Happily yesterday also showcased his great talent.
BET's first original comedy, "Let's Stay Together," was dead on arrival by all accounts*, even as it showcased happily coupled black folks who "really dug" each other.
"Happily Divorced" is less a sitcom than a showcase for Ms. Drescher's delightful, if somewhat time-worn, brand of schtick.
Those images include non-hetero love, and they proudly showcase interracial couples and white folks happily in love.
Happily, both "Mis'ry's Comin' Round" (a showcase for Queenie) and "Ah Still Suits Me" (a duet between Queenie and Joe) are here, making full use of the talented NaTasha Yvette Williams and Norm Lewis.
Happily, elsewhere we were reminded that Downton can be a showcase for some fine acting.
Ms. Dash and Ms. Hendryx sang strong leads in their old showcase, "(Can I Speak to You Before You Go to) Hollywood," but they happily ceded center stage to Ms. LaBelle.
Happily, though, that kind of blather is balanced by the eccentric fanatics Mr. Tostado showcases.
But happily for us, they're all frozen and playing simultaneously, if silently, in the glass showcases of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., part of an entrancing exhibition called "A Child's View: 19th-Century Paper Theaters".
Adrienne Schulte and Sean Stewart take happily to the brio of the fourth duet, while Veronika Part's handsomely statuesque qualities are well showcased in the third; it is the man (a role originated by Cunningham himself, and here taken by Vitali Krauchenka) who does the showcasing.
