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SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

NAME THE GREATEST musical ever made. Now, name the finest film on the subject of filmmaking. Okay, name the greatest argument ever made for the Hollywood studio system: the grand pageant of the dream factory, sun-kissed on the Californian coast and gift-wrapped in money and mass appeal. While we’re here, name the funniest of all Morecambe and Wise’s sketches, surpassing even ‘There Is Nothing Like A Dame’, their glorious riff on the South Pacific classic that counted Barry Norman in its chorus line.

The answer to all these questions is the same. Namely: . (FYI: Ern did the wistful crooning and decent tap, Eric got a drainpipe emptying on his, needs to be upgraded to a talkie.

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