Take Busby Berkeley, add Carmen Miranda in mile-high headgear, a mob of half-naked chorus boys, a line of six-foot bananas, and you get "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat," the likes of which we won't see again anytime soon.

(If this only whets your appetite for Carmen, have another look at That Night in Rio, where she does what became her signature piece, "Chica Chica Boom Chic.")

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