Liza not awful on Craig Ferguson!!!

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 1:55am

A national treasure. A survivor. And the world goes 'round.

[Q]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:07am

If you're being serious, I'll take a gander once it's on YouTube. Her appearance at the Tonys made me wince - at least until I left the room.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:08am

It was literally not that bad.

Believe me, I was prepared for much worse.

[Q]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 2:11am

Good for her. Whatever else can be said, I've always given the woman credit for carrying on no matter what. Goodness knows there have been times in my own life when I've wanted to throw in the towel, so to see someone continue to fight her own fight - damn the odds - I just have to say, "Brava!"

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 7:52am

Who accompanied her?

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 11:29am

This is a trick question involving the revocation of my gay card, isn't it? I think it was her usual guy on piano.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:04pm

Namo, I'm pretty sure by simply invoking the name Liza Minnelli you get an automatic six month extension on your gay card. I didn't see it, but the usual guy is Billy Stritch, so maybe it was him?

She's really hit or miss at this point, but she does still hit. I saw her live at a casino in Indiana (I KNOW) last summer and she wasn't in top voice, but she put on a good show.

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:27pm

She was entertaining.

Here is a link to her. It links to other interviews, but this is biggest part. At one point he asks her why she is a gay icon, and she said something like "they have better taste."


Liza

[YouWantitWhen????]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 12:33pm

Here she is singing "But the World Goes Round."

I kind of now regret not getting tickets to see her at the Bowl.
Round

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 7:37pm

The interview was actually pretty great. I love Craig so much. He handled that very well. Liza was great, of course. The performance was a lot better compared to the Tony performance.

[Unknown User]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 7:45pm

Sometimes you lose every nickel you had
But the world goes 'round

Sometimes your dreams get broken in pieces
But that doesn't alter a thing
Take it from me, there's still gonna be
A summer, a winter, a fall and a spring and a Liza Minnelli!

[TulitaPepsi]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 8:51pm

No trick question, Namo! Liza always sings better when Billy Stritch plays for her.

[PB ENT.]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 8:54pm

Well, when you have a mutual admiration/ love society with Liza Minelli, Sam Harris and Laurie Beechman, then you've got my vote.

Plus I've got a wonderful "Liza" story from a loooong time ago that will put her in my "best memories" book forever.

The woman still does it all...or at least tries to. :)

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/15/09 at 10:01pm

"...Liza Minelli..."

I hereby sentence you to recite, 10 times aloud, the lyrics to the second verse of "Liza with a Z," in which Liza instructs us how to NOT misspell her last name:

And that is only half of it!
There's another way
Fate treats me cruelly.
How often I remember someone saying,
"There she goes, Lisa Minooli!"
Or Mi-NO-li...or Miniola...or Mini-LEE...or Mini-LIE,
So is it a wonder, I very often cry:

It's M-I-Double N,
then-E-Double L-I,
You double up the N, that's nnnnn, not noo.
Then E, double the L, end it with an I,
That's the way you say Minnelli!
Liza Minnelli!
(It's Italian.
Blame it on papa.)
What can I do?

Updated On: 8/16/09 at 10:01 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 10:58am

She sang fine, but the tempo was a little slow. It felt like the song was 10 minutes long.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 11:15am

Fantastic interview.

But is it me, or is she sounding much more like Mama as she gets older?

[Yawper]

Posted: 8/16/09 at 1:00pm

Don't know who that pianist was but from the prompting she had to give him to start I'd say someone who hasn't (if ever) worked with her much.