Judy Garland on Jack Paar - 1964 ( PART 1 of 2 )

Judy sings Never Will I Marry and interview with Jack Paar, London.

[@smoriaedits]

Oh, Judy Garland. How I love her. Just incredible all around -- singer, actress, and human being, but she was also beautiful in her own right. Even years after her death, she is still a beloved icon and a force to be reckoned. She is fabulous and always funny; there are never enough beautiful words to describe her. I love this woman.

[@stevers62]

Wow! I had a brief understanding of Judy here. She is my favorite singer by far....brilliant, powerful voice among her many beautiful attributes. Heartfelt....magical. Having said that, her voice is not in top form here. Having to sing while the voice is not the super-human instrument it always has been must be terrifying. Her whole life was built on this incredible voice. It must have felt like a betrayal that you just have to get through. It makes the self medication understandable, plus just feeling better through an altered experience and enjoying life. She was not tragic. She was magical, kind, and fun. It’s just unfortunate the meds and alcohol are not tremendously healthy. That’s not who she was, though. She was amazing. The addictions are a footnote that have very little to do with what a treasure she was. She was and is the worlds greatest entertainer.

[@Montavanni1]

. . . well-stated. Thank You! :-)

[@bowiehs]

"How you feel being a legend?" " It's peculiar" what a response!

[@jtinaman]

I never listened to much of Judy's music growing up and really only remember her as being Dorothy on Wizard of Oz. I also never cared for show tunes very much since to me, they are somewhat repetitive (my opinion). I am a nosy person by nature and will often focus on certain famous individuals and will read and watch anything and everything I can get my hands on. This is probably why I am an expert on many famous people. I guess you can call it a hobby of mine. Anyway, recently I have chosen Judy Garland to research and watching this clip of Judy from the Jack Parr show I am really taken aback by her total earthiness and humility. There is not a snobby pretentious bone in her body. I also realize how sophisticated Judy's performances were. The music arrangement for this song is what makes it. I wish I could get a copy of just the music arrangement.

[@sfyc]

She was in RARE form that night! Fabulously dry and clever! And her timing!!

[@Hevynly1]

I. Love. Her. I so wish she had done nothing with her time but interviews because the woman is solid HILARIOUS!!

[@pattibrooks1907]

Judy was rare and great humor great singer great actress loved her to this day Im 62 was only 13 when she passes away great talent !!

[@ALJarman1]

Yes, Libranway, we all of us lost when Judy's frail body decided it just couldn't take any more.... but whoever crammed so much into forty-seven years and two weeks? All those memories -- she was doing great work way back in 1935 and right up to at least November 1968 (the Harold Arlen tribute, a miracle when we had all-but given up expecting one) -- I guess it would be greedy of the world to expect for even more from her. Like everyone else who ever heard her, I'm just grateful for what we got.

[@pattibrooks1907]

This was Judy at her very rare best ever !! Loved Judy !!

[@bigtripod1]

Bravo Judy. Simply the Best!!!

[@NicoleLeighKarbowski]

i love how at 5:28 she starts laughing at what she was thinking about!! because she just thought of something funny, she started cracking up!!! HAHA SHE IS SOOO FUNNY!

[@20gilbert20]

One can certainly see where Johnny Carson drew his style! (And I think that Johnny would be the first to agree.) Here Judy Garland is so charming, at ease, and FUNNY. The English audience seems to love her, too. Thank you for this wonderful post.

[@rickhatch1]

This is a very funny appearance of Judy on the Jack Paar show. I love her story about Marlene Dietrich, and I love the rendition of "Never Will I Marry".....They don't make stars like her anymore. She is so missed.

[@SaxonC]

Judy was 42 yrs old here and she already was a living legend. Very Rare for any star of that era to have a status like that. I can totally see people not calling her up for dinner because they would think she was always busy. That saying it's lonely at the top is right...

[@marianicastanos5406]

I love Judy Garland !

[@user-je6ye9rh1o]

I always have a hard time believing that Judy Garland was tragic. I believe she lived a full Life, Full of ups and downs like most lives. Great story teller, a true Irish heart.

[@BruceWayneOfOz]

Obviously Jack Adored Judy...as we all do! And she was able to be more herself with him than some others, as we can see and hear in her comfort with him and her story-telling. Simply the Greatest...then, now and always! ^^X^^

[@SaxonC]

Whether or not Judy Garland was @ her best, she was still amazing because of her raw talent & sheer magnetic performances that she gave to all of her fans. It was said that if Judy Garland was NOT at her best, she was still better than any other performer at the top of their game. So imagine what the Garland experience was really like, when Judy at full throttle, performing @ 1000% & in GREAT VOICE? i.e. That Historic night of April 23rd 1961 when "JUDY at Carnegie Hall" premiered.

[@SaxonC]

Judy was first & foremost, a very loving Human being & mother. Next is the fact that She was the Greatest Talent that the World has ever seen & or ever will see. She, like the rest of us,had flaws, but I'm sure it was a tough life being a Living legend so early in life only to find out that you're broke because of ppl helping themselves to her money. Judy still gives us so much joy & yet ppl still bring up her addictions &her negatives. Lets look @ the Positives she possessed.

[@SaxonC]

Judy loved the attention and being the center of attention brought out the best in Garland. She had great reverence for her public. Today's stars look down on their fans with disdain.. Not our Judy, she loved us as much as we loved her. I would give anything to watch her "Live" in concert and feel what they called a "Religious" experience due to the energy she exuded in just walking on stage..

[@theblueangel28]

"just applause" thats an awesome moment you can't beat Marlene!

[@SaxonC]

Judy was Great by telling the truth about how "things seem to happen to me" LOL She knew so many people bought into the sympathy & knew the public will never want to see a Happy Judy Garland. She gave them what they wanted for the most part. ButJudy in every TV interview was always upbeat & told funny stories & had the wholeaudience laughing & Judy's face always lit up. If she was as tragic as everyone says, then You'd have heard her complain but Judy was Judy in those interviews she was funny

[@SaxonC]

Judy was a perfectionist. She knew if an orchastration was slightly off, she had a photographic memory. She knew lighting, camera angles etc., grew up @ MGM since 13 yrs old. When she refused to go on a set/ stage, it's because she didn't feel she could give 1000%. She wasn't defiant, just scared due to much that was expected of her with no sympathy. She was a meal ticket to many. There were imes, she couldn't muster up the level of excellence and didnt want to let her fans down,Think about it?

[@teenaapperson5880]

Shes so fucking adorable!

[@grai]

I think it was something she said in an interview - possible for a book about Garland? the whole quote is:“People always expect me to be funny. I was never funny; the writers were funny! Do you know who was really funny? Judy Garland. Judy Garland was naturally funny … the funniest lady in Hollywood. She made me look like a mortician.”

[@edwardjames50]

It's a well known fact that, in life, Lucille Ball was the most humorless woman on the planet.

[@SaxonC]

Imagine a mega star like her and hearing that she gets lonely. I guess so many of us who now know what she really went through would make sure she would rarely feel lonesome. I read in many articles that back then Judy was very accessible to her fans where as opposed to today's stars security and its like getting in to see the Wizard to have an audience with them.. Judy was classicly funny and I just think Judy was eing cute when she spoke about Marlene Dietrich. She told Very funny stories

[@grai]

you can see why Lucille Ball said "Judy Garland is so funny she makes me look like a mortician"

[@CrabMan630]

here we have a victim of an overwhelming ego meeting with little or no self esteem. all those people that used her plied her with drugs and alcohol . and who ends up the real victim? history humanity and culture. Honestly she died when I was in my teens... so it takes these old videos to appreciate what we had and come to grieve what we missed

[@SaxonC]

This must have been around the time Judy and Liza did their famous concert in November of 1964

[@inhighspeed]

What a shame that her happy, funny public persona couldn't maintain her through her private life. You can see she had a real joy for living. If it hadn't been for the drugs and alcohol, how different it would have been for her.

[@grai]

@weightfeather1 if you watch the youtube clip "Ronald Neame on Working with Judy Garland" you can see the exasperation Garland caused everyone around her He was put through hell on her last movie with her tantrums and nastiness and the crew apparently referred to her as "it" But even he is in tears talking about the last shot when she said to all of them "you'll miss me when I'm gone!" No matter what she did when all is said & done you had to love Judy because she was a genius

[@nocount1]

I like the song she chose.

[@PatrickGallagher2269]

When did she say that

[@domenicleone8051]

No one is better

[@SaxonC]

@grai Dirk Bogarde said that after "The Lonely Stage/ I could go on Singing" that the crew referred to her as "IT" & some other american actress came & started on a new movie who was presummably worse than Judy & wished they had Judy Back. If the Powers that be at the time gave her the respect & treated her like a the legend she was and not like a "stand in" I bet Judy if treated well & was rested, She would have gave her fellow co stars & crew a glimpse of what this great Woman was capable of.

[@davidevans3175]

She was the victim of psychiatrists, who worked on ruining her for years and years. She also made almost no money because she was being used. Her concert tours and album sales were huge, yet the money never made its way to her. She was kept in a feeble mental condition and used. And she was so brilliant and had talent that was almost beyond being human. Listen to her in this, slurring her words and being so unfocused and jerky. What a shame. Someone didn't get angry enough.

[@jimp765]

This is a great clip. Judy, always watchable and fun and wicked, is a bit "under the weather" in this guest spot. This appearance showed television audiences, despite her protestations to the contrary, that she was indeed "on something" from here on out. I know this may upset alot of people, and I am a Judy lover, but she was stoned much of the time throughout the mid to late 60's and it ruined her talent while polishing her legend.

[@earthbeauty1]

SHE'S VERY FUNNY HERE

[@sbhathena]

Who is Jeannette Spanye?

[@sbhathena]

Who is Jeannette Spegne?

[@kittystolemycookie94]

@LibranWay Or Liza sounds just like Judy :)

[@SaxonC]

This is 1964 the time of Judy & Liza @ The Palladium. It's also around the time of "the night of 100 stars" also @ the Palladium.Judy whose voice wasnt @ its best, & she wasnt there to sing that night. She was to just show up & sit down but they announced her name she appeared & the Palladium went wild chanting for her to sing.They didnt let up, So she finally sang & Judy brought down the house! The Beattles @ their zenith couldnt compete or follow her so Judy Garland stole & closed the show!!

[@rickhatch1]

@grai --Yes, it is well known that Lucy was not funny, but very serious, and businesslike--in real life. She had to be, she ran DESILU for 5 years by herself, among other things. Judy Garland was much funnier in real life (i.e.--her appearances on Jack Paar's shows, ect.)........Judy was always thought to be the tragic, serious figure, but in real life she had a wonderful sense of humor. Despite many problems, and a short life. She seemed to really enjoy her life, thankfully.

[@jefreymc]

She sings "Never Will I Marry". Funny, she did it 5 times. Rose, Minnelli, Luft, Herron, Deans. I think even one of them was straight.

[@mattmammone2338]

sounds like she couldnt hear herself singing in this, poor acoustics

[@edwardjames50]

She was mostly a victim of herself. The "Poor Judy" cult gets so tiresome in its excuses for her self-destructive behavior, though she had ample opportunity to get help. In fact, she did get help on numerous occasions, and then always fell back into her old patterns.

[@geoffreyfox7741]

"Never Will I Marry" was rotten, overcalculated, and overdone. Judy was not in good voice.