Pink Navy: How You Like Them Apples (and Bananas and Grapes)?

Friday, March 2, 2007

How You Like Them Apples (and Bananas and Grapes)?

Just in time for the weekend, possums, we bring you the original lady in the tutti-frutti hat, Carmen Miranda herself. This clip from The Gang's All Here ought to give you an idea of what our dreams are like. Be sure to watch for the giant, phallic bananas at about 3:45 in.

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