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| Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 07:18 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
| In reply to: re: PBS Harold Prince: The Director's Life last night - BroadwayTonyJ 06:27 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| If she did do that, it's not listed on imdb, and it's not turning up in searches I'm doing of TV listings during that period, which doesn't mean she didn't. Could it have been on The Dick Cavett Show? Although imdb doesn't list that either, she was listed in papers as being a guest on the program of August 26, 1971. Fifi D'Orsay, on the other hand, did appear on The Tonight Show twice during the run (and also on The Mike Douglas Show several times), and Yvonne De Carlo appeared on The Tonight Show a bunch of times during the run. I wonder if she ever did "I'm Still Here" on The Tonight Show. Of course, De Carlo famously screwed up the "I'm Still Here" lyrics — it really wasn't all that bad — on the episode of The David Frost Show devoted to Follies, but she had no problem the following year on The Merv Griffin Show on an episode devoted to Follies during the Los Angeles run. I really believe that the problem was that she was just suddenly asked in the middle of conversation to do the song on Frost. On Griffin, where she talked about having screwed up on Frost, the song was the first thing she did, before talking and right after a commercial break. so she knew when it was going to happen and she could breathe before starting. |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: pierce 10:07 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
| In reply to: Dick Cavett perhaps? - AlanScott 07:18 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| I saw De Carlo perform "I'm Still Here" on the Tonight Show; this was before Johnny Carson moved operations out to Los Angeles. It was also the first time I ever heard the song (I hadn't bought the OCR yet). Because I wasn't familiar with it at the time, I can't say for sure that she sang the number without messing up the lyrics, but it came across like she got everything right. And it was mesmerizing. And of course, on the 4 occasions I saw Follies (once I'd become familiar with the score), she never screwed up "I'm Still Here." |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:20 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dick Cavett perhaps? - pierce 10:07 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| Yeah, it would be nice if that would turn up. Old Carson episodes do get shown on Antenna (though looking very odd at the wrong aspect ratio), but I don't think the ones shown there go back that far in time. | |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 12:35 am EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dick Cavett perhaps? - AlanScott 06:20 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
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| "Old Carson episodes do get shown on Antenna (though looking very odd at the wrong aspect ratio), but I don't think the ones shown there go back that far in time." Alan, have you tried adjusting that by pressing the "format" button (or equivalent) on your TV remote? |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 12:54 am EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dick Cavett perhaps? - Michael_Portantiere 12:35 am EST 11/26/18 | |
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| Yes, I've tried that. I have it set so that it's supposed to do that automatically, and it does do it for almost every station but it doesn't do it for Antenna. Some months ago I tried seeing if there was anything extra that might work for Antenna. Actually, I haven't watched Antenna now in a while. So I just took a look, and as it turned out The Tonight Show is on. With everyone's heads cut off. :) Maybe I should call Spectrum tech support, but I think I've done that and they were no help. |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: Michael_Portantiere 01:08 am EST 11/26/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Dick Cavett perhaps? - AlanScott 12:54 am EST 11/26/18 | |
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| "Actually, I haven't watched Antenna now in a while. So I just took a look, and as it turned out The Tonight Show is on. With everyone's heads cut off. :)" That is really unfortunate if their signal is going out in such a way that it overrides any attempt to return the 4:3 aspect ratio programs to that format. |
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| I'm pretty sure it was Cavett.. | |
| Posted by: BigM 10:02 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
| In reply to: Dick Cavett perhaps? - AlanScott 07:18 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| ...because I saw her sing it on his show. You can't find it on YouTube, but I vividly recall Cavett telling her she knocked him out of his seat with that song. Interestingly, she referred to it as "Hal Prince's Follies," though she identified Sondheim as "our brilliant composer." Wish I could see that appearance again. | |
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| re: I'm pretty sure it was Cavett.. | |
| Posted by: AlanScott 06:15 pm EST 11/25/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm pretty sure it was Cavett.. - BigM 10:02 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| Thanks, BigM. I seem to think you've mentioned that in the past here, and I'd forgotten. I think it's not too surprising that in 1971 she would have referred to it as "Hal Prince's Follies." I wonder if perhaps that episode is out there somewhere. It doesn't seem to be at the Paley Center, but it might turn up someday. I don't recall it being in the list of television performances of Sondheim that Ken Mandelbaum put together years ago for The Sondheim Review. |
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| re: I'm pretty sure it was Cavett.. | |
| Last Edit: BroadwayTonyJ 10:40 am EST 11/25/18 | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 10:40 am EST 11/25/18 | |
| In reply to: I'm pretty sure it was Cavett.. - BigM 10:02 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| You're right. That is the program I saw. Shutta, of course, was incredible. I distinctly remember the host, Cavett, being completely bowled over by her performance. | |
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| re: Dick Cavett perhaps? | |
| Posted by: BroadwayTonyJ 08:07 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
| In reply to: Dick Cavett perhaps? - AlanScott 07:18 pm EST 11/24/18 | |
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| Sure, it could have been Cavett. I think the person who told me the footage was lost also thought it was on Carson. | |
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