UNDERRATED / OVERRATED

JANET KLEIN AND HER PARLOR BOYS

Naughty ukulele tunes of the early 20th century are highly underappreciated these days. Luckily, on the first Thursday of every month, winking songstress Janet Klein and her Parlor Boys (a band featuring ukulele, mandolins, coronets and former members of R. Crumb’s Cheap Suit Serenaders) revive the genre with hot little numbers like “How Could Little Red Riding Hood?” along with vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley and more at the Steve Allen Theater in Los Feliz. ( www.steveallentheater.com)

LOEHMANN’S

We’ll be checking out Loehmann’s brand new all men’s store on the second floor of the Beverly Connection (8489 W. 3rd St.) this weekend. Where else can you find Helmut Lang shirts for 10 fins or a Calvin Klein leather wallet for a sawbuck? Last year, at the old store, we scored a $500 DKNY jacket for $60. Who pays retail? Suckers, that’s who.

‘HUSTLE’

If gentrification has you missing the sleaze that put L.A. on the map, rent Robert Aldrich’s sadly neglected peek at our city’s circa-1975 underbelly, starring Catherine Deneuve and Burt Reynolds in his charmingly smarmy heyday.

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PINK’S

Snap or no snap, no hot dog is worth waiting in line for half an hour -- unless you’re just gawking at the spectacle of one human being ordering enough food to feed a small village in Cambodia. You can have your Pink’s (709 N. La Brea); for hot dogs and chili, we prefer Tommy’s (2575 W. Beverly Blvd.).

HEALTHY DESSERTS

Vegans and masochists aside, is there any serious food lover who thinks carob is an acceptable substitute for chocolate? A dessert requires good, old-fashioned fat, starch and sugar. You want healthy? Eat a piece of fruit.

FRED 62

Overpriced and overcool, this Los Feliz (1850 N. Vermont Ave.) eatery baffles with its weekend waiting list.

“GOT _____ ?”

When will people tire of ripping off this ‘90s cliche? Barack “got hope?” Obama, Hillary “got experience?” Clinton (as seen on T-shirts) and that real estate broker (who shall remain nameless, as we don’t want to give him the publicity) whose irritating mug smirks from bus benches along Beverly over the slogan “got mensch?” -- cease and desist already. Got it?