Stormy weather

What we've got outside is just that: stormy weather. And this dance number, featuring the
Nicholas Brothers, is from the 1943 movie, "Stormy Weather." Now, me? I'm a Fred Astaire fan.
I adore Gene Kelly. I think Donald O'Connor totally holds his own with Gene in "Singin' in the
Rain." Eleanor Powell is, I think, probably the best female tapper I've seen in the movies — with
Ann Miller and Vera Ellen close on her heels. So look at me — the old-time-musical-lover, and I
don't know a lick about the Nicholas Brothers — and (sadly) it's surely because they were black
entertainers in a time when inferior white talent always got top billing. I'm not in any way saying
that my opinion of Fred, Gene, or Eleanor has shrunk in the past 3 minutes and 11 seconds — but
these guys sure are something. So let's hear it for stumbling upon new-old talent, and give 'em a
standing O where it's due; take it away, boys!