well ...

[calimac]

With the country in the state it's in, I needed something offbeat to commemorate Independence Day, and then YouTube dropped this in my lap:

Frank Sinatra sings "America the Beautiful"
(an impression by Mel Brooks)

Watch on YouTube

Comments

[kate_schaefer]

That was simultaneously very funny (because Mel Brooks, okay) and oddly moving and patriotic (because Mel Brooks and also because Frank Sinatra, many, many warts and all).

[sturgeonslawyer]

Amazing. Just amazing. I'm sorry I didn't see it on Friday!