He shouldn't-a, Hadn't-a, Oughtn't-a swang on me

Sad news this week of the death of Miss Dorothy Provine, star of It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World, That Darn Cat! and The Great Race. I have blogged about her before, and she always made me smile.

In the early 1960s Miss Provine was the star of a short-lived TV show called The Roaring Twenties, which Madam Arcati loved so much we went on a mission to find the soundtrack on vinyl LP - and found it!

Here's a clip from that series:

Dorothy Provine in The Roaring Twenties

Here she is holding her own against Ethel Merman!

Dorothy Provine in It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

And here is the scene from The Great Race for which we remember her most fondly...

Dorothy Provine - He Shouldn't-A, Hadn't-A, Oughtn't-A Swang On Me

RIP, Dorothy Michelle Provine (20th January 1935 – 25th April 2010)

I am a friend of Dorothy

For no good reason, other than the sun is shining and I am happy to be starting a placement at Islington Council today, I felt like posting an overdue tribute to one of our favourites, that chirpy, leggy, energetic star of The Great Race, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and the TV series The Roaring Twenties Miss Dorothy Provine...