Judy Garland performing "Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries" on "General Electric Theatre", telecast live from Hollywood on April 8, 1956. Joe Bushkin at the piano. Music by Ray Henderson, lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva.
At this specific day in age, “bizarre” behavior wasn’t heard or seen on live TV. Judy was amazingly ahead of her time, and care free. I’m sure many celebrities at this time had the same ridiculous moments as Judy! Judy just embraced it and embraced life. She was having fun! We love Judy
Great interaction between the piano guy and Ms. Garland. I like how she belts it, ala her daughter. She is still young here, at 33, and shows a ton of energy. Not subdued/controlled so much, like on the 60's TV show songs...
Judy certainly didn’t sing a song in the style of the typical woman singer of this era . She was her own gal , and sang the song like she wanted to emote it to her audience . And that’s one of the reasons that Judy is still an icon where many others are dimly remembered or completely forgotten . And she’ll be remembered long after I’m gone too .
This reminds me of my late grandmother. She and I were very close. She absolutely adored cherries and her home was decorated with various collections of antique cherry plates and plaques and kitchen decor. I miss her, but this video makes me remember all the great times she and I had together.
A brilliant performer. I had the privelege of seeing her live in stage...twice, once at the Palace Theater in NY City in the 60's and once in Toronto. Unforgettable on both occasions.
It's like Kay Thompson came over for the afternoon, they did a couple of hits of windowpane acid, and rehearsed for bit. OMG, she is mauling that poor piano player. Speechless.
That was kind of a mess, and I'm a big-time Garland fan. She was all over the place; very little focus. I imagine people watching this on tv in 1956 were wondering what was going on. For more quality Garland, catch her 1955 and 1962 tv specials.
