Anything Goes - You're the Top - Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra

From The Colgate Comedy Hour

[@Tyler-cu9it]

Oh my god Frank Sinatra's little expressions were so funny

[@showtunestarpower]

Boy, would it have been wonderful if Ethel and Frank had done more work together. They are absolutely delightful in this clip. He seems to really like her and she is in heaven with him. They are totally spontaneous.

[@rnhealer6044]

This is a fun number. I am a lifelong Ethel Merman fan. She was such a talented performer. She brought every song she sang come alive.

[@Jamesmac30]

Frank blows the lyrics and wrecks the rhyme when he sings "candied ribbon" instead of "ribboned candy" to rhyme with Napoleon Brandy - but being the star he was, he wasn't thrown by it although he obviously knew what he had done - I still love it!

[@michaeldanello3966]

In case anyone doesn't know it This was a LIVE performance. There were no retakes and this was never filmed. Existing copies are from kinescopes, films made from television screens. Some of these are now being digitized. They are priceless reminders and evidence of the trials performers went through. You'll see walls falling over, people slipping, actors not being able to open doors, some singers starting in the wrong key or just completely forgetting the lyrics.

[@majorbarbara1]

Thank you Colgate toothpaste for capturing such history! 2 greats!

[@AnhTran-fd2md]

OMG POCKET-SIZE SINATRA 😭😭😭😭 SO CUTE AGHGSJDKSHA

[@akrenwinkle]

The gushing comments here are sweet and naive, how happy they were and how much Ethel and Frank genuinely liked each other and were having a wonderful time. I thoroughly enjoyed this and glad it was uploaded; it's one of only two times in their long careers they performed together (that I know of). But they were actors. There's no way to really know how they felt about this material, about each other, about anything.

[@carterfrvr]

Adorable- I love his smile at the end!

[@majorbarbara1]

me too! I don't remember seeing him look so genuinely happy!

[@meltzerboy]

Two ultimate pros hamming it up and delivering the goods.

[@kpec3]

Look at how young Frank is! Wow good quality too! A lot of these didn't survive after the golden age of tv. Thanks for posting!

[@BarbaraJaneP]

She is amazing!

[@Seabasstien]

Frank Sinatra was so cute and Ethel Merman is adorable!!

[@lisahunt6909]

He used to see my late mother when she was in her 19 yrs ....they where young NYC. he really liked her. #friends

[@patriciaguth6882]

I loved Ethel's smile throughout this number. It reminded me of the way Shirley Temple grinned when she performed.

[@stephstargirl]

I thought of Shirley Temple, too, when Merman smiled!

[@patriciaguth6882]

@@stephstargirl Two great minds think alike!

[@mrscoolbeans7711]

Frank Sinatra is this video XD LOVE IT!!!!

[@marykatherinekarolewski97]

Love this orginal of Anything Goes. Like Cole Porters songs from this movie.

[@KDMDiz]

Wow. I love these two. What a treasure to have this video.

[@danmenefee5437]

I will always love the Merm.

[@vincentmcgrath4179]

What a gem, he did mess up the lyric but what ever.

[@cosmicsprings8690]

Absolutely fabulous Darling thank you 🙏✨🌼🌿💜🌞💜🌿🌼✨🎵🎵✨

[@timothyc5878]

Two of the absolute best

[@showtunestarpower]

Ethel and Frank make a GREAT team!

[@schris413]

Love it. These appear to be the original lyrics.

[@derekmyers3258]

This was wonderful. Absolutely wonderful. All I can say is, it gives me the joy of Christmas, without being Christmas.

[@LauLentil]

Sinatra was a little boy, a child...a lovely child! 🖤

[@wheatonna]

Wikipedia says "It has been reported that Merman and Sinatra did not get along well; this was the only time they worked together." No attribution though.

[@juliag.5114]

wheatonna really? well, then i guess they're really good actors...

[@darrenduncan1674]

Very nicely done. I like it. Way before my time but very nice.👏

[@cosmicsprings8690]

Ethel and Frank. Absolutely fabulous Darling ✨🌼🌿💜🌞💜🌿🌼✨🎵🎵🎵✨

[@randikantor1527]

Thank you

[@Classicgirl52]

Hahahahahaha Frank's smile @ 1:27 killed me XD

[@joshgates1992]

Where did the... fancy move at 1:49 come from? hahaha!

[@coecreed5304]

'remember the time that you-?' 'remember the time that YOU-?' *talking about 2 completely different times*

[@DEAD-FROM-NY]

I used to have this whole program on a video I ordered.

[@jacobhowie3523]

Geez frank looks to be 115 pounds here

[@priestessthea]

Jacob Howie I like em skinny!

[@priestessthea]

Jacob Howie love em skinny!

[@lisahunt6909]

Skinny winny. That's a Buck 19 muscle

[@marykatherinekarolewski97]

This is a master piece.

[@henryblicharz5556]

Real Broadway Entertainment!

[@audunbjornbet2229]

Great performance. Wish the sound was "cleaned" and their voices would been even clearer.

[@bennyjazzful]

WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111 From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.

[@jameshhenderson]

Frank sings “you’re Crosby’s salary...Cole Porter’s lyric was “you’re Garbo’s salary”

[@schris413]

The lyrics changed at some point. This play was from 1934 originally. Notice how he says "candied ribbon" instead of "Mahatma Gandhi". The world didn't know about Gandhi pre WW2.

[@7thWardCreole]

In 1936 Crosby & Merman starred in the film version of Anything Goes. Many lyrics were changed for the film version as well. 20 or so years later, Sinatra is playing the Crosby role in this performance. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnTJonyOnrGriac

[@k.robertrichardson6779]

Likely a reference to the fact that Bing played the Billy Crocker role in the 1936 version.

[@StokeTheRage]

OMG They are so cool!!! :D

[@cajunboy2010]

@Walt1896lovesDick Please explain to me how Ethel Merman followed in Sutton Foster's footsteps. Ethel died when Foster was nine. If anything, Foster if following in Ethel's.

[@deepfocuslens]

never seen this on before love it!

[@audreyleduc3922]

Frank was just in a silly goofy mood

[@Tarrassacordoba]

Old gold

[@pecrima02]

oh lord on 1:48-1:54 he looks like he's in a gay rave... fabulous sinatra is FABULOUS!

[@elderherrera2238]

I've done that. I can sing this stuff too. One guy called me gay. I found that so amusing because it was intended as an insult. I stole his thunder after thanking him. I felt it as compliment.

[@BalletBabyBoy]

God she is amazing!

[@JaredGoerke]

@walt1896lovesdick A bit confused there Ethel was first....

[@moviefiend44]

I personally thought it was meant to be sarcastic, so when I first saw the comment I laughed. What made me think so was the statement that "Ethel Merman should stop following in the amazing Sutton Foster's footsteps", which is of course absurd; if the commenter was serious, I'm sure it would be phased another way. Also, note how many times Sutton's name is used more than necessary, and the excessive use of exclamation marks.

[@georgestrum3478]

This was done 20 years after the original.

[@amandafrench8047]

They don"t make em that good anymore .......

[@lewisner]

Why did Sinatra look so emaciated here ?

[@freakinfamouss]

I've seen the 2011 Revival and although I do love it, this is just best. These two have so much more character. In comparison to this, the 2011 version is boring. In my honest opinion, there's nothing that can be originals and classics this included.

[@cosmicsprings8690]

After this they played hide the saucy sausage...Frank didn’t win Ethel did

[@fredh2486]

old enough to be his grand mother

[@ShellyBellyZee]

@Walt1896lovesDick i get you love sutton foster, so do I, SHES A GODDESS, but ethel merman came first thats number one, and twon, ethel merman is a legend. no matter whos better, she will always bee deamed as such,

[@TheWildheartmuse]

What the hell is on the back of her dress?

[@anticliche321]

I won't make a gay joke... I won't.

[@emmaklein3041]

I hope you are not suggesting that being gay is a bad thing...

[@anticliche321]

I sure hope not. I'm gay.

[@elizabethmurphy9384]

Sinatra was a different person then. He was looser, funnier,

[@Dunstlookalike]

Wow, Frank has no voice. I know Ethel is a powerhouse and can drown anybody out, but listening to Frank alone I can hear that he cannot project his voice at all =/

[@tonylawrencewalsh721]

Well for a guy that "Couldnt project his voice at all" he did OK honey, and just by the way, if ya got through a song at all with Ethel Merman and you were heard you had done real good.

[@spence147]

She could have had him for lunch.

[@95KIPPIE]

She looks a little confused at first, a little weird

[@togian755]

These two were just too old to be playing these roles by the time this was filmed.

[@emmaklein3041]

Are older people not allowed to have love?

[@togian755]

Not too many people in the 45+ age group prance around like they're at a high school prom though.

[@LOOUISEDIONNE]

togian755 what are you on about? 'Not too many people in the 45+ age group prance around like they're at a high school prom though.'..everyone i know the 45 + age group all prance around like that all the time ... don't you go out?

[@togian755]

They had outgrown these roles as sadly they were no longer in the age group for which these roles were written (it happens to everyone). They sang and dance well enough but they should have left the roles to younger performers who would have been more convincing in them..

[@kathleenwalsh6256]

@@togian755 Nonsense !

[@ssddsquare]

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