"Time Step" tells the tale of three formerly famous, elderly hoofers (the Dapper Tap Trio) who live together in cheerful penury until an eviction notice arrives.
There's a remarkable pair of clips in which Allen's mother explains that he was a cheerful boy until the age of five, when he seemed to become bitter — and Allen explains that, around the age of five, he discovered that he and everyone he loved were going to die.
I wanted someone, a happy person, to take him away to a cheerful home until I felt better.
He is cheerful, engaging and – until recently at least – a "bed-blocker".
She was cheerful and funny until shortly before the end, a sweet, kind woman, and a devoted mother.
During her final hospital stay, she maintained her lifelong elegance and dignity, polishing her nails, grooming her hair, always cheerful and calm, until the day she died.
He underwent a first period of chemotherapy in the winter of 2010-11, missing the start of the following season, but was back for the majority of Lancashire's championship year, and remained as sharp and cheerful as ever until his cancer returned earlier this year, and defiantly upbeat even after that.
Everyone was cheerful and busy, working dutifully, until a pipe sprang a leak, and honey oozed out everywhere.
Reason to be Cheerful is at the New Wolsey, Ipswich, until 18 February, then touring until 7 April.
