It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

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It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 9:32am

She died this day on 1984. Here she is, at a tender age, telling us what it will be like for us "After I'm Gone":

http://youtu.be/ebSvhyTBawI

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 10:01am

PJ--May I ask how you remember this? Do you keep a calendar of such things? Eidetic memory? Or is Merman in a special category?

I can barely remember Parents and Grandparents, let alone Divas and Icons.

You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision...

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 11:20am

What's not to remember?

Ethel sings a sweet "Show Business" to the Muppets:

http://youtu.be/-kdggcQhysQ

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 2:29pm

You wouldn't know it from her performances and personality but Ethel Merman was actually baptized Episcopalian and worshiped in the Episcopal Church her entire life. I would not be surprised if she had Jewish roots (Grandparents maybe?).

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 2:35pm

addison, there's a facebook page that you can like that posts notifications every day of birthdays, death anniversaries, etc for classic stars...
CLASSIC HOLLYWOOD

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 6:20pm

Ethel was quite adamant about letting folks know she was NOT Jewish.

There is the famous story about her being invited to Seder at Jule Styne's, and bringing a ham sandwich in case she hated the food.

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/15/14 at 10:53pm

A ham sandwich at a Passover Seder? That is so wrong and so funny!

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/17/14 at 8:26am

Which reminds me of the famous Ann Miller story (probably apocryphal):

During the run of SUGAR BABIES, one of the chorus girls asked Ann, "Are you going to work on Passover?", to which Ann replied, "Oh honey, I don't do game shows!"

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/18/14 at 1:47pm

Ethel was really Sephardic. She told everyone Merman was a shortened version of Zimmermann (with those two n's, a German name, not a German Jewish one? in any event, not Jewish), but it was really a shortened version of Mermonides.

(not my best joke, but what the hell)

zimmerman, zimmermann, jew or not jew?

Updated On: 2/19/14 at 01:47 PM

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It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/19/14 at 5:02am

The Merm! One of my favorite subjects. I haven't checked in on the boards in eons. How nice to see Ethel back.

#11

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/19/14 at 8:30am

I love playing "Jew, Not Jew." It's almost as fun as "Dead, Not Dead."

So Ethel WASN'T Jewish, but she IS dead. ... Just to be clear.

"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."

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It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/19/14 at 8:35am

Oy--It's like listening to my Grandma Ruth, reading the obituaries every morning...

You think, what do you want? You think, make a decision...

#13

It's Ethel Merman's Yahrzeit, Y'all

Posted: 2/20/14 at 2:27pm

Perhaps George Zimmerman (also not Jewish) can keep a lower profile (yeah, like that's about to happen) by changing his name to George Merman.

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