Puttin’ on the Ritz in Fits: Fred Astaire meets Gene Wilder

Last updated on: May 15, 2015 at 8:00 am by willduquette

Puttin’ on the Ritz in Fits: Fred Astaire meets Gene Wilder 2015-05-13T18:54:53-05:00 willduquette

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Because these things make me smile, here are two famous performances of Irving Berlin’s “Puttin’ on the Ritz”. First, let’s have Fred Astaire:

Next, of course, Gene Wilder and Froderick Fronkensteen’s Monster:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co6-tYS9k1U

And for those of you who just can’t enough, here’s the original performance, sung by Harry Richman in the movie of the same name:

Finally, here’s Mr. Astaire again, with some interesting…augmentation…by Club de Belugas. The additions are occasionally jarring, but the video shows off Astaire’s dancing quite nicely.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DpJoJv2-Nmg

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