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Today I'm celebrating that song about the bugle boy in Company B!

The song Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy was recorded on this date in 1941. It was introduced by the Andrews Sisters in the 1941 Abbott and Costello film Buck Privates and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Song. You can watch The Andrews Sisters perform this song in a clip of the movie on YouTube. You can also see a more recent version of it on YouTube sung by the Puppini Sisters. In 1973, Bette Midler recorded the song, taking her version to Top-Ten on the U.S. pop singles chart. A version Boogie Woogie Bakery Boy based on this song was included in an animated short Disney musical film. You can see it performed in a YouTube video by the Cereal Sisters in The Kitchen Kabaret show from Walt Disney's Epcot. (Fast forward to 4:40 to see the segment) I've heard that this song was also the inspiration for Christina Aguilera's song Candyman. A video from YouTube of the song performed by Bette Midler may be viewed below:



As posted on YouTube by DivineMissM

That is rather unique -- did you ever think you'd see the song performed by a group of mermaids?

Image credit: original unknown, but I got it from http://www.thebugleboy.com/info.htm

May your dreams stay big

Today, I'm celebrating making dreams come true on the birthday of Mickey Mouse!

Mickey Mouse is the most famous of the Disney characters. Mickey made his debut in "Steamboat Willie" at the Colony Theater in New York City on November 18, 1928. He starred in >120 different cartoons and his own "The Mickey Mouse Club" tv show. He's very talented too and you can see him playing the Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor in The Opry House cartoon (1929). Many a young star has been born on his show, including today's music star mouseketeers Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Justin Timberlake. Mickey Mouse has been featured in Time, Newsweek, Life, National Geographic, and Good Housekeeping magazines. For someone who only stands two-and-a-half heads tall, he's well known worldwide and across generations. Mickey is recognized for his optimistic outlook on life, boyishly enthusiastic nature, and focus on positive values and integrity. Mickey holds the title of Chief Greeter at the Disney theme parks. What visit to a Disney theme park would be complete without seeing Mickey?

Mickey Mouse is the creation of Walt Disney. Here are some things that Walt is famous for saying:

• When people laugh at Mickey Mouse, it's because he's so human; and that is the secret of his popularity.
  
• I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman
  
• I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse.
  
• When you're curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.
  
• We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
  
• All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them.
  
• If you can dream it, you can do it.
  
• The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.

In celebrating this day, I could not help but recognize the importance of dreams and a positive, enthusiastic outlook on life, with priorities on positive values and integrity.

One of my favorite songs playing on this site is My Wish by Rascal Flatts. You can watch them singing the song on the CMA Awards show.

Today, my wish for you is that your dreams stay big. And, I challenge you: when you get the chance, help make someone else's dream come true.

Post a comment about your favorite Mickey Mouse or Disney memory.
Also, tell us about your dreams and those that have come true.