TV Specials that deserve a DVD release.

[BWF]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:15pm

I wish that Baryshnikov on Broadway could make the grade.

He was great, Minnelli was great, and the finale to end all finales - A Chorus Line with Baryshnikov joining the ensemble was superb...

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:27pm

EUNICE and FRESNO both starring Carol Burnett

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER with Dame Maggie

[CapnHook]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:40pm

All of the Oscars and Tonys.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:51pm

Love my copy of Baryshnikov on Broadway. One of my few Video tapes I have kept throughout the years and now I have backed into my personal dvd collection for safe keeping.

It comes in second to my Liza and Goldie special.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:54pm

SUDDENLY LAST SUMMER with Maggie Smith and Rob Lowe etc. will be released in a few weeks as part of a Maggie Smith At The BBC box set, along with a couple of other things, most notably BED AMONG THE LENTILS, a monologue by Alan Bennett that might feature Dame Maggie's finest performance ever.

Ever.

[lildogs]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:55pm

That's one of the best things ANYONE has ever done.

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 12:59pm

"Ol' Redhead is Back" the Bette Midler tv special from the 70's and her hbo concerts Diva Las Vegas, Art or Bust, and the Bette Midler show.

I'm kinda nuts about the Divine one.

[thatgirl712]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:02pm

I agree!

[BigFatBlonde]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:08pm

Really Rosie

http://youtube.com/watch?v=paWKA2piAA8

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:12pm

It ain't nothin til Love Boat:The Musical is in my player. Fully restored and remastered with commentary by all the surviving cast members, even Terry Hatcher!

[DAME]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:12pm

I have all of the Bette ones. For some reason they release them in Europe but not here.

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 01:12 PM

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 1:14pm

I know Diva Las Vegas has licensing issues that involve it's Laserdisc release. The others i'm not sure about.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:03pm

Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NGWrRq3b58
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Wvj21kGvc


Mary Martin and Noel Coward: Together With Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Wvj21kGvchttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8Wvj21kGvc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTrVEfea64c


The 1961 Merman on Broadway special with Tab Hunter and Tom Poston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELLUuSsN0tE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0FCEjSirWg

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 02:03 PM

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:13pm

all the Ann-Margret specials!

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:15pm

"Really Rosie"

This was released on video. They should go ahead and transfer it to DVD. But don't clean it up because part of the charm is the 1970s animation.

My vote goes for "Carol, Carl, Whoopi and Robin". Carol Burnett and Whoopi Goldberg do this magnificent skit about a mother and daughter. The skit takes the viewer from the birth of the daughter to the death of the mother. I believe Whoopi was the daughter and Carol was the mother.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381943/

Updated On: 5/6/08 at 02:15 PM

[Roscoe]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:37pm

The Star Wars Thanksgiving Special, of course!!

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 2:56pm

Shirley MacLaine's Gypsy in My Soul, with Lucy!

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:17pm

There was some sort of sci-fi comedy musical Christmas special I remember airing on TV around 1980 or so that was delightful, but for the life of me, I can't remember the name of it and never saw it aired again.

[Icehouse Life]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 4:33pm

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever if nothing else just for the debut live performance of Billie Jean (but that's been everywhere).

Surviving, the 1985 Made-For-TV movie starring Molly Ringwald, Zach Galligan. Paul Sorvino, River Phoenix, and Ellen Burstyn dealing with teen suicide.

[morosco]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:26pm

Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight series

[Gothampc]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:47pm

"Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, and Forever if nothing else just for the debut live performance of Billie Jean (but that's been everywhere)."

And to see Diana Ross push Mary Wilson out of the way.

[bobby_luvs_bway]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 5:51pm

"And to see Diana Ross push Mary Wilson out of the way."

I need it for that reason alone.

[best12bars]

Posted: 5/6/08 at 6:23pm

The Supremes and the Temptations TV Special!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=zfS_4XSS0WI