What a wonderful treat to be able to see this program. Sadly, the four MGM stars are physically gone, but their movies will be enjoyed and appreciated for decades to come.

Gosh, Cyd was always so lovely! Can't get my eyes off her!

I’ve thanked you many times over the years for sharing these treasures, and thank you again. This was an absolute joy to watch, especially comforting with the scariness of today. Stay well.

ANN MILLER'S SOUP COMMERCIAL IS ONE OF THE BEST IN TELEVISION HISTORY ! SPECTACULAR !

@ronniedelahoussayechauvin6717

3 жыл бұрын

She mentioned GUMBO

Really terrific interviews, thank you! Van Johnson was so fantastically charming, he's a pleasure to listen to. And I'd say this was probably Ms Miller's hair was at its biggest - she certainly wouldn't have needed a helmet on a motorcycle!

Ann's voice and her stories!!

thank you SO much for uploading this. I love these ladies, especially Cyd & Graysie. and MY MAN VAN! what a treasure he is, hearing him speak about God 💕 his humor, his everything.

Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful video. Amazing talent and lovely stories all on one sofa!

This was a very young John Davidson. He's a lot older now and live in my State of New Hampshire. His hair is mostly white now but he still has that chiseled face and still loves to entertain.

Class, the type that won't be seen again.

@suecollins3246

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly. So few people have it today.

People like these true stars gave us nothing but pure pleasure

Kathryn Grayson was worth the price of admission!

great post thanks

The commercials are as entertaining as the show!

And Miller was such an honest woman and shared so much of her personal information with her fans. I’m more in awe of her today then my younger years.

gotta ❤John Davidson!

THIS IS A GREAT SHOW

Damn, Van Johnson lived to be 92!

Katherine Grayson was always so beautiful.

This was really great

the host is gorgeous

Wonderful Marvelous Lovely 💕🎶💕🎶🙏🥇🥂🏄💗💞🎤🏄‍♀️🤸‍♂️

I forgot how handsome John Davidson was! I love the old MGM clips.

Cyd pure class

Ann Miller's hairpiece, LOL!!!!

I'm yelling at the screen to Van Johnson, "SHUT UP". He never stops talking over everyone.

@sj8205

2 жыл бұрын

I think he’s drunk

nice one..

Funniest throw away line over the audience's heads...Ann on Van: "We did Too Many Girls together at RKO" and John Davidson replies "Is that the name of a film??" LMAO. Though he then should've asked Van if he did Something For the Boys as well.

I loved that soup commercial!

40:55 You came a little later my dear. Van Johnson "I usually do".

Someone said on this or another video that Ann was in her 50's. She was 65 in this

Great to see, if only Van Johnson would have let one of the others finish a sentence.

@MTknitter22

3 жыл бұрын

He was known to be uh rather full of himself! He let out about Gene Kelley’s ego and hairpiece while on some other show, it was a hoot. The others were uncomfortable - oops! It was way funny.

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

@@MTknitter22 Van got bitchy after he was let go by Hollywood, which required its contract players to be discreet and decorous. He had spent so long pretending to be all-American beefcake that he enjoyed being free to gossip. And as his face filled out he lost that anguished look caused by his auto smash, becoming jollier.

Did Cyd Cherisse snub Ann Miller when she first came on? It looked like she brushed right past it Ann!

@MTknitter22

3 жыл бұрын

it sorta looked that way, didn’t it, embarrassing for Ann. 😯

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

@@MTknitter22 Maybe accidental, but Cyd did have a rep for being snooty with co-workers. Classically trained ballerina and all that. Ann openly derided ballet, which she refused to learn as a child; Cyd couldn't tap, a style associated with vaudeville. Dance has its snobberies, but neither lady could sink to the cheesiness of John Davidson in his flares!

@jackjules7552

7 ай бұрын

Yes, it is odd that Cyd did not greet Ann warmly on this show since Cyd and Ann both danced together in an MGM film called "The Kissing Bandit", one of the best dance numbers I have ever seen on film. Although Cyd is more balletic and Ann was more of a tapster, they blended beautifully as they danced as a threesome with Ricardo Montalban who lifted both Cyd and Ann at the same time during the dance. @@esmeephillips5888

Go for broke! -- best Van Johnson movie.

Van Johnson camping it up per usual....another life spent in the closet, glad times have changed..

Wenn ich mit Van Johnson auf einer Couch sitze wäre ich sehr vorsichtig was ich so erzähle. Das macht Cyd Charisse ganz richtig.

33:34 - strange that they would play “I Could Have Danced All Night“ to fade into the commercial ... “My Fair Lady” was a Warner Bros. film, not MGM 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

And now the Warner Archive is excerpting Metro musicals all over YT. Louis B Mayer and Jack Warner were deadly rivals who once had a fight in the steam room of the Hillcrest Country Club, hitting each other with knotted towels. How Jack must be crowing in movie Valhalla now MGM's musical legacy has dropped into WB's mitts.

The Katie Ann Miller referred to was Katie Hepburn...

Always be on guard when Cyd is reminiscing. The memoirs she and Tony Martin published are among the most sloppily inaccurate in print.

Why does Davidson keep mentioning Van Johnson's weight? How rude.

I noticed Cyd did not kissed Anna dn Van and the host

Love Annie- check out my tribute here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpmhpNCHksfJeLQ.html

Talk about hair. Look a John Davidson's hair. Defys gravity

He was so gay....fun.

@terry4137

3 жыл бұрын

Who? The young guy?

@sj8205

2 жыл бұрын

@@terry4137 VAN!

So this was taped at Metromedia Square for some of its run. Airdate please?

@martyrobinson4474

3 жыл бұрын

November 18, 1981. It was episode 53 of the second season

It is a shame that Ann Miller didn't find happiness sooner...

@jackjules7552

7 ай бұрын

There is no such thing as happiness. People should stop expecting to be happy. Ann should have just appreciated her many accomplishments and the fact that she had such a rewarding career.

Corruption

Ann Miller super nice & talented, was 58 at this time but looked much older the hairstyle of that jetblack dyed hard hair and green eyeshadow & overly blushed always made her look old fashioned and dated

@MTknitter22

3 жыл бұрын

Parker930 A lot of “stars” are kinda over the top, makes it kinda fun guys

@annbush1826

3 жыл бұрын

as a fellow Texan, and immensely proud of Ann Miller, she was Cherokee- Her hair was natural even though the garish makeup and styling were meant to conceal her age. She worked from the age of 5, and finally reached a well deserved stardom for her unique and powerful talents. Recently her courage was recognized, as we learned with horror that her first husband had thrown her down a flight of stairs. She was pregnant, lost the baby, and suffered a broken back. This is Ann Miller.

@esmeephillips5888

3 жыл бұрын

She tried to look younger when old, having tried to look older when young- to the extent of falsifying her birth certificate. Some folks are never satisfied with the age God gave them.

@johnfd0210

2 жыл бұрын

When once chided about her "look" (the hair and make up) she simply replied, "Look, it sells tickets." If it made her happy, then great!

I can't understand why Mario Lanza agreed to be put to sleep for 30 days in Sicily, Mafia country He died in two days

@gilbertotongco1054

3 жыл бұрын

I brought my two younger sisters to watch "The bandwagon" The youngest passed away of covid19 last March. The younger one is in Balanga , Bataan. And I don't even know if she is still alive I don't have to explain why I am so depress

@gilbertotongco1054

3 жыл бұрын

I am talking of 65 years ago

@okjoe5561

3 жыл бұрын

He used to do that to lose weight. Amazing that he found doctors to go along with that scheme.

Kathryn Grayson should not have sung...

@johnpickford4222

Жыл бұрын

@randysills4418: Kathryn Grayson should never have sung in the movies with edgy quavering voice, not when Jane Powell was on the lot. Yuck, what a trrrible singer.

@alexvaliansky7707

9 ай бұрын

Yes, she does sound a bit tentative and shaky.