Elaine Stritch's Shubert New Haven Adventure!

[@andycrosten]

the most brilliant twelve minutes in all of musical theatre.

[@cindiverbelun1802]

Took the words right out of my mouth!!! 🙂

[@markedwardindc]

“Oh, Elaine, will you, for Christ’s sake, go to New Haven and sing the fucking song?” “The Dior suit stayed in!”

[@4eyeswalker]

I could watch this everyday and never tire of it. Brilliant, personal, magical.

[@DragonHeir92]

“I order a double brandy and start the first deck of my Rosary.” 🤣🤣🤣

[@Mr.SLovesTheSacredHeartofJesus]

All in all... A smart thing to do.

[@cjprentiss1]

"I don't care for either Mickey -- Mouse or Rooney makes me Sickie!" What a Fantastic line! Never heard it before. Larry Hart was a Genius Sui Generis! I was Blessed to see Stritchie perform "Zip" in the 1952 revival of "Pal Joey" in New York. Never forgot it. Unforgettable -- That's What It Was. So was her later show "Stritch at Liberty" -- from which this clip is taken. Bless you for sharing this incredible clip with us.

[@Daisnap]

Wow. I was entranced throughout. Brilliant.

[@scottprice3583]

I love her little recoil after the "f*cking song" line.

[@cjprentiss1]

Sensational! Fantastic! Amazing! Truth Is Always Stranger than Fiction! No one could possibly make up a story like this!

[@AnotherSpecialEdMom]

Well, heaven knows how many double brandies she'd had by that time! By the time she told this story she probably only had a vague memory of that entire journey. It was very nice of your dad and grandfather to give her the ride.

[@jessepoopoo]

I watch this everyday

[@toddbeaton1512]

elaine stritch is so amazing

[@chuckashton8924]

Never tire of true talent

[@toucheturtle300]

Sheer brilliance not ever to be seen again.

[@haydenharris3059]

Absolutely magnificent 👌

[@vistaestrada]

...8 Giordano's in the third row...ZIP!

[@margeno1]

FABULOUS!!!!

[@ciaranhagghaggerty326]

The blizzard of 52

[@joannekledaras5351]

It is not exactly true. The people who gave her the ride to Shubert in New Haven were my dad (Tom Kledaras) and my grandfather (Mike Carbonella) not the Giordanos. She did leave them tickets and they saw her in Pal Joey. (In her book, she refers to the people who gave her the rides at foreigners - they weren'!)

[@MrCherbear1990]

Joanne Kledaras You do know that the names were probably changed a) for comic effect and b) so that the actual people didn’t come to her and sue her for using them in a story that made her money. It happens all the time.

[@jmd26]

​@@MrCherbear1990 It seems more likely to me that Stritch didn't remember the name. And her and her co-writer invented the name Giordano, which also allowed her to do the joke about Italians (we can assume Catholic) having large families. Anyway, Joanne, that is a very cool story!!

[@markbob120]

@Ed Miller how small of you.

[@nondescript2892]

the truth would be boring..she extracted nuggets from her real life and she and John lahr polished and embellished them untill they became the epically entertaining one woman show it was..I had the great pleasure of seeing her do this entire show live at the Old Vic in London and it was the absolute zenith of her career and one of the most magical evenings I ever spend in a theatre anywhere

[@LAM09249]

I think the Dior suit stayed in...

[@johnflynn9619]

Merman was a Broadway GREAT. Elaine was a Lovely Woman.

[@seth7516]

I miss her

[@bronxbearbud272]

"Pal Joey" was kind of racy at the time, one wonders how some of the younger Giordanos in Row 3 reacted to some of what they heard in the show. "Mommy, what's a 'heterosexual'?"

[@johnclerk1195]

Thanks to the John Clerk who made the clip. It really made my day!

[@JamesFalconWillistonHerald]

You mean John Clark? 😛

[@adajanetta1]

You would have to be 23 years old. Wonderful routine. (Also Lee's novel The G-String Murders is great fun.)

[@nancyhanes100]

She is in one of the "lost" honeymooners episodes. I can see on prime