ON THE GOOD SHIP LOLLIPOP
“On the Good Ship Lollipop” was the signature song of child actress Shirley Temple. Temple first sang it in the 1934 movie Bright Eyes. The song was composed by Richard A. Whiting, and the lyrics were supplied by Sidney Clare. In the song, the “Good Ship Lollipop” travels to a candy land. The “ship” referred to in the song is an aircraft; the scene in Bright Eyes, where the song appears, takes place on a taxiing American Airlines Douglas DC-2. In 2004 it finished at #69 in AFI’s 100 Years...100 Songs survey of top tunes in American cinema. (More from Wikipedia)
As described in Wikipedia: “Co-host Dan Rowan announced that Laugh-In believed in showcasing new talent, and introduced Tiny Tim. The singer entered carrying a shopping bag, pulled his soprano ukulele from it, and sang a medley of ‘A Tisket A Tasket’ and ‘On the Good Ship Lollipop’ as an apparently dumbfounded co-host Dick Martin watched.”
(March 2013)
