Ethel Merman - There's No Business Like Show Business

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  • @NotAnAngryLesbian
    @NotAnAngryLesbian Před 3 lety +388

    "I like the show. Not so much the biz." -Gene Wilder

    • @adrianmonk4440
      @adrianmonk4440 Před 2 lety +14

      GREAT LINE !!!

    • @DafyddBrooks
      @DafyddBrooks Před 2 lety +16

      awwww yeah thats true and for him too. I wish he could have made more movies and TV shows through out the 2000's but I could understand due to the stress of the business and his own health concerns. He was able to peacefully walk away from it all though :)

    • @LilySaintSin
      @LilySaintSin Před rokem +2

      So true

    • @MyJustin316
      @MyJustin316 Před rokem +4

      Changing Things may he RIP like the movie he did The Producers a broadway movie

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 Před 18 dny

      Gene was really one-of-a-kind. Thank the stars that Mel discovered him.

  • @Cowboy1959
    @Cowboy1959 Před 4 lety +257

    This is an epic performance that rightly cemented Ethel Merman's place in showbiz history. Out of context it's a great clip, but when you see it as part of the entire film it's a goose-pimpling, tear-inducing climax to the story. Mitzi Gaynor's performance in the final 15 seconds in the clip is outstanding. She's not the main focus at that point, but she's acting her heart out. I always appreciate performers who are staying in the moment even when they know the audience is most likely not watching them.

    • @MissMiffed
      @MissMiffed Před 3 lety +18

      Indeed. Also Ethel’s full body reaction at 2:21 showing her torn between wanting to finish the song or hug her son who’s been missing, damn near presumed dead, is worthy of an Oscar alone. Two incredibly talented actresses.

    • @perrystalsisworldofbiology767
      @perrystalsisworldofbiology767 Před 3 lety +5

      Yeah...Mitzi Gaynor is somefin else. She's so beautiful I can't look at her for very long.

    • @bmbutler2
      @bmbutler2 Před 2 lety +1

      @@MissMiffed I completely agree

    • @DDumbrille
      @DDumbrille Před 2 lety

      @@MissMiffed Oh for pete's sake. It's pure ham at it's finest. The song itself though is as 'Cowboy' says, "goose-pimpling" indeed.

    • @coreycox2345
      @coreycox2345 Před 2 lety +1

      I wanted to be her in grade one at five because I could read at three. Nemlander told me to "just move my lips." Perhaps I was drowing out the other children and she was worried that they might be jealous of my beauty? In my memories, at least. Mrs. Kates in s subsequent Crestwood elementary was a genius, and another was an accepting "mother figure." :) Fine teachers, both.

  • @alanmorris7669
    @alanmorris7669 Před 4 lety +267

    I never noticed it before, but the bustline of her dress was very risqué for 1954.

    • @hughx5235
      @hughx5235 Před 4 lety +10

      Oh? There's no cleavage. Isn't that the test?

    • @snookerb6777
      @snookerb6777 Před 4 lety

      Yeah because merMAN is MAN IN DRAG or a CASTRATO
      To date every “female” singer is a CASTRATO
      ALL models are CASTRATOs..Victoria,s SECRET 😂

    • @4m4ranth
      @4m4ranth Před 4 lety +5

      Do you think any man would let this song be sung without it

    • @abbymorrison3097
      @abbymorrison3097 Před 4 lety +1

      No kidding

    • @soulshine8281
      @soulshine8281 Před 4 lety +1

      That was my first thought!

  • @lorelieplum81
    @lorelieplum81 Před 5 lety +198

    I just loved this scene so much. Merman belting out that song and O' Connor standing there almost in admiration for her as a performer but keeping in character just sends shivers through me every time 😢

  • @edgregory1
    @edgregory1 Před 4 lety +152

    Ethyl is an origional. No one sounds like her. Before times pure talent.

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Před 2 lety +18

      Ethel was a great entertainer, not a gasoline.

    • @edgregory1
      @edgregory1 Před 2 lety +5

      @@akrenwinkle Unintentional and perhaps Freudian.

    • @TheJSquared55
      @TheJSquared55 Před 2 lety +2

      @@edgregory1 well put

  • @darcimonet
    @darcimonet Před 4 měsíci +8

    This movie was CONSTANTLY on the Disney Channel when I was growing up. One of my favorites to this day. ♥

  • @GermanProudly
    @GermanProudly Před 5 lety +119

    There's no singer like Ethel Merman! A force of nature.

    • @joshmontemayor6098
      @joshmontemayor6098 Před rokem

      I remember her from the Rudolph & Frosty crossover.

    • @McGeek82
      @McGeek82 Před 6 měsíci +2

      I agree there is only one person who can sing this song and that’s Miss Ethel Merman

  • @AlvaSudden
    @AlvaSudden Před 2 lety +26

    This song is a metaphor for life, and Ethel Merman is my inspiration to go on with the show.

  • @dudley5533
    @dudley5533 Před 5 lety +41

    Ethel owns this song.....what a gem!

  • @usermikes
    @usermikes Před 4 lety +40

    No one could sing it like her...

  • @emmaerickson8945
    @emmaerickson8945 Před 2 lety +48

    There's no business like show business
    Like no business I know
    Everything about it is appealing
    Everything the traffic will allow
    Nowhere could you get that happy feeling
    When you are stealing
    That extra bow
    There's no people like show people
    They smile when they are low
    Yesterday they told you you would not go far
    That night you open and there you are
    Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
    Let's go on with the show
    The costumes, the scenery, the make-up, the props
    The audience that lifts you when you're down
    The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops
    The sheriff who escorts you out of town
    The op'ning when your heart beats like a drum
    The closing when the customers won't come
    There's no business like show business
    Like no business I know
    You get word before the show has started
    That your favorite uncle died at dawn
    Top of that, your ma and pa have parted
    You're broken-hearted
    But you go on
    There's no people like show people
    They smile when they are low
    Even with a turkey that you know will fold
    You may be stranded out in the cold
    Still you wouldn't 'change for a sack of gold
    Let's go on with the show
    Let's go on with the show

  • @glenblignaut9977
    @glenblignaut9977 Před 2 lety +3

    Love the dress!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 3 lety +25

    The outstanding historical VOICE of Her, she perfomer the one so EVER so much in Hollywood history she was only. Merci beaucoup from France. Merci merci beaucoup.

  • @LondonLite02
    @LondonLite02 Před rokem +4

    She's so perfect i am literally crying

  • @kevinhealey6540
    @kevinhealey6540 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I was born in 45. My parents were big time fans of Ethel Merman throughout her career.
    Up until the eighties when she was still performing my parents said that she was first class, but it doesn't compare to how great she was in Broadway Musicals in the 30s.
    People would pay to see Cole Porter spectaculars like "Anything goes" but mainly to hear her sing.

  • @bookerjones8123
    @bookerjones8123 Před rokem +4

    Pauline Kael: “Ethel Merman sings the title song in a monstrous white gown that looks as it’s going to attack her.”

  • @juanrojo4012
    @juanrojo4012 Před 4 lety +14

    Ethel Merman, marvelous as always. ❤️❤️

  • @fattymcfatso1083
    @fattymcfatso1083 Před rokem +6

    This will always be the end credits of All That Jazz for me. 😎
    RIP Ethel. RIP Bob. RIP Roy.

  • @rnhealer6044
    @rnhealer6044 Před rokem +9

    No one could sing that song better than 'Ethel Merman, She was an amazingly talented performer. There will never be anyone else like her.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +5

    The Best ever from Hollywood musicals. MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France. Thanks so much this incredible incomparable outstanding musical.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +10

    Ethel Merman, she's one of the greatest actress and incredible singer EVER ! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 2 lety +7

    An incredible thrill moment ever ! Merci beaucoup dear American Friends, merci beaucoup from Paris France.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +12

    You're doing great as ever dear american friend, in France we do love american musical historical incredible incomparable outstanding comedies in CinemaScope and mint remastered incredible original print! An ENCHANTMENT for our eyes and ears and for generations, a great present to us. Merci beaucoup! Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @thetomatoman9292
    @thetomatoman9292 Před 4 lety +3

    Ethel Merman will never be replaced

  • @moatrboat
    @moatrboat Před rokem +4

    she is amazing

  • @kevinpaul180
    @kevinpaul180 Před 10 měsíci +13

    She could sing on stage without microphones (had to in her early days) and the back row could hear her belting out songs!

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Před 3 měsíci

      Perhaps an American version of Gracie Fields? (or Gracie was a British Ethel perhaps.)

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +10

    The best ever She SINGER! MERCI BEAUCOUP for this incredible rendering. Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @QueenAnitaSoul
    @QueenAnitaSoul Před 4 lety +23

    This woman voice was a Powerhouse
    She even made
    A
    Disco record

  • @allanegleston4931
    @allanegleston4931 Před 2 lety +3

    made me cry. boy can she belt it out.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +6

    The best amazing and outstanding female Hollywood singer EVER! I love her. She's got IT! BRAVO! Merci Beaucoup. Emmanuel from Paris

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 3 lety +6

    An outstanding historical rendering historical experience rendez-vous. Merci beaucoup for this incrediblle historical VOICES. Happy new year from Paris France. Emmanuel

  • @ladygentleman5563
    @ladygentleman5563 Před 5 lety +35

    The best version of this song!

  • @riachew
    @riachew Před 5 lety +80

    Tammie brown vs Latrice Royale

  • @scottmiller6495
    @scottmiller6495 Před 4 lety +16

    The greatest Broadway Entertainer of all time No Question Period !!!!!

  • @JessicaJLynch
    @JessicaJLynch Před 4 lety +3

    She brings me so much joy. Love her!!

  • @billbright1755
    @billbright1755 Před 2 lety +2

    Ahh, the theater 🎭, take a bow and the applause.
    It’s all theater so on with the show!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +3

    At last we're able to see that incredible historical number! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris

  • @Murphy007
    @Murphy007 Před rokem +1

    She looked beautiful. 🎥

  • @bigneiltoo
    @bigneiltoo Před měsícem +1

    I was born in 1970 so to me this is the girl from Airplane! (1980). Still love her!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    The greatest SHOW ever no words for this! Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @leslielanger3590
    @leslielanger3590 Před 3 lety +3

    She was a fabulous singer

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    Thanks so much for this incredible incomparable VERSION in Cinemascope, TechiColor and Stereophonic soundtrack ever! BRAVO and MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France. A great Aria from Hollywood history. Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +2

    Incredible show ever, from Hollywood History! An incomparable historical page turned, Hollywood as we LOVE! MERCI BEAUCOUP FOR this incredible incomparable rendering in Stereophonic Soundtrack, TechniColor copy, and incomparable wide screen rendition. Thanks so much for Hollywood history. Merci beaucoup from Paris France

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    Fine ever incredible loud and just ever VOICE of movie history since its beginnings! She was the voice, she was the rythm, she was an iconic person, no doubt. Thanks and merci beaucoup! Emmanuel from Paris

  • @davidmack4495
    @davidmack4495 Před rokem +4

    I only know her from it's a mad, mad, mad, mad world....very distinctive voice.

    • @FuzzyElf
      @FuzzyElf Před 4 měsíci +1

      You really should see her in "Airplane!" too.

    • @ericrivera8410
      @ericrivera8410 Před 3 měsíci

      She was known of having such strong voice she didn't even need a microphone

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +2

    Merci beaucoup dear Ilene, best regards from Paris France, your father is really an incredible national treasury. Friendly from a rainy Paris France 1st november. Please add more videos! MERCI BEAUCOUP. Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +3

    The best ever cinematography scene ever from Her! She was the best ever actress! BRAVO! MERCI BEAUCOUP from France, Emmanuel

  • @not-so-smartaleck8987
    @not-so-smartaleck8987 Před 9 měsíci +1

    I'm generally a fan of so-called popular music (mostly from the 60s-80s) as opposed to musicals, but I have to admit Ethel Merman really nailed this one! Very impressed!! 😉

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety

    Hollywood History is There! Thanks so much for this incredible stereophonic Technicolor wide screen rendering! MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France once again for Hollywood history! Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    Encore the Best show ever no one told you! MERCI BEAUCOUP FOR this incredible stereophonic Technicolor remastered rendition rendering rendez-vous! MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +2

    La plus grande comedie musicale de TOUS les temps. Merci!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    Really She was the best ever no words! BRAVO FOR this incredible rendition version once More and again! Hollywood History! MERCI BEAUCOUP from PARIS France. Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    An incredible screen scene ever! BRAVO for this amazing rendering in stereophonic soundtrack, Cinemascope and TechniColor print remastered! BRAVO and MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France. Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    ENCORE an incredible number for cinemascope history ever! Stereophonic sound TechniColor and CINEMASCOPE FRAME! She had IT! BRAVO for her in that incredible Historical Hollywood Movie! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris

  • @LEXICOGRAFFER
    @LEXICOGRAFFER Před rokem +1

    Great dress, Ethel....

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 2 lety +1

    No words, just listen at it and get ready to be started like no people in Hollywood TechniColor History in October 2021! Merci beaucoup from Paris France and take care.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    An incomparable 🎥 film ever! In cinemascope, Technicolor and stereophonic sound, theres Nothing like people ever! MERCI BEAUCOUP, à great masterpiece ever !!! US production. Emmanuel from France

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    Theres Nothing like HER, she's got it! Merci beaucoup for this incredible outstanding historical Hollywood stereophonic rendering! Merci beaucoup in this time not very very! Merci beaucoup from Paris France. Emmanuel

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    THE BEST EVER SINGER WITH ALL HER HISTORICAL CREW EVER IN MUSICAL HOLLYWOOD HISTORY! THANKS A LOT FOR THIS INCREDIBLE MUSICAL RENDERING EVER IN STEREOPHONIC SOUNTRACK, CINEMASCOPE WIDE SCREEN AND TECHNICOLOR SHOW! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 2 lety +2

    I do love them so much ! An outstanding historical archive version ever from Hollywood history ! Merci beaucoup from Paris France and take care 😁

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    Outstanding number ever! BRAVO FOREVER! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Emmanuel from Paris France

    • @liberte5847
      @liberte5847 Před 4 lety

      Really outstanding running show ever in Hollywood History! MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France

  • @1405Peanut
    @1405Peanut Před rokem +1

    The greatest...!!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    THE BEST EVER INCREDIBLE FEMALE INCREDIBLE POWERFUL VOICE IF AND OF INCREDIBLE VOICE EVER FROM ALL TIME IN SINGING HISTORY! BRAVO! Emmanuel from PARIS FRANCE

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    An ENCHANTMENT in Stereophonic soundtrack, CinemaScope and TechniColor print! MERCI BEAUCOUP from Paris France. Emmanuel

  • @robertrenn6516
    @robertrenn6516 Před 2 lety +3

    Great song

  • @robertcotgrave5920
    @robertcotgrave5920 Před 4 lety +7

    A fine set of pipes this lady has.rest in peace.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    An incredible ENCHANTMENT no way! BRAVO! Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    The best ever Christmas message ever! Merci beaucoup from Paris France in Technicolor, CinemaScope and Stereophonic Soundtrack!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    There no one like HER NO way! BRAVO FOR this incredible CinemasCope rendering copy, original printing in stereophonic soundtrack and TechniColor rendering! BRAVO and MERCI BEAUCOUP! An incomparable Hollywood TOP from Cinématographic American Historical Unforgettable Archives! Thanks a lot. Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @liannettmendez6393
    @liannettmendez6393 Před 11 měsíci +1

    She was beautiful

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    The BEST ever no way. Merci beaucoup from FRANCE. Emmanuel

  • @joansmith1195
    @joansmith1195 Před 2 lety +3

    Her singing gives me goose bumps.

  • @Rosannasfriend
    @Rosannasfriend Před 5 lety +1

    Aw. So touching at the end.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 3 lety +2

    The best ever demonstration of musical among everyday in a simple word in StereoPhonic Soustrack, TechniColor and wide CinemaScope optical gauge. Amazing no ?? To nowadays, yes ! Thumbs incrediblly YES!

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    An incredible spectacle for ears and eyes still for nowadays audience! BRAVO An incontournable way of loving real US MUSICAL COMEDIES!!! No way! Emmanuel from Paris

  • @april1969simnel
    @april1969simnel Před 4 lety +1

    I saw this movie a lot on the old Saturday Afternoon Theater in my town on TV as a 70s kid. When I grew up, I learned who Johnnie Ray was, and now every time I see this scene, I think, "poor ol' Johnnie Ray"; he's the blond man in the Army dress uniform-and the subject of the first line in the 80s hit song "Come On, Eileen". This movie was the peak of his career.

    • @TheBlueCream
      @TheBlueCream Před 2 lety

      he became popular in the UK and Europe

  • @unaallcock9380
    @unaallcock9380 Před rokem +1

    ethel merman nothing to say except she was a unique and priceless woman

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    A real pure pleasure no way in Cinemascope, TechniColor and Stereophonic soundtrack! MERCI BEAUCOUP once more. Emmanuel from Paris France

  • @B0WIETVC15
    @B0WIETVC15 Před 5 měsíci

    I'm not crying. 🥺

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    THE BEST NUMBER EVER ON EARTH THROUGHT HER INCREDIBLE VOICE EVER! BRAVO AND MERCI BEAUCOUP FROM PARIS FRANCE. Emmanuel from PARIS

  • @kandacecarter6826
    @kandacecarter6826 Před 5 lety +27

    Enjoying in 2019

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 4 lety +1

    No words, the best ever dear madam! Call her Madam from PARIS FRANCE. Merci beaucoup for this incredible outstanding rendering historical Hollywood Merman O'Connor Monroe rendez-vous, there's nothing like them in june 2020. Emmanuel

  • @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an
    @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an Před rokem +1

    this is the anthem for all theater kids all over the world

  • @adrianmonk4440
    @adrianmonk4440 Před 2 lety +3

    For Ethyl Merman NOT to have arrived on the 40s, & 50s Golden Age of Screen Musical Would Have Been Tragic. She's our American, toe tappin' version of Brunhilde with heart & style. Lawd, she had the power.

  • @coreycox2345
    @coreycox2345 Před 2 lety

    Bravo! Each persion in the scenious.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety +1

    THE GREATEST EVER ON HER OWN! BRAVO EVER, MERCI BEAUCOUP FOR THIS INCREDIBLE RENDITION IN WIDE SCREEN TECHNICOLOR RENDERING. A MUST TO SEE FOR CINEMASCOPE HISTORY NO WAY. Emmanuel from PARIS FRANCE

  • @dianeandjeffreyknorr2804
    @dianeandjeffreyknorr2804 Před 4 lety +7

    Arturo Toscanini said of Ethel Merman’s singing: That is no human voice.

  • @marvinrosenthal6158
    @marvinrosenthal6158 Před 2 lety +2

    Ethel was a one of a kind.

  • @danhoffman7979
    @danhoffman7979 Před 4 lety +7

    the QUEEN of BROADWAY FOR ALL TIME!

  • @jahmal4ever1
    @jahmal4ever1 Před 4 lety +1

    Ethel Merman and Patti Labelle best vocal live introductions!!!

  • @roflflor3587
    @roflflor3587 Před 3 lety +1

    Lynette Scavo from Desperate Housewives brought me here! LOL

  • @frankford9744
    @frankford9744 Před 3 lety +1

    I love her and the song

  • @benperry2558
    @benperry2558 Před 2 lety +1

    RIP Ethel Merman 1908-1984

  • @PunaSquirrel
    @PunaSquirrel Před rokem +1

    ❤️ Ethel ❤️

  • @bmbutler2
    @bmbutler2 Před 2 lety +2

    Merman's reaction is pure joy. Such a shame Hollywood didn't make better use of her in other movies especially leaving her out of Gypsy's movie.

    • @jochenstossberg5427
      @jochenstossberg5427 Před rokem +1

      Up close and personal on the screen, all her flaws were magnified. This is why she didn't get Gypsy - and didn't get anything really. Call Me Madam was proof. She was a really, really bad actress with no sense of timing speaking dialogue. When she became a star on the stage there were no microphones, and she was big not just because she was really loud, she had great diction. On the screen she was embarrassingly out of touch.

  • @evanm6739
    @evanm6739 Před rokem +2

    Can’t watch anything in the 60s without feeling like I’m playing fallout

  • @davetoffen7944
    @davetoffen7944 Před 2 lety

    Outstanding

  • @EASYTIGER10
    @EASYTIGER10 Před 2 lety +3

    I love how she sang in her full on Noo Yawk accent :)

    • @fattymcfatso1083
      @fattymcfatso1083 Před rokem

      a real BELTER

    • @fattymcfatso1083
      @fattymcfatso1083 Před rokem

      honestly not really - i'd call it a "mid-atlantic" accent - which is how New Yorkers talk when they don't want to sound like new yorkers

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Před 4 měsíci

      @@fattymcfatso1083 If there is one mammal in the world who did not affect a fancy-schmantzy mid-Atlantic accent, it was Ethel.

    • @fattymcfatso1083
      @fattymcfatso1083 Před 4 měsíci

      There's really nothing pretentious about a mid-Atlantic accent but maybe that's the reputation thanks to William Buckley and some others. @@akrenwinkle

    • @akrenwinkle
      @akrenwinkle Před 4 měsíci

      @@fattymcfatso1083 If William Buckley really spoke that way- and I think he did- it wasn't pretentious. If the film actors who were given elocution lessons talked that way while acting, it wasn't pretentious.

  • @liberte5847
    @liberte5847 Před 5 lety

    Irène youre real ONE! MERCI from me from FRANCE Paris. An incredible archive! MERCI BEAUCOUP! Best regards! Emmanuel