Friday, June 24, 2016

Weekend Closing Post: Phil Harris

For this weekend's closing post, I offer a musical interlude featuring actor Phil Harris.

Although Harris is better known for his acting, he started out as a drummer, eventually becoming a bandleader and singer. During a stint on the Jack Benny radio show, Harris showed a knack for witty banter, and so his acting career was born.

In the 1960's-70's, Harris's career got another life doing voice acting for Disney films. But speaking for myself, the one thing I will always know him for is The Bare Necessities from the movie The Jungle Book:




Enjoy your weekend folks. Before I go, I just want to say, the world is not ending because Britain left the EU. Ignore the hyperbole.

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