Confuscious Say: Nail on board is not good as -------- on bench.?

Questions

Symbolized by the jester in Don Mclean's "American Pie"?

T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is the basis for this musical?

Dirty dog in the parking lot?

I was complaining I was down in the dumps?

Je me lans vers la gloire....OK?