[ClearCase_guy]

I remember seeing Eubie Blake on the Merv Griffin show. He was sitting at the piano, telling a story and he got a bit lost. He just abandoned the story, shrugged and said, “I dunno where I was going ... but I remember how to play the song.” He then he played it beautifully.

[left that other site]

Indeed. Eubie Blake was on several of those variety/talk shows during that era. I really liked him a lot.