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 | Title : Farkle & Friends
Author : Lithgow, John
Release Date : 20020618
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $13.98
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Editorial Reviews :
One listen to Farkle & Friends confirms what anyone who caught an episode of TV's 3rd Rock from the Sun might've suspected: Not only is John Lithgow a born entertainer, the kind who gives off a great big whiff of Broadway no matter what stage he's tripping across, he's also curiously more kid than grown-up. Farkle, named for Lithgow's bestselling 2000 book about a musical child prodigy who tosses aside one instrument after another, whirls kids 2 and up (plus their parents) around a nine-song playground of Danny Kaye-inspired kookiness. 'Marsupial Sue''s rhyming-couplet lyrics hop alongside the titular kangaroo on her quest to escape a bouncy existence that 'rattles her brain and gave her migraine'; 'I Got Two Dogs' trails Fanny and Blue ('Betcha wish you had two dogs, too') and begets some of the most uproarious human barking and baying since Scooby-Doo; and 'Carmencita' surveys the skies for a legendary damsel who twirled and tangoed till the dance floor launched her heavenward. Lithgow's five originals pack a delightful wallop weird enough to render the other tunes--such as a perfectly fun duet of Leonard Bernstein's 'The Wrong Note Rag' with Bebe Neuwirth --playful piffle, but even the piffliest track, opener 'Animal Crackers in My Soup,' benefits from the full-orchestra treatment. Swing revival superstar Bill Elliott ('Independence Day,' 'Introducing Dorothy Dandridge') brings it on with gusto to match the singer-actor-author's guffaw-generating delivery. That Lithgow has barnstormed the kids' corner of the entertainment field should surprise no one and, in a perfect world, would send parents stampeding to his concert performances. More than anything, Farkle fuels a sense that Lithgow for little people should've happened a lot sooner.
Buyer Reviews :
Hooray!!!! Fabulous!!!! Encore!!!! Once again John Lithgow has proven his versatility as a performer! He just keeps getting better with age....but I think he has found his true calling as a kids' storyteller. It is so enjoyable to hear his upbeat and entertaining music. Mr. Lithgow proves you don't have to be able to carry a tune to be a successful musical performer, in fact I think it makes his music that much more interesting. My daughter and I can't wait to see what he comes up with next, it is sure to be a curiously wonderful story of some sort which somehow manages to teach one of those ever important moral lessons about life. Thank you Mr. Lithgow for entertaining us once again! You are a credit to your craft!!!! --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
(by Sandra Roy)
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