her other songs instead.
Happiness also is: reinstating Mtchell’s g– reflex that disappeared in 1974.
hahahahahaha