Alphabet associations - I

[Norfolk Born]

antongould's found 'le mot juste'......

[Norfolk Born]

CORRECTION/APOLOGY:
Dave2002's found 'le mot juste'.

[mercia]

well done DAVE

I thought it might be Uncle
but obviously I was wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong

[Norfolk Born]

'Am I right or am I right'? asked Sir Michael.

[Norfolk Born]

We're looking at different renditions of the same musical item. As you might imagine, the non-musician was probably miming.

[Dave2002]

OK - so my attempt to pass it off as French failed!

Flanagan and Allen: The Umbrella Man
Kay Kyser: The Umbrella Man
Michael Gambon: Tales of the Unexpected – The Umbrella Man

Now what follows U in this game? Shall I try for V?

[Dave2002]

What V connects a 1960s pop group with a royal six and an opera by Vaughan Williams?

[Norfolk Born]

OK - so my attempt to pass it off as French failed!

Flanagan and Allen: The Umbrella Man
Kay Kyser: The Umbrella Man
Michael Gambon: Tales of the Unexpected – The Umbrella Man

Now what follows U in this game? Shall I try for V?

Three out of four, Dave, which is certainly enough for you to set the 'V' question. The missing element was Michael Gambon's singing/miming of 'The Umbrella Man' in 'The Singing Detective'.

[mercia]

What V connects a 1960s pop group with a royal six and an opera by Vaughan Williams?

a wild guess - Valiant? (as in Valiant for Truth)
I'm assuming the royal six are Henry's wifelets

would love to know how Dave got into the U question, I might learn something from the master codebreaker

[Dave2002]

Well, the first two letters are right! The "royal" is much more recent - hopefully the clue isn't too misleading. You are i think in the right VW opera.

Re U. Crazy Gang -> Flanagan and Allen (wikipedia) -> tried "under" and "underneath" (underneath the arches), then looked for "under" plus Kay Kyser, similarly for Gambon. Dead end, so went back to look at list of works by F and A, and hit upon umbrella. Then search again for "umbrella" with Kay Kyser, and also Gambon. Bingo - job done!

[Nick Armstrong]

a wild guess - Valiant? (as in Valiant for Truth)
I'm assuming the royal six are Henry's wifelets

would love to know how Dave got into the U question, I might learn something from the master codebreaker

Yes I was going to say Valiant too, but couldn't make it fit either of the other elements in the question...

[mercia]

You are i think in the right VW opera.

well in Pilgrims Progress we have Vanity Fair
I should be using my brain rather than guessing

thanks for showing your umbrella thought processes

[Dave2002]

well in Pilgrims Progress we have Vanity Fair
I should be using my brain rather than guessing

thanks for showing your umbrella thought processes

You're on the way!

[mercia]

You're on the way!

like a pilgrim making progress - ho! ho!
concentrate mercia, concentrate

[mercia]

aha! - Vanity 6 vocal trio formed by Prince