A rare duet from Ethel Merman and Mary Martin 1982 (Over Easy)

[@beggandpartners]

Thanks to KZbin I have after 60 years really gotten into what was Merman. Although when I was 10 years old my dad bought an LP of Ethel singing there’s no business like show business. I have recently become a great fan of hers and then now in this time of pandemic I can’t tell you how much she makes me smile and how much I enjoy every video here thanks to KZbin . A great lady and I only wish I had been able to see her in person, Bless you Ethel you were one great Dame

[@gregoryc1500]

I saw Ethel Merman in hello Dolly she was fabulous

[@thehair1474]

Ethel once said about Martin, "Mary Martin? She's okay...if you like talent." Kudos to Ethel.

[@showtunestarpower]

This clip is a dream come true. Merman tells her familiar stories but it seems like she's telling the stories for the first time. And to see her with Mary Martin is stupendous. This clip is a piece of theatre history. It's so wonderful that two of the greatest stars of Broadway's Golden Age were professional friends and that they deeply appreciated each other's talents. And at the end, to hear the two of them having such fun with ANYTHING YOU CAN DO is a splendid coda to their beautiful relationship.

[@markberryhill2715]

I couldn't have said it better. I'm glad I'm just old enough to remember when them two were still stars. Like you said - that was television, Broadway, theatre, song and dance, and anything else you can think of history with them two together.

[@mmjhcb]

Two legends. Two massively talented people. Two we will never see the likes of again. Not even close.

[@Juliaflo]

Copy that, forever.

[@patrickhamilton6207]

Yes, the two were indeed friends. She was on her way to do the Academy Awards show with Martin, and then stay with Martin in Palm Springs for a bit when she collapsed diagnosed with a glioblastoma. Lasted 10 months.

[@JJJBRICE]

In the 1960 Tony awards for best performance by a leading actress in a musical Miss Mary Martin of The Sound of Music won over Miss Ethel Merman in Gypsy . Also nominated was a young Carol Burnett . Ironic now because Miss Merman is more renowned for her play than Miss Martin for hers . Julie Andrews and the movie have long eclipsed the Broadway play . This vid shows their friendship and mutual admiration both before and after that particular event .

[@mmjhcb]

You are dead wrong. "The Sound of Music" -- the Broadway musical. -- has suffered little in the intervening years. Mary Martin is forever associated with that show, as well as her other Broadway triumphs. The show lives on and the movie, as beloved as it is, is still a movie and it has not nor will it eclipse the original or its renown. I can't prove it from a just attempted Google search (not there), but I would guess TSOM is staged more than Gypsy.

[@alexsamaras4954]

Oh what a delight! I applauded after the song.

[@jasetitan2959]

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[@andrewelliot7039]

@Jase Titan I watch on Flixzone. Just google for it =)

[@bmbutler2]

Wonderful clip. Thanks for sharing!

[@johndalton3180]

"Ya either got it, or ya ain't." Goddamned right. La Merman forever.

[@johnflynn9619]

Merman was the Greatest Stage Actress. RIP

[@johndalton3180]

Thank you for this fantastic upload.

[@ollietrim6317]

What a treasure 😍

[@rachelberrythegleequeen.3221]

I love Mary marton.

[@markberryhill2715]

Mary Martin also had the distinction of being Larry Hagman of "Dallas" fame's mother, which just happened to be the number 1 show on TV at the time of this show, so no wonder she was flying higher than Peter Pan.

[@baritonebynight]

At this point in her career, Mary Martin has largely stopped singing the songs of her great roles while Merman never gave up performing for a second. Merman holds back while Martin sings with the best of her remaining resources and delivered a great performance.

[@rachelberrythegleequeen.3221]

@@gigihess4229 I couldn’t agree more, Inever cared for merman but I love Mary.

[@johndalton3180]

I love them both, and they were both great friends.

[@ukuleleeddie1953]

@@gigihess4229 For a “boring” singer who died in 1984, she certainly is remembered today. Martin, while wonderful, is hardly remembered to the same degree as Merman.

[@mmjhcb]

@@ukuleleeddie1953 They are BOTH remembered and always will be. Legends. Both.

[@machovoce6826]

"If you had your life to live over, would you change anything?" "Yeah. A couple a husbands."

[@jasonbeard4713]

I watched Over Easy when it aired, although I was 11 or 12 or so; it was entertaining for me. Thank you for posting this here. Do you have Bob Keeshan.talking with Hugh Downs on Over Easy?

[@gregoryc1500]

I saw Ethel Merman in hello dolly

[@EagleArrow]

Good for Ethyl handling her own mail and business affairs. Smart! Look at Judy Garland, how her managers & husbands stole her money. I wish someone stepped in and helped Judy or Judy let down her pride and asked for help from her lady actor friends.