Liza Minnelli on Letterman, July 5, 1988 (stereo)

Liza Minnelli's first appearance on Dave. First a chat, then her performance of "God Bless the Child."

[@Jonathanbroder]

Through a variety of circumstances, I got to join two friends after one of her big concerts back around 1997 and we ended up in her dressing room with a bunch of other people. I was the only one there who didn't really know her. She could NOT have been warmer and nicer to me. Went out of her way to make me feel welcome. What an amazing lady. I don't think Liza's talent ever went to her head nor have I ever seen any sign of ego.

[@pastelskies8466]

There's an obvious sense of humility and gratitude about her. She's classy, real and inclusive. What a great cover of a Billie Holiday song. It would have been great if she had teamed up with Streisand.

[@johndalton3180]

Cool to read this. Thank you for sharing.

[@pattibrooks1907]

Liza is so gifted and talented ! Thank you very much for the awesome video !

[@christinec.2372]

Liza will always be my favorite. God bless you Liza. Love you xo

[@AnthonyGrantPressRelease]

Agree with commenter who said No one but Liza can do what she does here. ..One and only!

[@timrobb9918]

Thanks for this great video. No one but Liza can do what she does here. No demands for a special band or her own accompaniment as every other major star would do and yet she performs the song better than any of them could possibly do. Just amazing. And so under rated in every way. The “others” would require precise camera angles, special sets, their own musicians etc. Not Liza. Just pure talent and unmatched musicality.

[@johnwhiting5747]

We love Liza. I recently saw her during this time of her life. She was at Carnegie Hall: perfection!👍♥️👏👏👏♥️♥️

[@dinahleeloo]

So talented! So gorgeous! So thrilling!

[@abe_froman8360]

So gay!

[@hoborock007]

She looks very pretty Great smile

[@diytom3448]

What talent

[@eddylindner1317]

She's Fabulous as always !!

[@stevers62]

Yay!!! The great Liza! Thanks for sharing

[@hawkrider88]

And again Paul and the band nail it!!! They were everything she needed and it was great!!

[@bernardoschmidt]

Between 40 and 50 she was just gorgeous.

[@tencton]

She is an all time gorgeous ❤️🏳️‍🌈

[@hoagymapleton2206]

That's a backhanded compliment she's eternally beautiful

[@filmmekker]

She looked better in her 40’s than in her 20’s.

[@bernardoschmidt]

@@filmmekker Absolutely.

[@kimmyhawk5612]

She looks so gorgeous!

[@filmmekker]

How did she manage to look better in her 40’s than in her 20’s and 30’s?

[@j.b.9260]

@@filmmekker I think most women do.

[@davidcosta117]

I've NEVER SEEN THIS! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!

[@voicetube]

At 1:47… Reminds me of my favorite role of hers in the original first film "Arthur," which was in the film she says "well, I hate an infection!" :-)

[@virghammer1]

Yerah!! lmao.

[@Ivan-ft1gg]

The Best . Liza "I LOVE YOU"

[@jchow5966]

Legend.

[@np100]

She only got better with age. Her voice was so strong. Love this version.

[@hollygolightly7475]

The worlds greatest star now then and forever🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@donhailer4994]

Letterman seemed oddly nervous and off his game. Liza, as usual, was a pro.

[@MountTheodore72]

He may have had a secret crush on her.

[@arbitraryvegetarian9881]

It happened during a writer's strike. To fill time, he had just gotten a professional shave on-air and the barber had cut him right before he introduces Liza.

[@arbitraryvegetarian9881]

@@MountTheodore72 Yes. It seemed he'd been watching her since he was young. Plus, his Venus is in Pisces, so he's attracted to them.

[@arbitraryvegetarian9881]

And her Venus is in Aries, so there might have been a mutual thing.

[@subg8858]

He had to be crushing on her. She's looking cute as fuck here

[@fosbury68]

She was 42 here and looking like a million bucks. Surprised how dead the audience sounds.

[@khunopie9159]

My dream is to see Liza in concert and then swim in her pool

[@hawkrider88]

What ticket would that be???

[@arbitraryvegetarian9881]

@@hawkrider88 LOL... It would be quite the sell!

[@user-jp3pt4fd2r]

No more words!! |/:).

[@irinapruginka7880]

Когда на экране появляется Лайза, все остальное исчезает из кадра! Нет никого, она одна - невероятная, восхитительная и прекрасная!!!

[@karenholtzclaw3135]

❤

[@tuz0wils0n]

Just checking...YES!! Alive!

[@stephaniestanley8041]

Liza is so beautiful ❤️

[@user-jp3pt4fd2r]

That; is from the; Bob Hope special!! |/:).

[@elizavetah9069]

Hello, Don! I just beg you to upload Letterman from 1986 with Michael Keaton (guess it was 3/12/1986)! I've been looking for it for months and still haven't found it. The channel with the episode was deleted. Hope you see my comment🙏 Thank you

[@dongiller]

Will get to it in time.

[@elizavetah9069]

@@dongiller Thank you! Hope it will be on KZbin again

[@ratbot3001]

Would you happen to have access to this entire episode?

[@dongiller]

I do. But unable to share.

[@virghammer1]

AW, RATS. Aw, well. @@dongiller

[@dominicportelli1100]

So refreshingly bullshit-free!

[@KCBEECH]

I would have married her

[@tracylf5409]

As much as Liza lived amongst the "stars", I always felt that she was likely autistic and that was why her responses seemed "off" to the people who interviewed he. Liza's early career "should have" catapulted her, but her mother's legacy hindered her. Liza always seemed nervous to me, even in situations where she would be expected to rule. Love to you, Liza! xx

[@hutprancer]

cigars are disgusting. there. i said it.

[@alevine1951]

Its come to this: saw the post and assumed she was dead. Not a Liza fan, but nice that its not so.

[@robertr8386]

Sightseer,hard to believe ,your not a liza fan.thats okay,being she has millions of fans who consider her the greatest female entertainer that ever kived.

[@alevine1951]

@@robertr8386 Not the reason I was never a fan, but the face of Rudolph in the 1964 stop-motion children's classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer always seemed like it was modeled after Liza's young face. Go ahead - take a look at Rudolph on its IMDB page and tell me that ain't Liza if she gets reincarnated as a deer!

[@robertr8386]

@@alevine1951 ,actually in her prime,liza with a z was very attractive.the reindeer must have been attractive also.but theres one thing the reindeer wasnt,the worlds greatest female entertainer.maybe this time you will appreciate the talents of liza with a z.in addition,sammy davis jr.was the greatest male entertainer.who are you comparing sammy too?

[@alevine1951]

@@robertr8386 LOL In her prime Liza looked like a sloe-eyed juvenile reindeer with a bulbous nose, ripe for banishment to the Island of Misfit Toys. And Sammy? Sammy was a minority Cyclops, like from The 7th Voyage of Sinbad!

[@robertr8386]

@@alevine1951 you can describe them any way you want.but your description of liza and sammy has nothing to do with their talent.at the risk of sounding redundant,the greatest female entertainer,liza.the greatest male entertainer,sammy.