[Marty]

Judy Garland Special; Broadcast on CBS : 25th February 1962

“You go on sniffin’ forsooth, I’m gonna woo the lady with a song”

55 Mins. Produced & Directed by Norman Jewison, Music Directed by Mort Lindsey

Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin

Programme :

1. Just In Time-Judy Garland
2. When You’re Smiling-Judy Garland
3. You Do Something To Me Sequence-Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra
4. Too Marvelous For Words-Frank Sinatra
5. You Do Something To Me Sequence-Judy Garland, Dean Martin
6, You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby-Dean Martin
7. You Do Something To Me Sequence-Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
8. I See Your Face Before Me-Frank Sinatra
9. The Man That Got Away-Judy Garland
10. The One I Love (Belongs To Somebody Else)-Dean Martin & Frank Sinatra Duet
11. I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Baby-Judy Garland
12. Medley-Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
Let There Be Love
You’re Nobody Til Somebody Loves You
13. You Made Me Love You-Judy Garland
14. The Trolley Song-Judy Garland
15. Rockabye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody)-Judy Garland
16. Swanee River-Judy Garland
17. San Francisco-Judy Garland

additional program notes (thank-you BVO)

Recorded Burbank, Calif. between the 5th & 9th of January 1962

Additional Original Arrangements (the duets/trios featuring Judy and FS/DM) by Saul Chaplin.

[Amy L]

Hi ...I have this video and I love it...for THREE reasons...JUDY, FRANK AND DEAN....This is such a special video for me...Being a fan of all three, it was so neat that they performed together...I especially love Frank's song "I see yourself before me"..precious...To anyone who doesn't have this collection, it is a must...Three legends in one precious video...Amy

[Marty]

For me this is a very poignant show, the trials of her life were so apparent on Judy's face, yet still the trooper she was her solo routine at the end of the show is so emotionally charged and the performance is wonderful to behold. I love this show also for the duet arrangement of Dean & Frank singing The One I Love, my personal favourite of all the versions of this song.

[ARIES3032]

I really enoy this video as I did the TV special. Too bad there are not enough specials like this one.

[Jeffrey Simmons]

I have this on DVD from HMV about three years ago. I also have a VHS recording from TV somewhere and I somehow think the quality on that recording was perhaps better - I will have to check.

there were two songs that i really like, went like this. "the one we love belongs to somebody else" and another one " You must have been a beautiful baby, you must have been a beautiful child" anyone know the names to them? i really enjoyed watchin Dean Martin really entertaining man,

Rick

[Marty]

The link to the show on the forum is here

http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/s...threadid=15492

[Adam]

I have moved and merged them, Marty.

Adam

[Marty]

for this "simply marvelous" show

I watched Once In A Lifetime again today. Anyone else see it? I love this show. Frank and Dean were as charming as ever. It really made my day to watch them. And Judy... man, that voice! Blows me away each time I hear her. This is really a fantastic special that I hope everyone gets a chance to see.

[Nick in Toronto]

I believe that this special was a sort of "pilot" for the CBS Judy Garland show which sadly ran only one season.

The "pilot" episode finds FS in really fine form on Too Marvelous For Words, and the balance of the show, including Dean Martin's appearance really only served to draw attention to the fact that Judy, who had been absent from the screen since A Star Is Born except for one tune in Pepe (unseen) - could still perform, and more importantly;draw an audience.

The first show was done in B&W although I have seen a colourized version, and all the balance were also B&W, a problem as the competition was Bonanza in living colour.

There were numerous guest stars, but usually the best shows featured just Judy in concert. One classic moment came when Barbra Streisand appeared and did a duet with Judy singing Get Happy, as Barbra sang alternate lines of Happy Days are here again. They were then joined by an unbilled Ethel Merman; effectively placing three generations of belters on the stage at the same time.

All these shows turn up from time to time on PBS or Canadian Bravo, but I don't believe there is an authorized version of the FS one for sale.

Please correct me if I'm wrong on this last part. and BTW, Mel Torme, who worked on the later shows; wrote a book about his experiences titled "The Other Side of the Rainbow"
I, personally, have never read it as I try to avoid any material which might tend to change my perception of a performer, and MY JUDY will always be the little girl I saw at the age of 5 in the 1952 re-issue of the Wizard of Oz.

I love this dvd it's great. Frank looked great and sounded great his rendition of " I see your face before me" was something so beautiful and touching. I noticed Frank's eyes to be particularly bright blue that evening He looked like he truly was enjoying himself. I also liked Dean's version of " You must have been a beautiful baby". When they all sang " You're nobody till somebody loves you" it was fun to watch and Judy was in great vocal form that nigh like in her version of " the man who got away".



Melissa

[George Lyons]

I have a marvelous Judy Garland DVD, titled "Judy Garland Show-Legends" and it's 150 minutes of pure gold culled from her '63-64 TV show. She sings solo and also duets with among others, Mel Torme, Jack Jones, Ethel Merman and Streisand, Liza, Mickey Rooney,Count Basie, Tony Bennett, Bobby Darin, Lena Horne, Vic Damone and Martha Raye

Pioneer Artists 11690 is the catalogue info.

[Jeffrey Simmons]

Its a great show and all were in top form but Judy herself was magnificent. I have it on a DVD which is disappointing in quality but I had seen it on a TV channel some years back in colour and in good condition.

[George Bellefon]

Wonderful show. I taped it the first time it was on A&E. Judy, Frank and Dean all have a great time here.

[Marty]

edited and bumped

The merge seems to have changed the thread ID, thereby breaking the link in the sticky index posting.

(Sorry, I see that merge was done a long time ago. So this is simply a reminder to fix the broken link in the index.)

[Marty]

Originally posted by Bob in Boston
The merge seems to have changed the thread ID, thereby breaking the link in the sticky index posting.

dontcha just hate it when your sticky index goes awry?

could a nice mod please edit the new thread i.d into Adam's index post?

the new thread Ident is

http://www.sinatrafamily.com/forum/s...threadid=17556

Overall very exciting stuff on this show, always a joy to watch it again. While the VHS produced & released by Sid Luft is colorised, I actually prefer the original black&white-"looks", so usually turn off the colors when watching.

Small trivia - Sinatra's solo performance of "Too Marvelous For Words" has one lyrical fluff in it ("...too marvelous to words"), which obviously they left in because the performance in general was so good a take (I don't think the mistake escaped Sinatra's ever-so-perfect ear).

Or should one "rescue" that line by interpreting what Sinatra sings as:
"Too marvelous: Two words!" ?



Bernhard.

I heard that too! So Frank did make a mistake! I was wondering if it was my ears !! hahahaha