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Mr. Shorofsky taught music at the school of performing arts in Fame and one of the students wrote a song about him. I thought the character at the top of the stairs looked rather like him:

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Anyway, here's the picture again as we've gone onto a new page:

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You're right - he does look like the teacher, Anita...although I don't remember the song! :-D
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(I remember Fame, and that particular episode. I thought Anita's caption was hilarious!)
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(Thanks, KEVP. Bruno, who composed the song, was one of my favourite characters.)
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The sudden appearance of the crimson robed gent with neatly trimmed beard meant only one thing - Francis was back!!!
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pete9012S wrote:The sudden appearance of the crimson robed gent with neatly trimmed beard meant only one thing - Francis was back!!!
Brilliant!

I was thinking of this, on similar lines:

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After a month being lost inside, Francis had finally found his way out of Blogland. :twisted:
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Some good ones so far! :lol:
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
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"Let's go and get the groceries for Fanny then," said Quentin, "though I see that only Dick and I are properly attired for a trip to Tesco."
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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As its already a week since I posted this, I'll pick a winner tomorrow - :-D
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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After much deliberation - I loved Anita's caption about Uncle Quentin going shopping - especially as its fairly topical at the moment in Birmingham - parents in pyjamas and dressing gowns dropping their kids off at school - and I also enjoyed the caption about jeremy Corbyn - even though I'm a bit of a Corybista - the gent on the stairs certainly looks like him! :lol:

But in the end I went for Pete's witty caption about Francis -
pete9012S wrote:The sudden appearance of the crimson robed gent with neatly trimmed beard meant only one thing - Francis was back!!!
:-D

Hope Francis feels honoured to be the subject of the caption competition! :-D

Well done Pete - over to you! 8)
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Many thanks Rob.
Here's the next picture to keep things moving!
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Just a quick post to Anita:

I too remember "FAME" (the TV Series). I thought I liked the TV version more than the original movie. The TV series certainly made a good starting point for budding actress Lori Singer prior to the 1984 movie "FOOTLOOSE"....

And a quick post to "Domino":

You are quite right. "Rob Houghton" and I were indeed applying modern connotations to a vintage 1936 artwork, and we may have been wrong to do so, but you'll forgive us when we say we were "merely calling it as we saw it". Rest assured, "Rob" and I will try to be a little more sensitive as we attempt future re-captioning of the artwork of the times....


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daanton wrote:I too remember "FAME" (the TV Series). I thought I liked the TV version more than the original movie. The TV series certainly made a good starting point for budding actress Lori Singer prior to the 1984 movie "FOOTLOOSE"....
I saw the TV show Fame (though I think only the first two series/seasons were broadcast in the UK) before I ever saw the film. I was disappointed when I watched the film as it didn't have the same atmosphere and I was used to the TV characters.

I quite enjoyed Footloose as a teenager but when I watched it again on TV about three years ago I thought it was a load of tripe!

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"Oh, why is life so beastly?"
"Heyho for a starry night and a heathery bed!" - Jack, The Secret Island.

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following on and pinching Anita's idea shamelessly -

"Oh, you absolute beasts!" said Snubby.
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'

(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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