Hollywood Palace 3-32 Judy Garland (host), Johnny Rivers, Van Johnson, Jack Carter

Originally aired May 27, 1966. This program features:
- Judy Garland: "What the World Needs Now Is Love" & "By Myself Alone"
- Judy Garland & Van Johnson: "Mr. and Mrs. Clown"
- Van Johnson: "Guys and Dolls"
- Johnny Rivers: "Secret Agent Man" & "The Snake"
- Jack Carter (comedian)
- The Black Theatre of Prague (pantomimists): perform "The Chair"
- Charlie Cairoli (comedy pantomimist from Britain)
- The Roselle Troupe (acrobats from Colombia)

[@nudnikjeff]

It's now been 50 years since she died...and is still the world's greatest entertainer!

[@hubraden]

The audience shots were actual people who stood in lines outside the Vine Street theater.. they knew they had to dress up. Otherwise. - they couldn’t be on camera..! Theatre had a balcony - where the audience had to sit..! Every show had a full house. Tickets were distributed at the show’s box office was located..or were mail-in requests.. show tickets were “hot” to get-!

[@edwardanthony7283]

This is when entertainment was professional & classy. Dear God, Bring back the 60's!

[@alexvaliansky7707]

There’s no going back.

[@srobindittrich6599]

Judy looked great in that black sequined suit. And I loved her upswept hair here. My Mother had that classic hairstyle. I used to love staring and smiling at my Mother when she looked this gorgeous. The By Myself number was so divine. God Bless You Hollywood Palace for showing these showcase gems of TV past. It brings back such joyous memories of my youth. I'm crying with delight after viewing classic Judy...the woman with a wonderful lilting laugh and a killer dance step when she sang. Those gams went on forever, didn't they? Lol. My Mom copied her dance steps too and would dance while cooking in her kitchen listening to Judy. She do that cute little shuffle 2 quick step while wearing her beatnik black tights and oversized black sweater. God Bless Judy. So many women copied and adored her.

[@bradly2007]

Judy looks wonderful & sings with much soul, always love this phenomenal talent!

[@catteadams]

Having had less than perfect vocal chords to do gigs, JUDY kicked ass on those arrangements. I know exactly how she felt. It's really tough to perform like that....you could hear it a little but for the most part she killed! KUDO'S Judy! .........TOTAL PRO.

[@hunterchase111]

Judy Garland does not appear drunk here. Judy talked the same way she sang and had an enormous sense of humor. Anybody who knew her will tell you the same thing. Sometimes, Judy's voice was not always at its best, but she sounded fine here. At the very worst, Judy might have blown a word from one of the que cards, in fact the audience seemed to react to it, but Judy recovered seemlessly. Judy Garland was a long time living legion by then, and The Hollywood Palace was filmed live. Can you imagine how terrifying it was to do live television? What a beautiful introduction and entrance they gave her! That was an awefully I long way from little Frances Gumm and her sisters in vaudeville.

[@joeyjosephs]

I agree and by this time her voice was over worked, and people don't understand, and it bothers me when they say she was high or drunk, her doctors were giving her medication so she could work, give her energy to keep up with the pace, medication to sleep, and Ritalin for mood swings, the Ritalin caused the slur speech not alcohol

[@joeyjosephs]

Also, about her voice to clear this up, was like this from a pill , Judy's voice was damaged in Hong Kong, when she took too many sleeping pills and her stomach had to be pumped, she died and they revived her, he vocal cords were damaged, and she was told by the doctors not to sing for one year, and she didn't listen, this was right after the Judy garland show ended in 1964. Had she waited her voice may have come back full, but she needed to work and she went on singing, and over worked her voice at times

[@hunterchase111]

Yes, I believe you are correct! The audiences still loved Judy regardless

[@hunterchase111]

It is unfortunate, but there are some people who somehow need to say nasty things about Judy Garland.

[@tashspeak3877]

@@joeyjosephs Yeah she also had laryngitis when she recorded this - I think in Hong Kong she had pneumonia and pleuracy rather than pills but yeah we almost lost her. She looks wonderful here I wish she could only have seen how beautiful she was when she was a healthy weight and stopped worrying about what other people thought - her ilttle body might have been able to hold out a bit longer if she was

[@karenmonet2374]

This is the BEST performance of Johnny Rivers & "The Snake" Love Johnny Rivers.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

...She looked so radiant and healthy here, just lovely.

[@65wiseman]

BLESS GREAT JUDY! She seemed more healthy here than in in recent years.

[@MrMartybearass]

OH Man these shows are priceless!!!!

[@mpatter572]

i don't know guys this is 1966 and she sounded good. Drunk or not, she still was Judy Garland. I hear what everyone is saying, but we haven't had anyone like her since. Drunk, perfect or terrible there is only one Judy.

[@Tason123]

Kinda amazing she can perform so well even tho she's probably toasted

[@SuperErichardson]

Johnny Rivers is underrated

[@giavannira]

Drunk or high whatever she's still got more talent then 100% of the crap out in the past 20 yrs! Thank god these videos exist I was born in the wrong era! Wish I could rewind time and be 28 then class music is great movies are great and the legends are real not this bull crap today

[@cynthialyman2636]

You said it!

[@joeyjosephs]

giavannira I need to clear up something, people think she was a drunk , but people dont know is, when u take too much Ritalin it can make you slur....her doctors were giving her all this medication and she because highly addicted and it is how she was able to work ....and I do agree no matter what shape she was in she had and has more talent the what I’d put there today, with all the lip syncing and auto tune, this woman just sang

[@Tmetrvlr]

You're NOT kidding....

[@terrysmith8749]

Drunk or high, Really. Was Judy wearing her caps, if so that will cause the sound of slurring.

[@erichwyatt6554]

Lordy to have class on TV today . Thank you Hollywood Palace & Judy & guest . This is entertainment !

[@cynthialyman2636]

Judy Garland would stand head and shoulders above any half-naked, twerking nitwit of today; what passes for talent currently is an abomination and evidence of a culture in severe and likely terminal decline. At least wonderful shows such as these remind some of us of a time when our society had standards and class. I am grateful for them. Thank you, Hollywood Palace! Great work uploading all of these gems.

[@poetcomic1]

I thought I was the only one who noticed.

[@Alex-nf1jy]

talent has even got worse now 6 years later after your post. I miss the pure talents like Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Garland! It's sad that I'm 30 years old and can not stand my generation with so called talent

[@cynthialyman2636]

@@Alex-nf1jy l agree. And no technology like today to enhance anything...unless a microphone counts.

[@charliechilders6630]

@@Alex-nf1jy some people are just born with talent and or class. This is something that can never be taught or learned. 🧐Today, very few young people have the class and are cultured like you. 🤔Great talented singers and actors have never been appreciated, respected for the masses. However, Judy Garland (who died over 50 years ago) is now more popular than ever. Millions worldwide today are now discovering this mega talented singer/actress/dancer and live performances though hundreds of films, TV show performances, records. Etc.🤗💌

[@daysturn1971]

Judy looked great in her last set where she wore that glitter black suit.

[@elspethcoogan1499]

It's incredible isn't it, how many people tend to jump to the conclusion that Garland is either drunk or 'high'? What is that about I wonder? I have a theory and that is there are some people who cannot tolerate their own vulnerabilities, are afraid of accepting their fallibilities. Garland was vulnerable, fallible and struggled emotionally. She depended on medication to function which, over time, wrecked her physically. There was no help out there for her, no rehab, no opportunity to recuperate to recover from her addiction. Therefore, to make snap negative judgements about her lifestyle or demeanour is, quite frankly, pathetic. This indicates to me a lack of empathy for others, an almost psychopathic disdain for the human condition. Garland did her damn best to function in spite of her struggles and managed (latterly literally singing for her supper) to perform for the entertainment of others. It really grates with me that there are some people who watch her performances on this platform and toss out inane comments about her. Of course, it really shouldn't matter because those comments are worthless and bordering on lunatic. But it reminds me of a saying, "..throwing pearls to swine" - meaning Garland's incredible catalogue of performances are gems far too precious for some people viewing them.

[@tashspeak3877]

Preach!! Agreed. She seems a little shaky in places but here's a revolutionary idea... how about entertaining the possibility she was a little bit nervous? Being a legend and loved by the entire world doesn't magic away performance jitters and Judy Garland got nervous too just like anyone else. So sick of people yelling 'DRUUUUNK' or drugs every time she does something that's slightly imperfect - she's human! She's not a robot for god's sake nobody can be flawless 100% of the time. I wish people just let the woman get on with doing her job - which she does better and with more heart and grace and style than anyone else in the world.

[@edwardanthony7283]

Jack Carter lived to 93. Passed on during 2015. He was Funny as hell & did a few Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts.

[@larryshaver3568]

the color on this show is much better than a lot of others

[@edwardanthony7283]

Great live version of Secret Agent Man. Great horn section!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

It's great isn't it? I love Johnny Rivers!

[@Tmetrvlr]

Yes indeed....

[@windstorm1000]

why can't we have fabulous shows like this anymore? now they're all dreadful reality shows that insult one's intelligence. miss variety age--

[@MrMartybearass]

because back then people actually had talent!!!! not like the trash we have now with their plastic tits and sex tapes.....what would a 'variety'show be like today??? bey the hoe showing how she thinks she is the virgin mary???

[@MrMartybearass]

or some black idiot s so called rapping about how many baby momma's and kids from 8 different mothers??

[@Tmetrvlr]

Amen.

[@markgaston4416]

@@MrMartybearass We don’t have them because people don’t demand more of their tastes or from the talent to have shows of this ilk anymore. If people cut the garbage of today OFF and requested more talent and programming like this, REAL entertainment would make a comeback. With the numerous independent networks in play today, people have too many options for mediocrity.

[@mpatterson6547]

Yeah we all know the issues, but damn she hits the notes. LOL

[@RusstheTroubadour]

This was Judy's second hosting gig of the season and the 3rd season finale.

[@shawnwest6341]

Wow she was fab and sounded fab here, love her!

[@purpleivory2]

Judy Garland and Johnny Rivers together, a moment in time.

[@gregman1715]

GOOD OLD DAYS OF TV

[@MrMartybearass]

when television had class

[@awarningfromhistory4767]

The sheer TALENT that was ; Judy Garland. Eat your heart out, Lady Gargle, Adele, etc.....

[@kathleengill994]

Lady Gaga is brilliant. She can sing anything.

[@davephillips1874]

Lovely lady superb voice top class entertainer😊😊

[@KenthGustafsson300]

at work now...lucky I have many ours by Johnny on a mp3-memory stick...put it in the stereo in my volvo tractor :)

[@beckettmaupin]

LOVE IT. WATCHING IT MANY TIMES.🌝

[@edwardanthony7283]

Van lived to the ripe old age of 92.

[@edwardanthony7283]

Judy was a Pro.

[@lancedukel3436]

Loved this. That's entertainment!

[@ralphewell8398]

Whatever you think, she seemed,fine. "What the World Needs Now" was a current pop song she didn't like, but the "Judy end" to it, made a great statement. You win some and lose some

[@michaelmiller1215]

Judy. WOW!

[@jeffreyfeet]

vocal cords of steel lol!

[@jasbegs1258]

Judy looks great here.

[@RedRonFJB]

Van Johnson is beyond awesome.

[@antoniod]

I love the arrangement of "By Myself"

[@keithnieto2882]

Maybe she had a few highballs before she came out...you might too! maybe she was not in best voice...but she looked beautiful and healthy...ended on good notes! Highballs or not how thrilling to see Judy on any stage!

[@scotnick59]

yeah: if she could have only lived another 30 years...

[@catblue7065]

Keith Nieto Highballs and grasshoppers. Ahhh Those were the days...

[@terrysmith8749]

STOP ALREADY. SHE WASN'T HIGH OR DRUNK. SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU.

[@user-il5oq5df6l]

A few years after the series ended its run, executive producer Nick Vanoff produced THE JULIE ANDREWS HOUR, with Dick Tufeld as announcer.

[@Sam13806]

She seems way healthier here. I wish someone knew if she was taking care of herself more around this time.

[@antoniod]

Thurl Ravenscroft("Tony the Tiger". "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch")is in the Dutch Masters ad!

[@cliff9685]

Liza talks the same way today, that slightly slurred, drunken way of talking. I think it is just how they talk. It’s the genes.

[@terrysmith8749]

Liza has always had a slur sound to her speak. So did Judy (not as bad as Liza), Judy's was caused by jer caps.

[@edwardanthony7283]

The Minstrel Van Johnson.

[@sabrinabrown107]

Judy is fine, healthy and coherent here!!! Except for the first number, she was doing Judy in the way Judy could be Judy in 1960's. I would watch Secret Agent the show when it went into syndication just to hear the secret agent theme by Johnny Rivers, love that theme song, they don't do good theme songs anymore!

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

Johnny Rivers is one of my favorite singers...he's sexy too!

[@keithnieto2882]

leave Dorothy alone! lol

[@65wiseman]

Luv Johnny Rivers!

[@randyfrancis2808]

Johnny Rivers was just about too handsome.

[@user-mj8nf2vp7q]

You are so right!!

[@antoniod]

Charlie Cairoli was really big on Children's TV in Britain.

[@hubraden]

The Van Johnson dance number had very tall girls…

[@starrlehner1881]

Judy had love. ❤

[@Nick-ty9us]

Jack Carter was also on iCarly

[@terryzt1164]

Judy was great here. the comedian ripping women apart. that wouldn't fly today.

[@Tmetrvlr]

Today is BS, Compared to then....

[@caliden3785]

judy was just wonderful here when she was sober and ok but it is sad it did not last.why was van singing?

[@beckettmaupin]

Where are all the musicians when Johnny Rivers sings?

[@starrlehner1881]

Ppl prove that they know there is no hell to be afraid of and no All Loving god.

[@daysturn1971]

At 3:33 notice how the audience is staring and giggling.

[@vistaestrada]

@ 3:31: The audience!

[@lynngold3108]

Something was definitely off here. She was off-key in parts of her opening number, and she looked like she was losing her balance. I don't think she was drunk; if she had been, they wouldn't have let her do the show. If anything, I suspect it was whatever medications she was taking that were affecting her. Still, there was nobody like her. She was fantastic in the clown number with Van Johnson. So sad that she died too soon.

[@MrMartybearass]

talk about singing!!! :)

[@fabrizio483]

Judy was blacklisted from ever hosting any major show after this one because she destroyed her dressing room after the taping; she was going through a divorce with Mark Herron, was a in terrible financial situation, with $12.000 in assets and about $500.000 in debt and her contract with Capitol Records was not renewed after a decade. She also had slept in her trailer and appeared during rehearsal with her street clothes, disheveled and half-asleep. Although she looks great, she was under the influence of something, which is sad to see.

[@gablecrawford7873]

ah those were the days it was hard yes and awful but those were the days

[@MrDanamp]

OK, Johnny Rivers thinks he's Conrad Birdie!!

[@luckydougfergus]

Does anyone know who the left-handed, Pick style bass player is? I thought I knew just about all the studio and rock band and touring bass players of the era, but I don’t recognize this guy.

[@orbyfan]

That's Chuck Day, who played with Johnny Rivers and the Mamas and the Papas.

[@poetcomic1]

Van Johnson did Music Man in England and I thought he was better than Robert Preston. He started off as a real hoofer and chorus boy and his first love was musical theater.

[@michaelmiller1215]

John Rivers was a hottie!

[@519forestmonk9]

I saw the rehearsals for this song. Judy hated this stupid song! 😂😂💕💕

[@alexf6886]

Although clearly fading, and only a few years away from losing her battle, Judy still doesn't look too bad here. Actually, the impression I got from listening to her speak is that she's fighting loose dentures. I've spoken to people who have either recently had false teeth installed or whose teeth need adjustment, and they find themselves slurring and lisping quite a bit. Of course Judy's demons were well know so the other options might well be true, but I'm taking my cue from her eyes which seem bright here, not like some other recordings I've seen where she's in worse shape.

[@lapetitepapillon9101]

2:00

[@rogerwilco4397]

Rivers was outstanding, but wake me up when Jack Carter is funny.

[@ApricotRse]

To be fair, while Judy looks lovely and healthy, her voice and demeanor lead me to believe she was somewhat impaired. It was as likely she was affected by something out of a pill bottle than a booze bottle...or at least not by booze alone. Even the "slurry" and also lisp-quality, huskiness in her speaking voice and lower singing register was something she developed inexplicably later in life -- but it would become greatly exaggerated when high. Remember, this was filmed only three years before her drastic crash and burn leading to her death. Such a tragic loss and waste of talent at only age 47. On the other hand, it's a real kick seeing Johnny Rivers. Why, oh why, is he STILL not inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

[@hawkonamountain5196]

I don’t think it’s Judy but it’s the song. The words feel so pushed into the tempo. Just doesn’t feel natural.

[@hubraden]

The opening song was a Burt Bacharach hit.. Judy taped a complete dress rehearsal… the 2nd “AirShow” - garland flubbed the song-angry-she left the stage ..never returned until midnight-where she had to do the “Tramp” number with Van Johnson. Van stepped in to do the introductions..for the air-show..! Most expensive show - since the stage crew, engineering - musicians (orchestra) went into “golden overtime pay salary..Garland was in her dressing getting drunk with her fiancé..and his boyfriends..garland married him a week after. She did the TV show..! Producers never asked Garland to host -nor return- to the show..! - her fiancé had insisted Judy to - sing - the opening song..BUT- because of key shift in the song’s opening bars - Garland had a problem singing the song…..!

[@thomasbinninger1355]

Time code annoying.

[@Toyah666]

8-ball for Judy please!

[@garyb3397]

"Call it dumb, call it clever..."Uh, the choreography on Johnson's "Guys and Dolls" looks like he's singing to a bunch of Fembots.

[@drewqq]

She looks to be under the influence of pain killers here, not actually booze. The set of her jaw is typical of people who talk on painkillers.

[@andrealetsom5147]

She always talked that way, if you watch more videos of her! She had crooked teeth! Look closely at her videos!

[@andrealetsom5147]

Plus she had a slight overbite! It wasn't painkillers, it was originally diet pills thanks to Louis B Mayer at MGM studios & the doctors there! Then uppers to keep her performing & sleeping pills!

[@michaelrogers6990]

Hate that song. Seems like she hated singing it.

[@SenorZorrozzz]

Poor Judy had one too many.

[@omural]

Judy Garland is clearly drunk. And Johnny Rivers is very polite in not showing his discomfort in taking an alcooholic breath against his face.

[@hollywoodpalace3308]

Thank you so much for this trenchant insight.

[@terryzt1164]

They had sprays and strong mints for the stage.

[@catteadams]

+Henrique Notam Baloney. This is classic Judy. And She didn't drink before she went onstage. After show sure, but before, NOPE.

[@AlfredHawthornBennyHill]

You don't have to be drunk to sound like that, I've seen enough former heavy drinkers and drugs addicts to know. Her speech was slurred from years of drugs and heavy drinking. After decades of taking lots of different medications with alcohol, it doesn't damage just the liver, heart and other organs. It damages and affects the brain resulting in slurred and or impaired speech. Combined or single useage of either in excess over a 25 year span will start take obviously and painfully start to show the ravages of what it's clearly doing here and by the time this was made, that's about how long she had been on pills and drinking. Though the pills were not her fault, they were the fault of MGM. They had all the child actors on different medications to keep them peppy, then sleep, and two strong for weight loss and sleep. Eventually she got addicted and it got out of control and when you take strong medicine, you become confused and can't remember things, so you forget when and if you took your medicine, so you take more damaging your body. And mixing with with booze only makes it far worse. As so many people that knew her said, she was living on borrowed time and even though this was 3 years before her death, she was seriously ill and that is why you think she is drunk when she's not, it's really quite sad indeed.

[@hollywoodpalace3308]

TEDDINGTON TELEVISION How is it that Judy Garland fans are so absolutely convinced that they have a supernatural ability to differentiate when Judy was drunk and/or high from other potential causes? In any event, the cause here is still years of substance abuse, as you noted. I don't see how you can possibly tell the difference between the aftereffects of years of substance abuse versus being actively inebriated, but if you can, you have a true gift. Catte Adams, where you got the idea that Judy never performed while not sober, I cannot possibly imagine.

[@kensears5099]

What the World Needs Now is a horrible fit for her voice. Not every voice can handle every style. Imagine Tony Bennett singing Let it Be or I Can't Get No Satisfaction... Horrible. Likewise here. And then they had to go and warp the song to let her finish it in belting Garland style, which turned an already highly unfortunate performance into truly cringe-making farce.

[@tashspeak3877]

it's quite a boring song for her really isn't it - she's a very athletic singer - this is the equivalent of twinkle twinkle little star for someone with her ability.. I see why they tried to pep it up for her but yeah it's not a good song for her. She looks absolutely done with having to sing it too