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Let it snow!

by | 4:59 pm | Jul 20, 2007

As La Cieca is sure her cher public has heard, the term “to ski” is now used widely in Craigslist personal ads to indicate an interest in recreational use of cocaine. The divine Grace Moore here demonstrates how these ideas became associated.

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  • Anonymous says:

    Yeah, nothing wows ‘em on the slopes like an aria. Too bad the clips ends before the group starts yelling for ‘Vissi d’arte’

    That’s lovely of course, but this number is owned by the 7-year-old Sills.

    on July 20, 2007 at 6:32 PM
  • Jeff Massie says:

    I went over to look at this on YouTube, and when the clip ended and the links to similar videos came up, the first on the list was Dolores Gray singing “I’m Still Here” from Follies, and the second was the Boswell Sisters singing “Heebie Jeebies”.

    on July 20, 2007 at 8:36 PM
  • Constantine A. Papas says:

    Let’s be real. There no such a thing as “recreational” cocaine, unless you want to end up with “recreationally” pulverized brain!

    on July 20, 2007 at 11:38 PM
  • ljc says:

    It may be my bad eyes or a fuzzy video clip, but Grace sure looks and acts like the divina Joan Davis. Is Grace going to break into Olga from the Volga?

    on July 21, 2007 at 12:33 PM
  • ljc says:

    There is a youtube recording of Grace and Joseph Schmidt singing Souave Fanciulla at Carnegie Hall in ’37. A terrible shame Joe was not forced to stay in the US.

    on July 21, 2007 at 7:46 PM