My Hero

The Master Singers concert on Saturday night was a great success. They do one pops concert a year (the others are classical), and this one's theme was Heroes and Villains.

My folks, Miss B and I arrived at the concert in high spirits. The first thing we saw when we sat down puzzled us somewhat.


"Maybe a snack for intermission?" we speculated. But the mystery was soon cleared up.


Captain Vegetable! I didn't remember him from Sesame Street (he was after my sister's time and before my kids'), but other people did.

It is I, Captain Vegetable,
With my carrots and my celery,
Eating crunchy vegetables is good for me,
And it's good for you, so eat them too...

Grant got to work both sides of the street, in the "Shining Armor" hero category...


Sir Lancelot to the rescue!

C'est moi, c'est moi, I blush to disclose,
I'm far too noble to lie,
The man in whom these qualities bloom,
C'est moi, c'est moi, 'tis I.

...and in the "Fools, Frauds and Blowhards" villain category.


He sang his own setting of one of Mr. Toad's boasting songs from The Wind in the Willows.

The world has held great heroes
As history books have showed
But never a name to go down to fame
Compared with that of Toad!

In this reviewer's entirely unbiased opinion, the man was almost as brilliant as the lyrics proclaimed him to be.