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Happy Talk
Happy Talk is a show tune from the 1949 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical South Pacific. It is sung by Bloody Mary to the American lieutenant Joe Cable, about having a happy life, after he begins romancing her daughter Liat. Liat performs the song with hand gestures as Mary sings. Ella Fitzgerald recorded this song with Gordon Jenkins and his orchestra for Decca and it was included on her album Miss Ella Fitzgerald & Mr Gordon Jenkins Invite You to Listen and Relax. "Happy Talk" is occasionally cut from productions of South Pacific on the grounds that the song is racist, citing the fake pidgin in which it is written. It was omitted from the made-for-TV remake of South Pacific in 2001.
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Happy talk
Happy talk, also called banter, is the additional and often meaningless commentary interspersed into news programs by news anchors and others on set. It may consist of simple jokes or simply a modified wording in asking a question of another reporter. For instance, instead of a simple handoff to a sportscaster, an anchor might say, "So, Dave, what the heck happened out on that field today? Is our team going down the tubes?" "Happy talk" may also refer to a format of news which encourages such commentary. Happy talk has been derided by some who prefer a more "traditional" and staid newscast, though it has been happening in some places since the early days of broadcasting. Many marketing experts believe that it increases viewership, and can therefore provide a financial boost to a local station, but it can also backfire—some newscasters are not comfortable with happy talk and fail in their attempts to do it, and some anchor teams may not have the chemistry or working relationship to be able to pull it off believably. Happy Talk was created by Al Primo, who also created the Eyewitness News format. Happy Talk was satirized by the Firesign Theater in their 1974 album Everything You Know Is Wrong. The "Where It's Happy" news team of Harold Hiphugger and Ray Hamburger also appear on Boom Dot Bust and Give Me Immortality or Give Me Death.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of happy talk in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of happy talk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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