Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
One of the classic songs of the 80s was the great hit performed by Taco titled "Puttin' On the Ritz"...how much I love that song!
I said to myself, what about making my character (Fred P. Bear) dance to that song and having Little Polar come out as a cameo with the cake in his little paws (which he likes so much) in the middle of Fred's performance!
It sounds funny and I decided to make the drawing!
It was fun to make this drawing and even more to mix it with that great song that still sounds so good indeed!
Lyrics:
"[Verse 1]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day-coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway-coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Verse 2]
Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue?
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air
High hats and Arrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime for a wonderful time
[Verse 3]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day-coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway-coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Bridge]
Downtown, uptown
Get your kicks at the Ritz
Dine and wine, but not 'til nine
The time is right for us tonight
We can move, move to the rhythm
We can move, dance to the rhythm nice and easy
I want you to move
Put it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on
The R-I-T-Z, how about you and me says—
[Interlude]
Gotta dance
Gotta dance
[Outro]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz...!"
Composed by Irving Berlin/Taco/RCA Victor/@1982
Artwork & characters/Video mix/FredVegerano/2025
One of the classic songs of the 80s was the great hit performed by Taco titled "Puttin' On the Ritz"...how much I love that song!
I said to myself, what about making my character (Fred P. Bear) dance to that song and having Little Polar come out as a cameo with the cake in his little paws (which he likes so much) in the middle of Fred's performance!
It sounds funny and I decided to make the drawing!
It was fun to make this drawing and even more to mix it with that great song that still sounds so good indeed!
Lyrics:
"[Verse 1]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day-coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway-coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Verse 2]
Have you seen the well-to-do
Up and down Park Avenue?
On that famous thoroughfare
With their noses in the air
High hats and Arrow collars
White spats and lots of dollars
Spending every dime for a wonderful time
[Verse 3]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Different types who wear a day-coat
Pants with stripes and cutaway-coat, perfect fits
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
Come, let's mix where Rockefellers
Walk with sticks or umbrellas in their mitts
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Chorus]
Dressed up like a million-dollar trouper
Trying hard to look like Gary Cooper (Super-duper)
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
[Bridge]
Downtown, uptown
Get your kicks at the Ritz
Dine and wine, but not 'til nine
The time is right for us tonight
We can move, move to the rhythm
We can move, dance to the rhythm nice and easy
I want you to move
Put it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on, puttin' it on
The R-I-T-Z, how about you and me says—
[Interlude]
Gotta dance
Gotta dance
[Outro]
If you're blue and you don't know where to go to
Why don't you go where fashion sits?
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz
Puttin' on the Ritz...!"
Composed by Irving Berlin/Taco/RCA Victor/@1982
Artwork & characters/Video mix/FredVegerano/2025
