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The Best of Judy Garland
Judy Garland's legendary (and short-lived) 1963-64 TV show has been revived on DVD, but several less-expensive videotape compilations are also available, including this one. A collection of Garland performances from her television variety show, the tape does away with Garland's skits and shtick from that show and focuses on her singing her hits: "The Man That Got Away," "Come Rain or Come Shine," "Stormy Weather." The tape also includes a couple of her "Born in a Trunk" sequences, in which Garland would reminisce about her career-- inevitably looking skittish and uncomfortable working without a script. But it's her voice that stands out: strong and resourceful, a marked contrast to the skinny, scared-looking woman who only seems to come alive when the music starts to play. --Marshall Fine
Judy Garland and Friends
A genuine historical document, Judy Garland and Friends captures moments from Garland's 1963-64 television show featuring not only daughter Liza Minnelli, but a 21-year-old Barbra Streisand. Garland playfully claims to "hate" Streisand because of her talent, but then the two enjoy an easy affection on stage, sharing casual chatter and two duets, one of which runs "Get Happy" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" in counterpoint, a performance memorialized in Streisand's Timeless concert 36 years later. Garland also gives the young Streisand (who mentions her upcoming project, a Broadway musical called Funny Girl) two solos, including an intimate "Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered" filmed in close-up with the lights down. To further stir up the pot, Ethel Merman pops out of the audience to share a little banter and to perform a rendition of her trademark "There's No Business Like Show Business" that leaves the other two belters in the dust (Streisand never stands much of a chance, clearly not knowing the words.
Item Condition: New
Starring: Judy Garland
Format: Box set
Release Date: 05-11-1997
Rating: NR
UPC: 9786304749036
EAN: 018111570169
Binding: VHS Tape
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