Judy Garland: Judy Garland & Friends

In this collection of clips from The Judy Garland Show, which ran for 26 episodes on CBS television in 1963 and 1964, the legendary singer and actress performs a number of songs, several of them collaborations with up-and-comer Barbra Streisand, grand dame Ethel Merman, and Garland's own daughter, ...more

With its emphasis on famous duets and its minimum of between-song business, Judy Garland: Judy Garland and Friends provides an accessible introduction to the uneven but brilliant variety show Garland hosted in the mid-'60s. The rendition of "There's No Business Like Show Business" by Garland, Barbra Streisand, and Ethel Merman unites three generations of musical comedy royalty; unfortunately, Merman's aging vibrato is so strong that she nearly drowns out the considerable talents of her ...more