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I am just a mere dot, a full stop, a period on this tiny planet of ours – a nonentity, of no importance whatsoever.  An atom if you like – amongst trillions and trillions of other atoms surging around us all, sometimes to no avail.  But if as a mere Dot, I make just one person smile or even laugh, then I am a happy Dot.  My mission especially is to make ₤єø₤єġєŋđ™ smile / laugh – as he lives a vacuous life, forever staring dolefully, into his Script / Bot.  Oh woe is the life of Leo…  The Washington Post has revealed to an as yet unknown source that the FBI intend to adopt Leo – and for his own safety (from irate, disgruntled Chatters) to rehouse him permanently at The Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp.

The 89-minute programme alternates rehearsal footage with complete final takes of the main numbers – including "Tonight", "America", and "Maria" – with a limited amount of comment from the principal players.  Te Kanawa explains how much the music means to her, Troyanos notes how she grew-up in the very streets depicted on stage and Carreras provides a rare moment of tension when a session ends unsatisfactorily. Bernstein himself is by turns commanding, charming, enthusiastic or weary.  For anyone wanting an extensive insight into what happens as a major album is recorded this is fascinating.

Re the video above: filmed in 1984 for the BBC, the feature-length documentary 'Leonard Bernstein conducts West Side Story' follows the composer through one week as he records the first-ever complete album of his musical theatre masterpiece.  (The previous Broadway cast and original soundtrack albums had both been cut down to single LP length.)  Virtually the entire documentary takes place in a New York recording studio with a pick-up orchestra, session singers and headliners Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria), José Carreras (Tony), Tatiana Troyanos (Anita) and Kurt Ollmann (Riff).

A young man took his dad to the mall the other day to buy some new shoes (he is 66).   They decided to grab a bite at the food court.   The young man noticed his father watching a teenager sitting next to him.  The teenager had spiked hair in all different colors – green, red, orange, and blue.   The older man tried but just couldn’t seem to take his eyes off the teenager.  The teenager noticed the old man staring.  When the teenager had had enough, he sarcastically asked: "What's the matter old man, never done anything wild in your life?"  Knowing his dad, the young man quickly swallowed his food so that he wouldn't choke on his response;  he knew his dad would have a good one!  In classic style the old man responded without batting an eyelid: "Got drunk once and had sex with a peacock.  I was just wondering if you were my son."