FORD STARTIME: ETHEL MERMAN ON BROADWAY - RARE DVD
$ 14.00
TV 11/24/59 - Ethel Merman, Tab Hunter, Fess Parker, Tom Poston, Bobby Sherwood. Musical salute to Ethel Merman's career on Broadway, from her 1930 debut in Girl Crazy to her hit performance in Gypsy (which was then currently playing). Highlights: --“Everything's Coming Up Roses” (Ethel Merman, Tab Hunter, Fess Parker, and Tom Poston); --Buckingham Palace guard sketch performed by Merman and Poston; --“Anything You Can Do I Can Do Better” (Merman and Poston); --“Eadie Was a Lady” (Merman and dancers); --TV cowboy sketch performed by Merman and Parker; --“The Girl That I Marry” (Parker); --“You Can't Get a Man With a Gun” (Merman); --“You're an Old Smoothie” (Merman and Parker); -- “Blow, Gabriel, Blow” (Merman and Bobby Sherwood); -- Psychiatrist sketch performed by Merman and Hunter; --“You're Just in Love” (Merman and Hunter); --“Friendship” (Merman, Hunter, Parker, and Poston) (Also included on the disc: Singer Presents: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, 4/24/67) (B&W, 1 hour w/ original commercials)
