Know any great songs from the 1940s?

[Judy Freeman <BKWSSF@AOL.COM>]

Hi Folks--
That marvelous master of library murder mysteries, that playwright beyond
reproach, that Svengali of sound effects Wayne Rush is at this moment
concocting another outrageous, hilarious, and perfectly tasteless episode of
"Murder, He Wrote" for the EMAnj conference, to be performed by his stable of
library stars on Monday, October 21, 1996. Those of you fortunate to see last
year's play, starring Richard Peck as Prof. Melvil Dewey, will be champing at
the book to see this year's opus ridiculous, an interactive mystery play
where the audience has just as much chance to make fools of themselves as the
performers.

Why is this news? Well, we need a little bit of help, advice, trivia, and
music. We may be adding some standards from the 1940s so we can burst into
song at opportune (or inopportune) moments, just like Fred and Ginger, Hope
and Crosby, Bogey and Bacall. (All right--I know they didn't sing. Just
testing.)

I've come up with some good ones (As Time Goes By; Let's Call the Whole Thing
Off, etc.), but we sure could use more suggestions. We're also looking for
totally tacky fruit and vegetable jokes, ideas for costumes, and other trivia
from the 1940s. Poor Wayne is weary trying to top last year's show, so if you
have any dumb ideas, we'd sure appreciate them. Got any written music for any
of this stuff, and we'd actually be able to play it on the piano maybe.
Somehow I don't think my guitar-playing will be appropriate in this play. So
HELP! And TIA!
Judy Freeman (email: BKWSSF@AOL.com)
Van Holten School
Van Holten Road
Bridgewater, NJ 08807
(908) 572-5634 (home)
(908) 231-1220 (school)