Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
#1Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:18pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14E7wk4p-O8
Can someone please explain what this television special was? It just kept getting better and better and better and better!!
Ethel Merman
Mary Martin
Carol Channing
Pearl Bailey
Robert Preston
Sandy Duncan
Dorothy Loudon
Mickey Rooney
Ann Miller
...need I go on?
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
#2re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:19pmwas Kristin Chenoweth on it?
morosco
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/10/04
#2re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:23pm
Here's a review from the New York Times that sheds a little light on the broadcast.
TV: 'NIGHT OF 100 STARS' IN A 3-HOUR VIDEOTAPE
Miss.Vanessi
Stand-by Joined: 1/1/07
#3re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:23pmI think it might have been a charity event of some sort.
It's like writing "Norma Shearer for the win!" in a Joan Crawford biography.
Miss.Vanessi
Stand-by Joined: 1/1/07
#4re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:25pmoooo thanks, morosco!
It's like writing "Norma Shearer for the win!" in a Joan Crawford biography.
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#5re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:29pmIt was a very large charity event, which garnered HUGE ratings. I believe they did it several years in a row, with different featured stars.
#6re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 1:31pmFamous quote from Steve Allen, commenting on the number of stars in attendance: "If a bomb were to fall on this place right now, it would be a big break for Pia Zadora."
"It does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are 20 gods or no god. It neither picks my pocket, nor breaks my leg."
-- Thomas Jefferson
philcrosby
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/04
#7re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 2:20pmNever again will they be able to parade that many Broadway stars in front of a general television audience with the audience having any clue who they are.
WestVillage
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/05
#8re: Night of 100 Stars (Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Carol Channing...)
Posted: 10/23/07 at 5:29pmWatching that gave me chills! Night of 100 Stars was a HUGE event. One the papering services gave away tickets to the dress rehearsal, which I attended, but I don't think it was the first year. They held several Night of 100 Stars for a few years, although it really became Night of Hundreds of Stars. I remember Donna McKechnie and Ann Reinking appearing in one of them.
