THANKS FOR SHOWING THESE GEMS.....WHY IT DID NOT SUCCEED IS BEYOND TO ME????????

@edwardjones4870

9 ай бұрын

The Judy Garland Show was opposite the western Bonanza on NBC at 9:00 PM ET Sunday. The latter time slot proved to be a graveyard for a number of CBS programs. Additionally, there was a lot of behind-the-scenes drama on the Garland show including changes in format, directors, producers, and regular cast members because executives at CBS, especially James Aubrey, were unhappy with the lower than expected ratings. Despite all this, how wonderful her show looks 60 years later!

I LOVE THIS SHOW ....AND THE OUTTAKES

Comments are so down, but this is adorable. That medley goofing on Nelson Eddy was hilarious.

Love this!!! More more more!

Happy 100th, Dearest Judy!

I don’t want to sound like an old head, but popular culture used to be Judy Garland and Donald O’Connor (and Sinatra and Ellington, etc) and now it’s….

@colinpsykes

4 ай бұрын

Well once upon a time, popular entertainment (showbizz) and the performing and stage arts, even and especially those which perhaps this whole special perfectly exemplifies in its range, scale, and potential to charm us all, had at least somethings in common with the higher-brow performing and creative arts-opera, orchestral and chamber music, the ballet, lyrical and Jazz (think, Fosse) choreographed dancing, cabaret, the theatre and the classics-in that these were all things which required innate skill, personal flare or charisma, disciplined study and practice, and tireless tutelage and training. “We” couldn’t have gotten up and done their acts ourselves very easily-not even with extensive training and the promise of a big payday and raucous applause, in most cases.

4:23 6:56 13:42 18:47 20:27 22:29 best part

Content style can seem dated however good is good and good is forever 😉

Do you know why they repeated the Lone Ranger bit? It was on the first or second episode as well, wasn't it?

@alanhays4459

2 жыл бұрын

I watch these episodes with great fondness. It keeps Judy alive for me! I admire her her talents and wit! Truly Marvelous!!!

@cliff9685

2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t that skit cut from the earlier episodes? That or it was the only act Jerry had lol

@Mandeley100

Жыл бұрын

Although this was the seventh episode taped, it was the first one shown. The Lone Ranger skit was Van Dyke's strongest material so the production team thought it'd give him the best chance to make an impact. It didn't work as three shows later, they sacked him!!

Jerry Van Dyke ruined this show IMO! He shouldn't have been on the same stage! Donald was fine and more on her level!

@amberlantern9328

Жыл бұрын

Damn right, he was rude.

@akrenwinkle

Жыл бұрын

I'd seen JVD guesting on Merv Griffin's show, and he was witty and amusing. Judy's team didn't know Jerry any better than they knew Judy.

Was she even 90 pounds? Poor thing

@handsome-brute2666

2 жыл бұрын

Drink 🍸 and drugs 💊didn't help

@mikeq5807

2 жыл бұрын

She definitely was not a poor thing. Judy was doing what she loved. Few can say that. The difficulties we face are nothing when we are truly happy.

@akrenwinkle

Жыл бұрын

@@mikeq5807 No way did she love doing this series after the CBS busybodies got in the way. Judy was many things. Truly happy wasn't one of them, unless a lot of people are lying.

This episode was a bore. She tried but you could tell she just wasn't feeling it no matter how much speed she was on.

Fly Me To The Moon is quite harrowing. To me, Judy seems at her lowest here. She radiates unhappiness. I think things were going badly wrong behind the scenes. She even flubs the beginning of Chicago, a song she knew very well, which I think betrays her state of mind at this point in the series.

@chrisn7259

2 жыл бұрын

It's also a terrible arrangement of the song.

@cliff9685

2 жыл бұрын

The series was undergoing a major behind the scenes overhaul at this point, so things were not good for Judy at this point.

@michaelcafaro3787

2 жыл бұрын

But, you have to admit; the stage hand story was hysterical.

@TangSongs

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, but she looks and sounds like she’s having a blast!

@firstnamelastname9631

6 ай бұрын

It's all a show -in her own words, "give 'em what they want and go eat a burger." Probably she was directed that way.

One of the worst shows

Probably one of the worst episodes of the series

@cliff9685

2 жыл бұрын

This was actually the episode that aired as the premiere episode back in 1963 to kick off the series as well!

@akrenwinkle

2 жыл бұрын

@@cliff9685 You're right. And as bad as it was, this episode beat Bonanza. Afterward, Bonanza regained its winning streak permanently. What this shows is that, if you believe the Nielsen ratings, viewers were willing to watch an alternative to Bonanza, gave Judy's series a chance, but didn't like it enough to come back. Mixed reviews didn't help.

@cliff9685

2 жыл бұрын

@@akrenwinkle CBS really screwed it up! The original Mickey Rooney episode minus Van Dyke was great. Her Old Man River was a staggering way to kick off the series. But then they shuffled it to later on.

@tonyscully2147

Жыл бұрын

@@akrenwinkle l

@waldolydecker8118

Жыл бұрын

@@akrenwinkle - the Jerry Van Dyke effect