There was always something of an angry undercurrent to a lot of Lewisâs wackier roles in the 1950s and 1960s. In a way, the smarmy TV comedian he played for Martin Scorsese in The King of Comedy is an extension of the monstrous lounge singer Buddy Love whom Lewis created for The Nutty Professor: an entertainer who oozes insincerity and misanthropy.
For the opera singer, see Nellie Melba. Melba toast is a dry, crisp and thinly sliced toast, often served with soup and salad or topped with either melted cheese or pÃ¢tÃ©. It is named after Dame Nellie Melba, the stage name of Australian opera singer Helen Porter Mitchell.
Yerba mate is a traditional drink made from the dried leaves of an evergreen holly, Ilex paraguariensis, a native plant of South America. This plant is found in the wild but is also cultivated on plantations similarly to familiar kinds of tea. In countries where yerba mate is widely consumed, it assumes the cultural importance exemplified by coffee cafÃ©s and Japanese tea ceremonies. Drinking yerba mate tea is often a social event.