Spring Sing, which takes place Friday at Pauley Pavilion, is usually well known for its plethora of musical acts. Yet what holds the show together are the skits and videos in between, which also serve as segues into the next musical performance.

In a cafe, three couples are loudly arguing with each other. Their angry voices are silenced when a man starts singing, in full baritone, that famous aria from the French opera “Carmen.” “Love is the child of the Bohemian / It has never, never known any law.” It is a bit random, but at the “Café Le Monde,” randomness is the point.

In 2003, during the first year of the Iraq War, The Associated Press ran a small piece which detailed an incident at the Baghdad Zoo.

Real life sucks. Modern cinema, such as “American Beauty” or “Revolutionary Road,” will tell you that. People are cruel and selfish, society cares more about corporations than individuals and true love is a fairy tale. “Getting Frankie Married … And Afterwards” presents these notions as well, but does so in a very dull and detached manner, making it no different than a typical “Desperate Housewives” episode.

What can you accomplish in a day?

You cannot call yourself a musical geek if you have not been exposed to the inane joy that is “Cats”.

I had a best friend in first grade. She was tall and had blonde hair. Back then, I thought we were going to stay friends forever. She moved away when I was 8, and I never saw her again.

On the dance floor, bodies writhe in a tangle of pulsing limbs. They circle around each other, skipping, jumping, all gleefully smiling and singing with seemingly boundless energy. This is only a rehearsal.

The show is “Sweet Charity,” under the tagline, “Do you wanna have fun?” And looking at the cast during this rehearsal, the answer becomes a loud, resounding yes.

Before the play “Wrecks,” the audience is seated to the music of Nat King Cole. With his soft-as-velvet tones, Cole sings about that special lady, the mere thought of whom makes him forget about everything else.

What drives people to want to hurt others? Perhaps it’s violent movies, violent television shows, violent computer games or society in general. Then other times, it is everything and nothing in particular.