Cosmic Play

The children start out to do some errands with Mary Poppins, but along the way, they encounter Andrew the dog at the entrance to the park

Because they are soaking wet, Mary insists that the children take their medicine, which Michael opposes.

Mary leaves with the children, all of them singing and sliding down the banister, which puts Ellen into a state of confusion.

Meanwhile, the wind has picked up and the Nannies begin to blow away down the street, toward the park entrance.

Both George Banks and Winifred Banks enter their homes singing about their self-involved lives.

George Banks comes in the door singing about his wonderful, consistent, "oh so orderly" life,

Winifred Banks is a modern woman, a suffragette and rebel, she has just been at a rally and begins to tell the household staff about it.

Following Bert for a short way, we come upon Cherry Tree Lane, and meet the eccentric Admiral Boom, who is famous for punctuality.

Before the first words of the movie Mary Poppins are uttered, we already know a lot about what is happening.

The structure of humor “inherently provides the constant possibility of a new unexpected beginning.”