Cullum's

It's one of the show's many brilliant sleights of hand how their performances range from the full-on enthusiasm of the first number (though we sense something is off-key) to more and more reluctant as the show goes on, climaxing with a blackface routine when they wipe off the makeup and resolutely refuse Cullum's entreaties to do the Cake Walk and smile the way people love to see 'em.

Michael Giltz: Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs Michael Giltz 2010

John Cullum's presence as the Interlocutor helps tremendously as well.

Michael Giltz: Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs Michael Giltz 2010

John Cullum's presence as the Interlocutor helps tremendously as well.

Michael Giltz: Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs Michael Giltz 2010

We also toast the cartooning legacy, raising a glass right where Cullum's beleaguered businessfolk and sophisticated canines so often found themselves: facing life's bracing little realities with a belly up to the bar.

In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy Michael Cavna 2010

Diffee also underscores Cullum's supportive influence on his colleagues.

In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy Michael Cavna 2010

In the wake of Leo Cullum's passing last week, Comic Riffs noted that the sublime gag cartoonist had seen more than 800 of his works published in The New Yorker -- 819, to be precise.

This week in The New Yorker: LEO CULLUM's final cartoon Michael Cavna 2010

It's one of the show's many brilliant sleights of hand how their performances range from the full-on enthusiasm of the first number (though we sense something is off-key) to more and more reluctant as the show goes on, climaxing with a blackface routine when they wipe off the makeup and resolutely refuse Cullum's entreaties to do the Cake Walk and smile the way people love to see 'em.

Michael Giltz: Theater Review: "The Scottsboro Boys" Triumphs Michael Giltz 2010

Liza Donnelly particularly recalls Cullum's blend of wit and compassion.

In Memoriam: New Yorker cartoonist LEO CULLUM's warm and witty legacy Michael Cavna 2010

So there we are, I'm in jazz territory and this all started because I was listening to Jamie Cullum's programme on The Jazz.

40 entries from September 2007 2007

So there we are, I'm in jazz territory and this all started because I was listening to Jamie Cullum's programme on The Jazz.

All that jazz with a bit of folk thrown in 2007