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First, know this: A mystery lurks within the innocence, goofiness, and star-filled songs on John Lithgow?s latest album for children, and his first for Razor & Tie, The Sunny Side of the Street. It doesn?t sound mysterious. Consider, for example, the easy-going opener, "Getting to Know You"; the breakneck, cartoon-energy acceleration of Betty Boop?s "You?ve Gotta Have Pep"; the squawks and shrieks of "I?m a Manatee"; the sly banter with Wayne Knight (who starred with Lithgow on 3rd Rock from the Sun and played Newman on Seinfeld) throughout "Inka Dinka Doo"?; the stylish jazz of Madeleine Peyroux, the Broadway styling of Sheri Rene Scott, the teasing interplay between Lithgow and cabaret legend-to-be Maude Maggart, and of course those kids from the United Nations School, singing along and stealing the spotlight more than once ? Undeniably, The Sunny Side of the Street is a perfect album for children.