RARE Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera on Mike Douglas, Pt 1 

God bless Gwen Verdon. The kids today will never know the greatness of what I saw, when I saw Gwen Verdon LIVE in the original Sweet Charity. She was THE BEST DANCER EVER.

Gwen Verdon was at least 50 when she did Chicago. She looks great and her dancing is fabulous!

I wish I was around to see these two in the show. But my mom says it's people like me who keep this legacy from dying out. God they are just beautiful-3

two amazing performers and one amazing choreographer!!! Fossee did so much with the economy of his moves! Some moves so small but so perfect!

I saw Gwen do Chicago in LA in 1976...what an honor it was. Later I worked with CHita in San Jose. She came and spoke to my kids at school - they were amazed! What an honor.

Watch Gwen & Chita in Hot Honey Rag. (starting 3:47) The movements are so loose, free and with such style! This is why they are considered the best of the past and present!

Wow.. how wonderful to see this! Gwen and Chita. These are the "Grande Dames" of Fosse-ville. Thank you for posting!~

I am so stunned. I can not believe it, but here I sit watching... I am so amazed. I read the comment about them doing the cartwheel and I did not believe it... But these women look great, very well in shape and happy. Look at the bounce in their steps and the way they kick up their feet. So jovial and youthful. Wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.

They are the greatest, I love how off they are at the beginning and they dont give a shit and fix everything up, amazing performers

The original Velma and Roxie. Fantastic!

WOW!! This is so refreshing. Given that the entertainment industry only celebrates you, it's so refreshing to see these two legends (most definitely not in their '20s @ the time) strut their stuff. If they were still alive they'd win a smackdown against Madonna, Brittany and Beyonce.

A lot of good dancers have done these parts, but these are the quintessential Velma and Roxie!

GWEN IS ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OF LIVE MUSICAL THEATE

...and THAT, Ladies and Gentlemen, is how it's DONE.

this is the best clip EVERRR!!! i wish you had more of the interview. they are both so amazing.

Absolutely marvelous, now that's what real entertainers are about!

Thanks for posting! Saw them in the B-way show- they're the best!

Parts 2 and 3 are up. Part 2 has more of the interview. Part 3 has Jerry Orbach doing "Razzle Dazzle" ab the rest of the interview.

wow theyre good! its weird watching this after watching the modern version of it, i prefer this one though:P

Hooray for original Fosse choreography! The movie version would have been 20X better if it kept it :) (i love the movie I just love Fosse)

Gwen was 50 in this!!

the 1970s pantsuits! I love Gwen and Chita!

Thank you so much for sharing! If I could I would give it a million likes! :)

what a pair of ladies!

chita's still with us....

geesh i hope i can move like this at 50!!! go gwen!!!

I wish I had been able to do that when I was 30!

Two great performers! Look at Chita go. :))

HAL LINDEN!!!!!

Man. God bless you mitchelllivers.

I didnt know this was there!, I thought the one in Chicago was the first lol, this is far better

Yeaaaahhh.....that's the way it's done!

...love them!!

Wow, Hal Linden!

I'm so jealous. I don't sound or look as good as they do, OR have their energy...And I'm definitely not their age.

Wow! Brilliant! Bravo! Amazing!

The ONLY Velma and Roxie!!!💜

i was so mesmerized i just only noticed one sock was longer than the other one towards the end

@classicfilmbroad Broadway royalty for sure

Wonderful

(i think they meant they didn't know you personally, so you're still a "who" to them) also, this is wonderful; thanks for posting it

hard to tell on this tacky mike douglas set -- but i was this on broadway when i was 13 and it was ASTONISHINGLY BRILLIANT

amaaaaaaaaaaaaazing!!!!!

The best.

Chita's stockings aren't up as high as Gwen's. Drives me absolutely CRAZY! If that's the worst thing one can say about this video, I guess...not too bad, huh?

i know, thanks. i found it after i posted the comment!

Chita was a great dancer. Gwen was a great dancer with "star quality": there's that minuscule extra shrug, twist, contraction, facial expression (or lack thereof) that draws your eye away from Chita again and again even though they're both going for perfect in sync movement. Gwen's obviously not trying for anything extra. Plus there's the natural quirkiness of her face and the red hair . . . not to mention her voice. Chita was the faster dancer; Gwen the stronger, but all that is beside the point; Gwen was a star just standing there doing nothing. Chita fans may disagree, but they'll never convince me otherwise. And they were both past their prime here even though they were still better than anything else around.

"Whomever"? That would be me, obviously.

Yesssss!

i hope i look that sexy when i'm they're age

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Chita has such a nice arch in her foot :]

How old is this clip?

1975

God, Gwen, let Chita get a word in!

...do you know the original air date/

4:19 - 4:32 is my favorite part of the dance

Jednak te Panie jeszcze nie znały baletu Boba Fosse i jakość jakaś lipna??;)))

@mitchellivers 20!