Cass Elliot / John Davidson - Something Stupid (The John Davidson Show, 03.01.1970) 

I feel the same way. I hope Carol Burnett and Red Skelton and all the others realize how messed up (and not funny) that was. Cass was amazing and we all have lost out because of how much she was shortchanged and dehumanized. She did, too. Beautiful harmony from her, as usual! She is delightful.

I agree. An amazing talent. We know she was a big girl( If I have offended anyone by saying that....get stuffed) ,love Cass Elliot

This is delightful

This clip and her appearance on Laugh-In circa S6 (Michael Landon was the guest star)

Mama Cass is the best ever!!

John has the best dimples.

My first celebrity crush at age 12. ❤️

She was the real deal. Just utter talent. I don't think there was anything Cass couldn't do. She was a phenomenal performer and is greatly missed.

Sammy Davis Jr really treated her really well too I really love the song that she sang and he introduced her! I know in the 70s we could smoke everywhere even in a doctor's office and it was true in the '80s to

@@jewellmatthews3962 that video cracked me up. not just smoking on stage during a performance ... but dropping the butt on the floor and squishing it with a shoe which was completely ordinary at the time. But ON STAGE lmfao.

couldn’t agree more

Cass was one of the greatest - If only she lived to sing a James Bond song. Is that too much to ask for? Shirley Bassey (Goldfinger) is 4 years older now than Cass would have been, and she's still going strong - as good as ever in fact.

I said this same thing talking to my husband just yesterday. Both died at 32. Love them both so much 😪❤

Haven't heard this is years. So fun listening to these great old songs. Such talent ❤

You’ve gotten that right! They were both fantastic!

Agreed. If you're a harmony junkie, check out the Barry Sisters.

You've hit the Nail on the Head.

I'm sure they rehearsed

It true.

Great rendition, never saw this !

Oh most definitely...not in the media-pushed ideal...but man, what a way she had about her and you just can't stop looking at her. Gorgeous.

She absolutely was.

Yes she was, inside and out❤

She really was ❤

@@Kimi_V_K Inside and out, yes!

I make fun of my weight every single day 🥱

She had a great voice

Simon laughed so hard when the guest said that about auto tune

I freaking hate auto tune and "pitch correction".

Mucha verdad

oh shush

Actually, a lot of live tv performances during this time were lip synced, because the equipment required to broadcast a live music performance was expensive and complicated. There is actually a clip of the Mamas and Papas performing on the Ed Sullivan show, where Michelle was eating and talking to John during the performance in protest of the producers making them lip sync! Meanwhile, Mama Cass was singing so powerfully that the audience can hear her vocals over the prerecorded track. I am not at all doubting the pure talent of these artists, just a fun fact!

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I suspect he preferred being a solo act. He seems to think Cass is his back up singer.

Absolutely!!! I was thinking the same. When people wholly accept and love themselves they can treat others with the utmost beauty and respect.

Why wouldn’t he treat her with respect ?

He had such a wonderful way of treating people.

@@annereynolds66 because she fat

So well said. Thank you.

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Because a certain kind of innocence has been lost. Love is waxing cold also. Maybe they are both one in the same. Either way, there is no going back now until the next eon/age.

Great question!

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Charles T. Velten - Absolutely! It was moving!

I just loved this! ❤️

Agreed. These two made a great little duet. Both had such a gift.

Absolutely. He should have been a bigger star.

She was the best singer of the Mommas and Popas.

Well, you need to listen to that one again because she was off key several places that just really wasn’t her song

Denny was probably the strongest singer in the group-an amazing voice

​@@muffassa6739Yes she was the one who was the most talented performer.

Absolutely… and they acted as if they did her the favour by having her in the group

You're a day late and a dollar short ... it had already been a big hit by the Sinatras which they allude to in their patter before they start singing

Yes it was a hit with the Sinatras but at least Cass and John weren't related.

@@dianafrost936 they could've done an albumful of duets!

@@dianafrost936 and they sang it much better in my opinion.

I just found this video a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed it.

Omg he looks so much like Bobby Sherman!

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Same

I loved Cass my brother got a vip pass to see her in person he was over the moon in love with her she was his obsession he would play her music all the time...I was only 11 at the time he told my mom she was such a groooovy lady...funny thinking how smitten he was..I could understand his over the hill in love with her..

You're so right. I love Cass. She's a phenomenal talent and by all accounts was a wonderful, intelligent and articulate person.

That’s so beautifully said ❤️

Me too💜💜

Yes. That's something I'd listen to over and over. I lost my father the same year Cass died, and I was seven, like Owen. If I had a recording of my father saying this, I'd never stop listening to it.

Well, the harmony was Mama Cass. I would expect no less. They were both definitely superb though. I always liked John Davidson's voice.

John Doherty... Since he's so into Michelle Philips...

Time to rewatch his Disney movies with Lesley Ann Warren

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She had a style and beauty all her own..

Yes, lovely, confident and sexy.

Yes, and shame to the men (and women) who put her down, and still do, because of her weight. Shame shame shame on you , you superficial jerks.

She is lovely.

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I agree, she looks and sounds great (no surprise there) in this! What a beautiful face and voice. I love all the updated stuff we're seeing now as they're turning all of it into HD. Its awesome too see and looks like it was filmed today.

Cecilie Noble Jonh Davidson is still alive and well.

You got to make your Own kind of music. Sing your Own special song even if no one else sings along...

John Davidson is still alive. He is 79 yrs old!

@@mrellen5 80 now!

Hi Kathy

Yes, saw that. Wow.

It's so cute

And way less creepy than Father/Daughter or Sibling duet.

Frank Sinatra had a lovely voice. One of the best. Johns voice is excellent and Cass is fabulous. Cass was gone too soon. Sad. A great loss. Nancy Sinstra sounded lovely.

@@bobdepaola7828 John has an interesting incredible voice.

@@m.e.d.7997 I remember Nancy S. Saying she didn't like that it was in Frank's key and she was not featured well!

I agree totally

@Jenny Romeo, you should watch a movie called The Happiest Millionaire. It's a musical, based on a real family and starring Fred McMurray, Greer Garson, Tommy Steele, Leslie Ann Warren, and John Davidson. It's funny and charming.

Thats incredible 😊

​@@michaelkloskey9161lol

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I know right! I must watch it 20 times a day 😂

@@beckyevans889 haha it really is just the sweetest thing. I'd weaned myself off it, but now I've just watched it 3 times again.

Nick Giorno TRUE I love everything about this woman so much so I looked her up on Wikipedia 🔐♥️🎶

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I wasn’t familiar with him prior, but I adore this video (turns out I’ve come across some of his theatre work in my theatre history studies, ironically haha) so I looked him up- a truly humble and inspiring individual!

Gladly, she is as bigger as Streisand

@john wallace fuck off

@FREEDOM LIGHTRIDER why in the world would you seek out a video of Cass Elliot just to berate a commenter and accuse them of oversentimentality for thinking Cass deserved more fame? No one "sympathizes" for Cass's weight because she wasn't ashamed of it, the only sympathy is from how she was treated for it.

Least Cass wouldn't have unleashed Jon Peters unto Hollywood

@FREEDOM LIGHTRIDER Yes because she was better than Streisand.

What's sad is that all her crash dieting were part of the reasons she died of a heart attack.

I can definitely tell she had lost a significant amount of weight I have never seen her like that before

She’s actually quite beautiful. Had she been able to permanently slim down in a healthy way there’s no telling how big her career would have been. She clearly had major star power and was uniquely talented

@@billgeezeriommi Yes she looks noticably different here, clearly much thinner. I think it is also partly due to the way she has her hair tied back which I haven't seen in any of her other appearances.

@@stefanrichard4986 Like Karen Carpenter. Starving your body over and over can actually damage your organs such as with Karen. Karen was actually recovering at the time that she passed but her heart was too damaged unfortunately.

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PHENOMENAL

@@SuperWoodyboy 😂Thank you for that correction

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I'm listening to this a year later...

Agreed! Her voice really touches my heart ❤️ Beautiful lady inside and out.