Bernadette Peters, Bobby Van, Sandy Duncan - two songs from Good News

Great dancing by the chorus too.
Sylvia Fine Kaye hosts this show and the clip ends with her lead-in to the Anything Goes songs with Ethel Merman which is uploaded under the title "Ethel Merman, Rock Hudson, Sylvia Fine Kaye".

[@PRR5406]

I've never been much of a Sandy Duncan fan, but she puts this number to bed! Her singing is wonderful, but her dancing is unbelievable. She is animated, alive and open. Just perfect in this role.

[@broadwaymike92]

GOOD NEWS is such an underrated musical that needs to be revived!!! This show holds a very special place in my heart. It was one of the first full scale musicals that I ever performed in at school. It's one I would love to revisit and reprise performing all those beloved songs.

[@sgtdroxie]

I love Bernie...she is such a treasure. Never disappoints!

[@redcan5254]

Whenever I hear The Varsity Drag I think of the 1947 movie Good News with June Allyson (1917 - 2006) and Peter Lawford (1923 - 1984) ... tough act to follow, but Sandy gave a fantastic performance ...

[@michaeljj43]

sandy duncan is so damn talented. my gosh. amazing!!!!

[@dougmilesmedia]

Bobby Van was a great and sadly underrated talent.

[@waterlily6543]

Thanks you said it better love Bobby van

[@aleccaprari8664]

Sandy Duncan doing The Varsity Drag!!! I'm in love...

[@davidesk]

Her partner is her husband, Don Correia.

[@donnazukowski]

People forget Sandy Duncan, God rest her soul, was a Broadway star. Did anyone catch the late John Tesh, God rest his soul, in the chorus?

[@johnboys4697]

Shame we lost Bobby too soon

[@wakeupandsmellthecoffee1626]

Omg that dancing! No wonder they're all so thin :)

[@chocolatesouljah]

This is a great posting. I mean it's the late, great Bobby Van with one of my favorites Bernadette Peters. What year is this? What is it from?

[@tomservo56954]

+Sunny Stalter-Pace It is the 1979 PBS special MUSICAL COMEDY TONIGHT...it also featured numbers from ANYTHING GOES, OKLAHOMA, and COMPANY

[@chocolatesouljah]

+Paul Duca Thanks!

[@MelodyC007]

I love Bobby Van!

[@jimrick6632]

BOBBY VAN DIED SO YOUNG..................

[@dawnemerson506]

indeed, so sad!

[@JM-xp6hb]

Is this performance for a special event or charity fundraiser of some sort because I can’t find any information via google about this performance? It is so great though!

[@DorisDearNY]

Musical Comedy Tonight is a serious attempt to explain just how the American musical grew up. The show's host and creator, Sylvia Fine Kaye, is a songwriter (for her husband Danny) and a teacher (at the University of Southern California and Yale). Her TV special is a canny amalgam of entertainment and history. She proves a funny and charismatic hostess! 1 - MUSICAL COMEDY TONIGHT - 1979 - SYLVIA FINE KAYE REMEMBERS GOOD NEWS, OKLAHOMA, ANYTHING GOES, COMPANY. BERNADETTE PETERS, BOBBY VAN, ETHEL MERMAN, AGNES DE MILLE, ROCK HUDSON, SANDY DUNCAN, CAROL BURNETT. 2 - MUSICAL COMEDY TONIGHT - 1/11/1981 - SYLVIA FINE KAYE, N. DUSSAULT, JACK LEMMON, B. LANE, SERGIO FRANCHI, DANNY KAYE, JULIET PROWSE, LARRY STORCH, RICHARD CRENNA, L. REDGRAVE, B. FRANKLIN. 3 - MUSICAL COMEDY TONIGHT - 11/22/1985 Songs and scenes by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Irving Berlin, performed by some of the country's leading musical comedy stars, and hosted by Sylvia Fine Kaye. The performance was taped before a live audience at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theater. Cast includes, Eddie Albert, Christine Adreas, Kaye Ballard, Greg Burge, Beth Howland, Florence Henderson, Donna McKechnie, Peter Noons, Roberta Peters.

[@robitaillefan20]

Swan5555 has the entire show here on utube

[@Viracocha88]

None other than John Tesh as one of the chorus boys dancing behind Sandy Duncan.

[@lorivingot5495]

Wow, you're right! I had no idea he was a dancer before hosting ET.

[@Viracocha88]

@@lorivingot5495 he wasn't. He was a reporter for WCBS in New York. It seemed that he also knew how to dance.

[@markru2]

He is singing this song with Bernadette Peters not Sandy Duncan

[@JM-xp6hb]

What was the point of this comment?

[@JM-xp6hb]

Go back and read the description of the video, 🙄

[@JM-xp6hb]

TWO SONGS from GOOD NEWS featuring Bobby Van, Bernadette Peters and Sandy Duncan, hence The first song is performed by Bobby Van and Bernadette Peters and the second song, The Varsity Drag is performed by Sandy Duncan and company