![]() ![]() He’s still got the Borscht Belt shtick down pat, dropping bon mots about buddies like Tallulah Bankhead and Morey Amsterdam (who, in Poindexter lore, was responsible for “turning the Andrews sisters on to ‘Rum & Coca-Cola’… and Rosie Clooney on to Tuinol”). But, as any aficionado of things Pointdexterian knows, that’s only a portion of the entertainment. Thanks to the tireless pounding of three percussionists - as well as the snappy punctuations of the Uptown Horns - the 10-piece band maintained a laudable momentum that kept the musical portion of the evening at a full boil. A similar sass - albeit delivered more lovingly - also imbues “Iris Chacon,” a dizzy tribute to the Latina television legend. ![]() There’s a decided New York bent to the sounds of the Spanish Rocketship, especially the wistfully raunchy “Nueva Broadway,” which laments the Times Square cleanup - with the suggestion that Disney bring in “animatronic crack whores” for atmosphere. ![]()
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