TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#1
Posted: 8/13/17 at 6:14pm
Watch this 2013 episode of Theatre Talk where Peter Marks of The Washington Post and Joan Rivers predict the production and success of Hello, Dolly.
Go to 22:11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkekoa9CMvc
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TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#2
Posted: 8/13/17 at 7:12pm
Wow.
God I miss Joan. Boy could we use her wit and sense of humor right now.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#3
Posted: 8/13/17 at 7:17pm
This was probably my favorite episode of Theatre Talk and probably the only episode I liked Michael.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#4
Posted: 8/13/17 at 9:53pm
Zamedy154 said: "Wow.
God I miss Joan. Boy could we use her wit and sense of humor right now.
I actually wonder. She was 'hired' on that stupid show....and she was friends with Trump. Maybe just as well. I hide to admit that I am becoming increasingly biased against anyone who is even remotely a Trump supporter because he is so repugnant to me.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#5
Posted: 8/13/17 at 10:02pm
That was a great show. I was also watching the shows when they predicted the Tonys for 2017, and the BIG shows which were coming in Spring 2017.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#6
Posted: 8/14/17 at 10:54am
Joan was always a very smart woman.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#7
Posted: 8/14/17 at 11:01am
I don't think it was hard to imagine Bette as a good pick for Hello Dolly, it was that many people didn't think she would want to do such a huge/involved musical again...
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#8
Posted: 8/14/17 at 11:13am
You're right - it's not hard to figure out that she would have been a success.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#9
Posted: 8/14/17 at 12:00pm
So this discussion was back in the spring of f 2013, and they mentioned Midler was wanted for the musical. It took quite a while for this deal to work out, and get her onstage four years later! I would love to hear the history on this....
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Helo Dolly#10
Posted: 8/14/17 at 12:49pm
I am disappointed to hear she never got to be Miss Hannigan. Could you imagine?!
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TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Hello Dolly#11
Posted: 8/14/17 at 12:51pm
In 1997, Bette Midler guest starred on an episode of "The Nanny," and a clip of a song from "Hello, Dolly" was performed in that same episode. I thought this thread was about that. Crazy that 20 years later she is on Broadway doing the show! 
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Hello Dolly#12
Posted: 8/14/17 at 1:10pm
TheSassySam said: "I am disappointed to hear she never got to be Miss Hannigan. Could you imagine?!
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Rivers would have been great as Miss Hannigan.
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Hello Dolly#13
Posted: 8/14/17 at 7:23pm
It was interesting (surprising!) to her Joan's claim that she wrote the original screenplay to Midler's film The Rose. IMDb lists these folks as involved:
Michael Cimino ...(story) (uncredited)
Bo Goldman ...(screenplay)
Bill Kerby ...(screenplay)
Bill Kerby ...(story)
Marvin Worth ...(story) (uncredited)
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Hello Dolly#14
Posted: 8/14/17 at 7:30pm
Jarethan said: "Zamedy154 said: "Wow.
God I miss Joan. Boy could we use her wit and sense of humor right now.
I actually wonder. She was 'hired' on that stupid show....and she was friends with Trump. Maybe just as well. I hide to admit that I am becoming increasingly biased against anyone who is even remotely a Trump supporter because he is so repugnant to me.
"
Preach, brother!
TV Show That Predicted Bette Midler's Hello Dolly#15
Posted: 8/15/17 at 4:50am
I actually wonder. She was 'hired' on that stupid show....and she was friends with Trump. Maybe just as well. I hide to admit that I am becoming increasingly biased against anyone who is even remotely a Trump supporter because he is so repugnant to me.
This.
And Joan Rivers always punched down.
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