Liberace — Bumble Boogie, from The Liberace Show in the 1950′s.

Their slogan is “Never Stop Improving,” but lately, “Never Stop Denying” seems more fitting. Lowe’s has rebuffed a 200,000-signature petition to reinstate ads on the new reality television series All-American Muslim on The Learning Channel.

Harry Belafonte — Turn The World Around, from episode 314 of The Muppet Show.

Ethel Merman — There’s No Business Like Show Business, from episode 122 of The Muppet Show.

Jane Monheit and John Pizzarelli — They Can’t Take That Away From Me, from Legends Of Jazz.

No, not the royal wedding. The royal wedding was an event I am more than capable or regarding with my customary benevolent equanimity. The carryings-on of the British aristocracy are frivolous, and the tabloid obsession with them ranges from vacuous to terrifying, but overall –eh, the British Royals, whatever they get up to, I worry about them precisely as much as I worry about what their namesakes from Kansas City are doing with their relief pitching.

Mrs. Brown Gets A Bikini Wax from the BBC television show Mrs. Brown’s Boys.

The heart of this interview by the masterful David Frost turns on Julian Assange’s distinction of anarchy from civility — and the positioning of Wikileaks as organized activity that promotes justice.

Geri and The Atrics — Who Put The Bomp, from The Muppet Show.

Lily Tomlin on The Merv Griffin Show portraying “an employee of one of America’s most beloved institutions — The Telephone Company.”