… American television saw a collaboration that, in hindsight, seems almost incomprehensible. Martin and Lewis came on to help preview the music of South Pacific alongside its composers, Rodgers and Hammerstein. That in and of itself would be extremely notable, except that this meeting of two of the most high-powered American entertainment duos of the 20th century came on the debut of a new show called Toast of the Town … a show that would, several years later, rename itself by the name the American public usually referred to it by: The Ed Sullivan Show. Hey, at least Letterman got a sweet theatre out of the deal. On that note, let’s play the friday5.org Friday Five.

1. What’s too spicy for your tastes?
Although I am a longtime fan of Emeril’s Essence seasoning blend, as well as Morningstar Farms’ vegetarian version of buffalo wings, both of which are quite spicy, for some reason even the mildest Mexican hot sauce just sets my tongue in a tizzy.

2. What’s too sweet for your tastes?
A couple of months ago I tried Jolly Rancher soda. It tasted like cooled-down melted sugar.I think you can get diabetes just by looking at the bottle the wrong way.

3. What’s too salty for your tastes?
A lot of things; I’ve never been much for salt, and I always get low-sodium foods whenever they’re available.

4. What’s too bitter for your tastes?
I have nearly no taste for bitter foods. Nothing in particular springs to mind right now, but there are a lot of foods I won’t eat because they’re too bitter.

5. What’s too sour for your tastes?
Again, I don’t like sour stuff. Anything with vinegar in it just tastes awful to me, which is why I’ve had all of half of a sushi roll my entire life.