Judy Garland and Ethel Merman

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  • čas přidán 6. 10. 2007
  • From the Judy Garland Show.
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Komentáře • 167

  • @thevanderman
    @thevanderman Před 16 lety +31

    It's hard to believe there was a time when these living legends, appeared on a weekly variety show ( I was born too late)

    • @chrisbowen9043
      @chrisbowen9043 Před rokem

      Why is it hard to believe? You can't imagine life without YOU in it? Ego projectioning!

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 Před 13 lety +45

    Folks, let's not get hung up on Judy vs. Ethel--there's room enough for both of these mega talented ladies. Ethel was all superb technique--she wasn't that emotional--but her voice was like a laser beam--so you forgave the first because you were blown away by the second--hers was a force of nature. Judy was ALL heart. Two different type of performers, and BOTH valid in their own ways. Certainly more talent in their pinkies than the rafters of today's no talents paraded out before us.

    • @jeffreydavis7657
      @jeffreydavis7657 Před 3 lety +4

      Well said. Two very talented ladies but different except the both could belt. Real talent that we unfortunately don't have today.

    • @scott12061972
      @scott12061972 Před rokem +1

      They are both phenomal.

  • @CodieHil
    @CodieHil Před 4 měsíci +4

    Our Dorothy has come a long way since she followed the yellow brick road to seeing her 30 years later, still looking beautiful as ever in her 40s and having her own TV show! Wow! ❤️🙌

  • @Robert4770
    @Robert4770 Před 11 lety +19

    This was real show business mistakes and all and thats why it will last forever. It was about having fun and you can tell these ladies are having a ball.

  • @stephenhosmer9444
    @stephenhosmer9444 Před 7 měsíci +2

    These two are the best in the business. I love both of these remarkable talents in America. Great stars both!

  • @fromthesidelines
    @fromthesidelines Před 13 lety +9

    This segment was originally telecast on January 12, 1964.

  • @doh996
    @doh996 Před 16 lety +19

    Everytime I watch this, I find myself with a silly grin on my face by the time they're finished, it's so enjoyable.

  • @ryangrippi5766
    @ryangrippi5766 Před rokem +3

    Judy really just has the time of her life performing with Ethel 🥹💕

  • @kuvanozo
    @kuvanozo Před 14 lety +13

    When I watch at these two monsters of the seventh art and the theater singing together, I say myself in spite of any bad moment of the life, is worth the trouble to live it, when seeing these so spectacular and wonderful moments that this it offers us, where it wants that to be, Juday and Ethel to have existed thanks.

  • @fontenayperi
    @fontenayperi Před 15 lety +7

    I adore Judy's singing on "You're just in love"! even though lyrics are mixed up

  • @karlakor
    @karlakor Před 14 lety +13

    @waif55 Ethel Merman was the greatest star ever to appear on Broadway. She appeared in no fewer than fifteen hit shows in her career, a record that no one else comes even close to matching. She was never in anything but a hit, and that speaks for itself. Her record on Broadway was unique.

  • @Robert4770
    @Robert4770 Před 16 lety +5

    And we will never see talent like this again

    • @kenmason725
      @kenmason725 Před 3 měsíci

      No we wont Barbra Streisand is the last left. She’s retired.

  • @christopherbowen3055
    @christopherbowen3055 Před rokem +7

    This is one fantastic video. A real slice of Americana with 2 legendary & superb entertainers! Judy and Ethel are BOTH just tremendous!

  • @Robert4770
    @Robert4770 Před 16 lety +4

    These gals have more talent in one finger then everyone else today combined. I remember a time when variety shows were on 7 nights a week and we could see talent like this for free. Gone are the days.

  • @BarbaraJaneP
    @BarbaraJaneP Před 10 lety +21

    They may have compromised on key, but they blend just great. They are equals and you can hear each of them strongly. It is really a great combo.

    • @RegentofArrako
      @RegentofArrako Před 5 lety

      Barbara Pedrick when they harmonize at the end who is singing the top note?

    • @MrYonexguy63
      @MrYonexguy63 Před 5 lety +3

      ETHEL on top

    • @RegentofArrako
      @RegentofArrako Před 5 lety

      MrYonexguy63 thank u!

    • @bobmalack481
      @bobmalack481 Před 5 lety +2

      Compromised on key? Thats largely Ethel's department, but thats her style, and that bending of key phrasing fits just fine when she brings her momentary voice inflection down to key.

    • @chrisbowen9043
      @chrisbowen9043 Před rokem

      @@MrYonexguy63 EVERYONE who wants a #1 vs a #2 is an idiot, and has missed the point of living!

  • @positivityforever
    @positivityforever Před 14 lety +3

    Boy they don't make them like these GREAT dames any longer! I miss them tremendously!!

  • @isizulu1
    @isizulu1 Před 14 lety +15

    i love this melody, i think Ethel merman is underrated.

    • @allanmoore4353
      @allanmoore4353 Před 2 lety +2

      Probably true now,and very late in her career, but she certainly was appreciated by Broadway audiences.

    • @davemattia
      @davemattia Před 2 lety +1

      Everyone is eventually underrated, but Ethel Merman is still considered the greatest Broadway star --- Then the day will come when it's some rap singer. That's how time moves through us.

    • @chrisbowen9043
      @chrisbowen9043 Před rokem

      Which melody? There are several.

  • @Elphaboy
    @Elphaboy Před 15 lety +5

    unbelievable. wow the 2 powerhouses of the century, together!!! amazing!!!!!

  • @rnhealer6044
    @rnhealer6044 Před rokem +6

    That was absolutely awesome! Two of the most charismatic performers singing of all time together on stage. Thanks for this wonderful clip.

  • @showtunestarpower
    @showtunestarpower Před 12 lety +8

    Every time I watch this great moment in TV history I am awed at these two incredible women. We are SO lucky that they got together on this magical night. I love it when Judy makes a mistake during You're Just In Love. The two of them keep the ball in the air and elevate the duet to an even higher level of spontaneity.

  • @roshan4725
    @roshan4725 Před rokem +2

    The two best belters!!!

  • @BoingBoingallen
    @BoingBoingallen Před 12 lety +4

    Discovering this made my day. I saw it was Judy and Ethel on the side, and I knew I would love it...then it turned out to be Cole Porter...can life be any more glorious?

  • @aarontakesbroadway
    @aarontakesbroadway Před 5 lety +4

    I thought they were near about the same age, but there’s actually 14 years between them...they seem like the greatest of friends! I guess friendship has no age limit! Such great chemistry, I love them both so much! Their voices compliment each other really well! Bravo! 🤗🤩

  • @fabulousbroadwaygirl
    @fabulousbroadwaygirl Před 12 lety +6

    They were both so beautiful inside and out. They are two talents that will never be able to be replaced :)

  • @lindaroach1
    @lindaroach1 Před 11 lety +14

    AMAZING! They just don't make them like that anymore. Plus it's so great - they aren't half naked and humping a background dancer - just incredible talent!

  • @windstorm1000
    @windstorm1000 Před 13 lety +3

    Wow. Two giants. Today's talent is not worthy to shine their shoes.

  • @heidston
    @heidston Před 13 lety +6

    Nothing like Anything Goes and Call Me Madam!

  • @SaxonC
    @SaxonC Před 14 lety +3

    Ethel cannot even compete with JUDY GARLAND be cause Judy was/is peerless. Judy had the rarest of qualities when she preformed with a scene partner. When she was in the scene the audience only watches her. Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly when they danced the audience watched them only but when they worked with Judy it was Judy who had the audience's capitvated. Judy knew she had extreme gifts and she always made her guests know she was on their side. She was very giving in that way.

  • @dhelton40
    @dhelton40 Před 4 měsíci

    Looking at all the video from the 1960's, It is truly amazing at how varied JG's performances can be. Sometimes at the top of her game and many times sounding frail and old. A great voice that was ruined by hard living, but always loved by her fans. Ethel Merman was the voice that could be heard in the back row without amplification, cast in the right parts, she was amazing.

  • @mitzispicergilliam5927
    @mitzispicergilliam5927 Před 5 lety +8

    Great talent raw and vivacious!

  • @GLEEcurb
    @GLEEcurb Před 13 lety +2

    First song is friendship, second is let's be buddies, third is you're the top, all from anything goes. The fourth is you're not sick you're just in love from call me madam. Next is Delovely from anything goes too. And then its together wherever we go from gypsy! SO many songs, they're just amazing, and I love this medley!!! Perfect blend of friendship songs, I wouldn't mind if they'd added bosom buddies from Mame :D

  • @kgarmaker123
    @kgarmaker123 Před 12 lety +3

    I love them both for different reasons.

  • @ugha323a
    @ugha323a Před 13 lety +14

    @waif55
    People are jealous of Mermen to this day. She WAS Broadway, they wrote songs FOR her.
    She is 100x better than ANY foamdome that dares to walk the B-way stage now, they are NOTHING in comparison to Merman--NOTHING!!!

    • @chrisbowen9043
      @chrisbowen9043 Před 6 měsíci

      A statement enshrouded in self imagery, but not quite nuanceed to accuracy for anything else.

  • @Brockett122
    @Brockett122 Před 12 lety +1

    What a great como, Merman and Garland. Both are LARGER than life.

  • @heidston
    @heidston Před 13 lety +2

    Nothing like Anything Goes, Call Me Madam, Gypsy, etc! It's delightful

  • @Bluejeans0701
    @Bluejeans0701 Před 13 lety +1

    What a splendid combination! Dead as they are now, both Ethel Merman and Judy Garland remain great legends. And they symbolize the show business. If only Mary Martin had been in the studio at the time when this was aired.

  • @TheNYHITTINGACADEMY
    @TheNYHITTINGACADEMY Před 3 lety +2

    simply incredibly talented women

  • @CapricornDavo
    @CapricornDavo Před 14 lety +2

    The Tony award didn't exist till 1947. By that time Ethel had starred in 10 Broadway musicals that were all hits! She will always be the Queen of Musical Comedy!

  • @gfmeekins
    @gfmeekins Před 3 lety +1

    This was fun to watch --- I was born just a bit too late except to see them on film/tv and hear them on, ahem, vinyl. RIP, girls!

  • @BarryMoreno-zx4dc
    @BarryMoreno-zx4dc Před 3 měsíci

    Ethel Merman fantastic and spectacular with her old hit songs. Great support from the spunky Judy Garland!

  • @PaoloNYC
    @PaoloNYC Před 3 lety +2

    Just breathtaking! Such class and talent having joyful fun singing great songs!

  • @sussie5
    @sussie5 Před 16 lety +1

    judys such an amazinggggggggggg singer luv her

  • @sarakat76
    @sarakat76 Před 12 lety +2

    Judy is wonderful and funny!

  • @Darrigrande
    @Darrigrande Před 4 lety +1

    Two giants of entertainment together!

  • @jeh500
    @jeh500 Před 11 lety +2

    Two troupers - each one of a kind. Totally professional
    with no gimmicks. Just talent & the best work ethic. And -
    what a legacy each left. Great clip.

  • @BigNickyP
    @BigNickyP Před rokem

    I love them both so much!

  • @johndavison2374
    @johndavison2374 Před rokem +1

    I needed this today -- simply de-lovely!

  • @karlakor
    @karlakor Před 11 lety +6

    I wonder how many performers today, in this day of retakes and splicing, would have been unruffled enough by a mistake to continue the way Judy Garland did here. I think most of them would have completely undone by a mistake, but professions like Garland and Merman could take it in stride.

  • @GeorgeWTush
    @GeorgeWTush Před 14 lety +4

    Judy addresses Ethel and tries to interact with her. Ethel plays straight to the front. Well, why share the spotlight if you don't want to?

  • @VivaLaMerman
    @VivaLaMerman Před 13 lety +2

    God i love watching this video. So much fun and pizazz

  • @Robert4770
    @Robert4770 Před 13 lety +4

    @karlakor It sickens me there is no Broadway Theatre named for her. Merman was the greatest musical comedy star of all time, the queen of Broadway.

  • @ugha323a
    @ugha323a Před 15 lety

    I LOVE them BOTH in this Nurse- they were FANTASTIC, more than I could say for 'entertainers' now.

  • @weatdamal
    @weatdamal Před 16 lety +1

    Got to love great talent!

  • @christopherbowen3055
    @christopherbowen3055 Před rokem

    When Ethel says "let's face it, we're the last of the big belters", I was aware that Judy reacted a bit, almost as if she (slightly typsily) half thought she (JUDY) mIght have continued, "and we can put down those belts with the best of them", like the old expression referring to drinks as "belts", etc. Just wondering out loud. (sort of) Judy had that kind of personality, I think. BOTH were talented far more than almost everyone else as singers, and thus deserved more, even, than the accolades they both GOT and still GET! Legendary icons gracefully performing right HERE for all of us!

  • @Galindathegood
    @Galindathegood Před 16 lety

    I love this video. Two amazing stars, and the song is love :Dxxx

  • @PollyPeachum3penny
    @PollyPeachum3penny Před 16 lety

    love it. i wish had some kind of show like this on tv. nothing too thought.

  • @thevanderman
    @thevanderman Před 16 lety

    I especially love the duet from Call me Madam. In all the duets I've seen from the tv series, she seems the happiest in this one..

  • @dreamboynyc2
    @dreamboynyc2 Před 15 lety +3

    Ethel has such a commanding voice, she dominates this duo but Judy is no slouch either...they're magic together! RIP you two wonderful ladies...I'm sure they're tearing down the house up in Heaven's Mass Choir!!

  • @Robert4770
    @Robert4770 Před 16 lety +1

    This comes from the heart, its not just for the cameras. These ladies are having a friggin ball trying to top each other. I could have listened to them belt all night. Thank God these performances are preserved forever.

    • @chrisbowen9043
      @chrisbowen9043 Před 3 lety +1

      They're absolutely NOT trying top each other. They're great performers who are doing their thing. . . performing! Every damn American thinks every damn thing is a competition. Well, it isn't!

  • @bonzomcduffy8336
    @bonzomcduffy8336 Před 11 lety +7

    I know Cole Porter wrote a lot of song just for her.

  • @SolitudeSometimesIs
    @SolitudeSometimesIs Před měsícem

    Wonderful

  • @damechastain
    @damechastain Před 14 lety

    Love both these wonderful women!

  • @chaksheba
    @chaksheba Před 12 lety +1

    Love Merman!!

  • @hockeyham3
    @hockeyham3 Před 13 lety +4

    @waif55 I love Ethel. Quite honestly she reminds me of my grandmother. Classic. Different era I guess. More talent then most people theses days. Like Judy in the early days. Everyones life leads them down a different path. Some better than other. Either way, gald there is a Merman fan out there!!!

  • @dave00004483
    @dave00004483 Před 15 lety +2

    Ethel Merman, from what little I've read about her, and seen of her in interviews, seems to have been a very nice person (if a little on the brassy side), and she was certainly....um....dynamic onstage. She could carry a tune, I'll give her that. But her appeal has always escaped me. The singing voice was extremely harsh and nasal, and her take-no-prisoners style was WAY over the top. I guess it's just me, but how this woman ever became such a legendary singer is a mystery to me.

    • @DailyBrusher
      @DailyBrusher Před 2 lety +2

      I think if you study a little bit about Al Jolson - read his Wikipedia and watch some videos here - you can get a better feel for the times, and begin to wrap your head around people like Jolson and Merman. Although Jolson was a bit earlier, their careers overlapped by several decades...

  • @robcat2075
    @robcat2075 Před 16 lety +7

    Yeah, but Ethel never needed a microphone.

  • @tuberobotloco
    @tuberobotloco Před 11 lety

    So perfects

  • @PollyPeachum3penny
    @PollyPeachum3penny Před 16 lety

    edit: love it. i wish had some kind of show like this on tv. nothing too thought out.

  • @biegel88
    @biegel88 Před 16 lety

    Class act totally!

  • @beautexinterieur
    @beautexinterieur Před 15 lety +1

    Judy Garland aged very well, I must say.

  • @bmccormack89
    @bmccormack89 Před 12 lety +1

    YESSS!! I don't know who you are, but my friends and I have picked out that exact moment! We imitate it ALL the time!

  • @1marilynable
    @1marilynable Před 3 lety

    I'm in heaven 😍

  • @pal035s
    @pal035s Před 14 lety +1

    @JudygarlandRulez15... and speaking about breaking glass...check out Perry Como and Ethel Merman singing together.

  • @CapricornDavo
    @CapricornDavo Před 14 lety

    OMIGOD!!! I so wish they would have taped that show!!! I've read so much about it!! It was such a success that they wanted to do a tour and tv special of it. Ethel was up for it but Mary wasn't. She had developed really bad stage fright by that point.

  • @BorisFangirl
    @BorisFangirl Před 11 lety

    I first saw this in a hotel last month, and it reminded me of the friendship between Anna and me.

  • @TheJazzlady40
    @TheJazzlady40 Před 15 lety

    2 great broads of screen and stage

  • @sfuze3
    @sfuze3 Před 15 lety

    this vid is awsomeness

  • @Twentythousandlps
    @Twentythousandlps Před měsícem

    Five duets from old Merman shows.

  • @ugha323a
    @ugha323a Před 15 lety +1

    yes, I am SURE that she really cared what you think OR anyone else for that matter- she was on BROADWAY for SIXTY years. 60.

  • @subbtopp
    @subbtopp Před 13 lety

    aww

  • @gabrielvidrio3210
    @gabrielvidrio3210 Před 2 lety

    SNAP! It's Dorothy & Mombi (The Wicked Witch of the North) 🔮🧙‍♀️⬆️
    Ethel played Mombi besides Liza Minnelli (Judy's daughter) in Journey Back 2 Oz 🌪🌈💚
    Just wanted 2 put that out there 🌟😁🌟

  • @kingusmcgee
    @kingusmcgee Před 13 lety

    Friendship, written by Cole Porter. Introduced by Ethel Merman & Bert Lahr from the musical, DuBarry Was A Lady 1939. Revived in a '55 musical, Three For The Money.

    • @aarontakesbroadway
      @aarontakesbroadway Před 3 lety

      Actually I believe Friendship was written by Cole Porter, for the musical: Anything Goes (1934), introduced by Ethel Merman and Victor Moore. Ethel Merman and Bert Lahr sang the song for a filmed version of the show for a comedy hour special, or something like that. Not sure about where the wires were crossed with DuBarry Was A Lady and Three For The Money, but perhaps they had a similar sounding tune and lyrics. Who knows! But it was definitely written for Anything Goes. :)

  • @95KIPPIE
    @95KIPPIE Před 3 měsíci

    I sure do miss the weekly variety shows. We haven’t had them since the 70s, and I sure wish they would bring them back. But wait, there’s no real talent anymore. Most of the great talent has died, what a shame!!

  • @blueelkmarketing3436
    @blueelkmarketing3436 Před 2 lety

    And to think we lost Judy at only 47.

  • @MaskedMan66
    @MaskedMan66 Před 6 měsíci

    Dorothy meets Mombi!

  • @jasonmatthews534
    @jasonmatthews534 Před 11 měsíci

    3:11 ❤❤❤❤❤

  • @KevinRRose1
    @KevinRRose1 Před 13 lety +2

    This is so interesting. Clearly Ethel is at her vocal prime, whereas Judy is towards the end of her life. But still there is something more interesting and vulnerable about Judy. Ethel seems to be just trying to sound great. Judy is better at connecting with the material here.

  • @ugha323a
    @ugha323a Před 15 lety

    AMEN Peter!

  • @kerryincolumbus
    @kerryincolumbus Před 11 lety +1

    *** Two corrections to my comments... it would BE beyond Heaven... and undisbuted = undisputed.

  • @prckay
    @prckay Před 14 lety

    @waif55 I agree with you
    there are not man people who have voices like what judy and ethel had... if people do it a rare gift

  • @smilebesidefrown
    @smilebesidefrown Před 15 lety +1

    It's a shame "Bosom Buddies" had not yet been written. Damn you, Jerry Herman!

  • @sarahvillegas
    @sarahvillegas Před 13 lety

    @waif55 THANK YOU!

  • @_BrittBritt_
    @_BrittBritt_ Před 13 lety

    What is the name to this lovely song?

  • @netram28
    @netram28 Před 13 lety

    @Robert4770 She didn't want a theater named for her. She actually got angry at the one man who tried to make that happen. Traditionally theaters are only named for people who are alive to see the honor done to them.

  • @CallMeGailyn
    @CallMeGailyn Před 15 lety +1

    Actually, I think the best entertainers who are also nice people always knew and know how to share the stage and allow their guests to shine or even take the center for a bit if it makes for a better show. Watching someone be snitty with a fellow performer is annoying.

  • @chaksheba
    @chaksheba Před 12 lety

    @windstorm1000 well put!

  • @user-xs3og8us3d
    @user-xs3og8us3d Před 4 lety

    Heh... heh... jam! Heh. Flan. Heh...

  • @Streisand1HorseLover
    @Streisand1HorseLover Před 14 lety

    What year?????

  • @witch4
    @witch4 Před 14 lety

    I'd love the lyrics to this...

  • @filmmekker
    @filmmekker Před 13 lety +1

    Also, Ethel had to adapt to Judy's key for this duet. It's a little low for her.