Rare Treats: Mommy Gimme a Drinka Water (1996)

 In 1958, entertainer Danny Kaye recorded a children's album, "Mommy Gimme a Drinka Water" (yep, that's how it's spelled), which, admittedly, had flown under the radar until I started doing research on another album of the same name.

Nearly 40 years later, actress Didi Conn (ex-Shining Time Station, Benson, Fonz & The Happy Days Gang) recorded almost the entire album, with the tracks in a different order. Kaye recorded 20 songs, all written by Milton Schafer. Didi put 12 of them on a video compilation, in which she reaches for her inner child, as Kaye did on his album, but I don't think Kaye was able to visually interpret any of the tracks. We'll have to see about that another day.

Because each song is so short, the video flies by in a shade over 20 minutes. Have fun.

As I listened, I could picture Lily Tomlin, as Edith Ann, doing this sort of thing, but I don't think she did. We'll locate the original Danny Kaye album that was the inspiration, and check into that someday.

Rating: A.