He did not rush it at all, which nearly amounted to an infraction of the genial move-it-along mood of the three-hour concert.
Rather than lecture us or pick a fight, he quizzed us in a genial way, moving from behind his desk to join us in a circle of office chairs.
Less a sequel than an old-fashioned sitcom spinoff, this loose and genial comedy moves the "Barbershop" franchise to Atlanta, and gives the ladies a turn at the warm, salty banter that made the first two installments so popular.
But here he is before us, genial and energetic, moving with an easy fluidity as he recounts the story of the fall and its aftermath.
As they sit on the worn plaid couch discussing Billy's academic future, her weird conversation moves from genial clichés (New York is truly "the city that never sleeps," adolescence is "such an exciting time in one's life") to panting insinuations.
The trip was a typically low-key move for the genial executive, who was thrust into the media spotlight on Wednesday when the supermarket confirmed that, come the summer, he will be filling Justin King's substantial shoes as chief executive.
Scheidemann, a genial native of Bonn, who moved to New York six years ago, presides over five conservators and administrators, most of whom are European and all of whom are female.
The radiant Larghetto of the Second Symphony, generally considered one of Beethoven's finest slow movements, moved with a genial gait.
For his part, the genial Mr. Livingston said he had moved on.
If you remind him that voters have rejected pro-voucher referendums in Oregon, California, Washington and Colorado, or if you dare suggest that the polls augur poorly for his plan, the governor responds with genial disregard: "Damn the polls," he says, "I move them".
As always, Mr. Move plays Graham -- both a genial and irritable hostess whom he aptly captures through versions of her dances, monologues taken from her writing and stories passed along by former dancers and friends.
