It is well documented that although she did have drinks, she rarely finished them. What you are seeing is the affect the years of taking highly addictive medication, first given to her in her teens by the studios and then on and off with "doctors" swirling all around her. She's as much a victim as she is accountable.
This is conflating multiple issues, the medications she was giving by the studios were not the cause of her behavior in this interview but her use of barbiturates which began at a later date. Now I guess to a certain extent it's not a stretch to assume that one beget the other but that's not a certainty, there's no doubt what the studios did was harmful but it's just impossible to say for certain that it's also to blame for her barbiturate addiction and ultimate demise.
Not the studio, it was her mother that started her on those, the epitome of a pushy brutal stage mother. I read somewhere that she was first given them when she was doing the gumm sisters acts with her sisters around the age of 8 or 9.
It's interesting was Judy said about Deanna Durbin. 'A hairy thick eyebrow. Very strange. Deanna Durbin was a very stunning woman & successful actress. I love Deanna Durbin. Judy's comments about Elizabeth Taylor were inappropriate. Very interesting.
Jack Paar was a fab host and he treated Judy with all the love and respect that she deserved. A real talented actress and singer. Thanks for wonderful post!
Drunk or not this woman was and still is a legend. Her voice was so distinctive. I've become a huge fan 50 years after she died which says it all. Once a legend always a legend x
Judy was obviously drunk or high, but still came up with the goods. And respect to Paar for navigating the interview so skillfully and with obvious affection for his guest and friend. Civilised audience too who sound as if they saw beyond Garlands fragility to the heart of the legend..
I remember watching this show the day before my 15th birthday, when it first was broadcasted! It was spectacular then and also almost 57 years later! Thank you You Tube!
The most incredible live performance I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of them) was Judy at the Hollywood Bowl. It was her comeback to Hollywood after her amazing comeback at Carnegie Hall. I don't know how I managed to convince my mother to take me. There were 20,000 people there and it rained. In Los Angeles, whenever it rains, everybody runs for shelter but NOBODY left. I remember seeing the tears of the big red-faced Texan who sat next to me mixing with the rain on his face. I will never forget that night.
Michele Huffman you would think differently if you heard the recording he made about Judy after she died. Google it.. it’s a disgrace. He, like everyone else in her life, trashed her reputation and threw her under the bus!
I remember when the news of her death was announced in 1969. I was eight years old and playing with my hot wheels on the kitchen floor and my mom was in the laundry room adjoining. She was devastated. Judy was her beau ideal of an entertainer--the "whole package" as she said. My mom was so deeply saddened that Miss Garland could never find a healing, happy place. She, like so many performers before and since, were gone from our lives too soon. A lot of people made a whole hell of a lot of money off of her talents, and no one seemed to step up and care for her when she was at her lowest.
When he talked about a sad thing that was happening, it was her house being foreclosed on. Why didn't all her co stars from the past help her ! Why didn't he ????
She had raw talent, such a wonderful human. I love how she always takes a bow as she enters and exits the stage...she loved performing and always greeted her fans with a thank you. So unlike the performers today.
I am glad this is back on youtube! Thanks for posting it! Judy has been through a lot by the time she did this show but she still made us smile and laugh.. She was and still is a legend and a classy woman! God love ya Judy!
Judy Garland was a Champion ! A Master at her Craft/Art...and...she was Real : nothing phoney about her ! I wish we had her just a little bit longer...but her Legacy will last forever !
*She was on Prescription Medications* but had a publicly-known past Drinking & Drug problem. She was hooked on Prescriptions _(Barbituates)_ which eventually caused her death. I'm glad the audience & interviewer Jack Paar saw past her vulnerability & weakness at that time and were supportive, respectful―also full of love for the Legendary Icon Judy Garland.
Unfortunately, the truth is more awful than that. They didn't see past her vulnerability - the industry was doing it to her, they were feeding her with drugs just to make her entertain the audience. Both sides couldn't care less about her well-being.
Thank you for posting this incredible piece of history. Today I visited the Judy Garland Museum and her home until the age of three - it left me missing Judy's performances and engaging personality. She truly was a star and a tragic story as well.
The people who claim Judy is drunk or high here are not watching her body language---if she was either, she is the most elegant and poised "drunk" who was "high" during a television appearance I've ever seen. She doesn't ramble and her wit as is razor-sharp, as ever. The fogginess of her voice was due, factually, to a reported bout with the flu, which began that previous March and from she was obviously still recovering. She went on to play the Palace Theatre, which she reopened in 1951, one last time, that August, to great acclaim.
Jane hudson Well said. Unfortunately, many people commenting on Judy's "drunk" or "high" state haven't a clue about her health. After nigh on forty years of working (yes, her career was work), having to take prescribed medication to function and intermittent poor health, she was by the time of this interview worn out. But, for some it is easier to dismiss Garland as a drunk or druggy because they haven't the intelligence to see beneath the surface. I believe, her own acute intelligence is threatening to some people; her wonderful humour in this clip is as intact as ever.
she certainly had a fragile makeup---that was part of her genius. and the reason she didn't survive into old age like the rest--she just burned out. having conniving people around her did not help. but you gotta love her sense of humor to the very end--that says spades. marvelous, marvelous entertainer and lovely (if somewhat tortured) funny, kind, human being. we love you judy---there will never be another you!
She didn't survive into old age due to an overdose that caused her Death. Being burnt out could've been behind her giving up on trying to kick the Habit to reclaim her life.
she did hav a show .. like a variety show with performances, interviews, etc .. she was inconsistent and it bombed .. I wish there was re-hab then like today she could hav lived longer .. bye judy . Distinctive voice like no other even since ..
Priceless! Looks like Judy had a Vidal Sasson cut which was so very fashionable at the time. And a mini skirt! Scandalous for its day. God I love this woman!
I hope to meet her in the next world. Because this world is just to sad for a lot of people.if your lucky to meet someone in this life who will be with you No matter what you have everything..
She’s wonderful but I’d be shocked if anyone doesn’t realize she’s absolutely wasted here. She could barely walk out on stage, notice that Parr had to go back and steady her. Plus he controlled nearly all of the conversation and she said actually very little. My heart breaks for her.
Dennis Loniak some of it was Adrenal Fatigue from so many pills...it’s amazing if you can even get out of bed to go anywhere! Considering her mother had been drugging her since the age of 9, it’s amazing she lasted as long as she did!
Corinne Hernandez it was probably a very bad case of Adrenal Fatigue from the pills...since being drugged from the age of nine! Only functional & Integrative medical practitioners or naturopaths will do testing for it today! It makes it difficult to even get out of bed...so this makes perfect sense why she couldn’t get to places on time! Unless you’ve been through it...you wouldn’t know how bad it is or recognize it! I’m guessing she had it for years & no one knew...if they had let her eat like a normal person, she might have recovered.
I remember listening to Judy singing the lyric "youth is so terribly fleeting" on the way to work at McDonalds when I was 16. I saw her death at 47 as being years away, and incredibly old. Now I'm 44, and the her death seems so incredibly young. It's amazing how relative "youth" is. Thanks for posting this nice clip. It makes me very reflective.
A true legend, great singer, great personality. She could act beautifully. There was nothing she couldn't do to perfection. She was born in Minn. I'm so proud as so was I. Love her, miss her...RIP beautiful lady.
I did not know this--thanks for sharing. It appears Judy had nobody to turn to in her addictions. Amazing she lasted to her age afterall. Very brave person and entertainer.
Yes they where good friends and I love seeing them have so much fun together. She is so funny and he knew how to bring it out of her. So much love to Judy.
Go watch some older interviews with judy & jack. Theres one from about 7 years (maybe) before this that is HILARIOUS!!! Her hair is A bit longer & shes in a black dress. Robert goulet is also on the episode. SOOOOOOÒ FUNNY!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Just a couple of months earlier (from this interview) Judy had been fired from the "Valley of the Dolls" film. And just two months after this visit, with the great Jack Parr, Judy made a triumphant return to an historic concert run at the Palace in New York City. Such was her roller-coaster life in her last years. The famous Bette Davis quote from "What About Eve" fits so perfectly here - "fasten your seat-belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" Cheers to the kindly and bright Mr. Parr and, of course, the grand Judy Garland.
Judy had a sh*t childhood and died so early because of it. Poor, sweet girl. I'm not famous, but I do know how hard it is to spend your life chasing acceptance. It's how I live every day. And it completely sucks! RIP Judy....
I heard, I dont know if it's true, that the studio could of actually got her hooked on drugs .She was given pills to sleep, wake up and for weight loss, like I said I'm not sure if its true.Sad, if it is..
@@debraevans3398 I read that too. Her mom wasn't any better she had her hooked on diet pills at an early age because she thought "Judy was fat". It's also true about the studios and the drugs. They had her working on movies constantly because she signed contracts and was the main bread winner for the family.
It is incredible that after all the decades past I still want to go back in time and help her.. That was part of her gift I suppose the ability to move anyone in her presence that way. I am guessing she could not be saved.. I was fortunate enough to meet Liza a few years ago 2010. After staring into the most beautiful brown eyes I gave her an enormous hug. I could feel the energy bouncing off her. In that moment I understood the energy her Mother must of had. 1967 was to be yet another comeback year for Judy .. "Valley of the Dolls" from which she was fired A string of successful concerts including yet another stay at the New York Palace theater.. ABC records recorded it.. but it was not to be.. We can debate each other forever.. The real truth is she was a talent a treasure a superstar ....
Years of uppers unwittingly given to her and others by studio docs got her hooked. The booze was to take off the nervous edge that increases over the years. You do this, you end up: Making wrong decisions An Addict Sick A wreck in the late 50s she got off the drugs. Her weight ballooned. No one in show business wanted her. She ended up getting back on to lose weight and have that powerful energy. Sad. Dear Judy was a VICTIM! A VICTIM! Not a selfish celeb, like they are today. And she had more talent that ANY SINGER OUT THERE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She walked on stage and TOOK OVER THAT ROOM. 5'4" tall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's talent. That's stage presence. Today you have auto tune and pitch correction, compression, delay, etc. Judy had her voice. I know. I saw her sing live.
Yes and they got her smoking, I believe, a few packs of cigarettes a day, as a teenager, to control her appetite. So she got hooked on them too. I wonder if she had not died from an overdose, would she have died of cancer eventually
@Ed Miller Ed Ed Ed. There you go. Spreading false, incorrect information like it was gospel truth. The truth is, yes she was addicted to pills, drugs, but was not an alcoholic. The coroner released a statement saying she died from an accidental overdose, and he said the rumor of alcoholism is not true. Her liver was normal, with no signs of cirrhosis, or any other alcoholic disease. Yet here you are saying she had cirrhosis. I was alive when she died. I watched the news about her death. But I guess you know more than the coroner who performed her autopsy.
She was drunk a lot of times..so what. No one knows the pressures, the insecurities, the fear she had to deal with every time she stepped on stage. She was always nervous and scared. Just think about what it takes to get up on a stage and perform for one hour and hope and pray 'they" like you. We took it for granted we loved her, but she was never that secure about other's feelings for her because so many people screwed her in her lifetime. She was very skeptical about people's motives. Too bad she couldn't protect herself.
i blame louis b mayer ,.. he was a tyrant and asshole ,.. he was so hard on Judy called her fatso,.. and when they had teh MGM Christmas all stars party fest he made sure she only get a bowl of broth and saltine.... :( no cake and turkey with all teh trimmings for judy ,..sigh poor girl,.
if you do not belive me about the bowl of soup for judy there are pictures of her sipping her soup alone table,.. www.pinterest.com/pin/342906959097978221/ Naomi Fish saved to Judy Garland Judy being made to eat Louis B. Mayers soup so she would lose weight, he was an asshole.
Dear Michael: Judy had a running joke on herself at this point in her life that she'd do anything to keep on working, even "sweep up the stage!" (her mother, stepfather, stepsiblings, husbands, and managers Fields and Begelman had by this time drained her like vampires). That is the story behind the gag with the broom.
On a cool misty night in NYC, I stood on line outside Campbell's Funeral Home for the viewing of the great Judy Garland. She looked lovely & she wore the famous red shoes. I will never forget that evening. I loved all her movies & the emotion in her singing. Molly Torres Kafes Born in Manhattan in 1938.
DON'T FORGET PEOPLE HER LEGACY WAS THAT SHE WAS A TRULY AN AMAZING SINGER AND ACTRESS. Addiction is A Horrible Thing!!! I'm sure we all know somebody that has died from an Overdose either from pills or alcohol!! CAN WE JUST SHOW SOME RESPECTAND REMEMBER THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN TO THE GROUND❤️❤️
She was my grandfather and fathers favorite, they absolutely loved her ... what amazed me about her besides her incredible singing and acting was that she had a fabulous comedic talent and that she survived all that life dished up ..... Liza who was also fabulous had to sit through Ellen sending her up which I thought was unkind ... these two woman had more talent in their little fingers !
Judy Garland wasn't the first Hollywood star to die of drug and alcohol abuse. She was, however, the first star to literally have her tragic deterioration captured on videotape and film. Her triumphs and tragedies were recorded on film. Judy died in front of our eyes. To her credit, so many people were touched by her passing. Many people felt for her and wished they could have helped her. Judy's body of work was and remains incredible..that is what is important. Her gifts are still treasured and bring pleasure to many.
Jack was always a good friend to Judy, and would often say how much he loved having her on the Tonight Show as a guest. After this introduction he quickly sums up Judy’s demeanour as she staggered onto the stage, and held her arm until she was firmly seated.
Dear David: Yours is among the most eloquent and factual post among the many that are here---when you're a "living legend" (as she was then, 2 years before her sad death), people often get myth confused with well-thought-out, factual information. Judy also almost died during a typhoon scare while touring with Mark Herron in 1965, took pills to calm down, and it has been documented that her heart (and thus, her brain tissue) was damaged during the stomach-pumping procedure. Kudos on your post!
What people forget or don't know is that one year later, in Spring-Summer 1968, Judy checked herself into a 3-week outpatient drug treatment program at Brigham Hospital in Boston for addiction to morphine & one other drug. That's all there was at the time. She also worked with a NY doctor to get herself down to 2 sleeping pills per night. Remember Judy's children, Lorna & Joe, left Judy to live with Dad because they couldn't cope with her. Sadly, she still drank & she overdosed.
@@ritagallagher8695 *She was on Prescription Medications,* but had a publicly-known past Drinking & Drug problem. Probably why she didn't like drinking. She was hooked on highly-addictive Prescriptions _(Barbituates)_ which eventually caused her death.
Compare how she is here with how she is on the 1962 interview with Paar. She seems to be falling apart here, yet within a few months, she'd be wowing audiences again with her performances. Amazing woman.
@@a.d.7922 The month is right, but the year was 1969. A month after this, she would begin a tour in New Jersey and New York, at the end of which she would be playing the Palace Theater in New York to sold-out performances. Talk about a Phoenix.
I know I've read 2 biographies and sat through countless TV documentaries about her. In one of the biographies it recounts a Las Vegas performance where she was too drunk to perform & the angry 1950's Vegas crowd simply would not have it; Judy walked off stage and grabbed 11 year old Liza to perform the rest of her set. It is recalled that Liza was a repeat success of her mother's nearly prodigious childhood achievements that night, wowing/fascinating the evening's crowd to a standing ovation!
I always feel sad for judy Garland her life was sad she was treated terribly throughout her life and she seemed like a lovely lady God rest her beautiful soul🙏❤
It seems like her mouth won't move as fast as her brain is moving - haven't we all been there? Through the fog she's as sharp and funny as ever. I love the tag line to the Munchkins story - "Poor things...but I expect they get residuals". She was so funny.
Deanna McDaniel Yes possibly, but I think at this point in her life/career, she had some neurological as well as emotional damage from years of drinking and hooked on pills, starting on the set of The Wizard Of Oz to keep weight off and keeping her awake to do 16 hrs. a day on set. I don’t think, in my own personal opinion she was drunk in this interview, just nervous energy from years of ingesting these concoctions.
Green gene Flowers - That could be the case. She seemed to be able to hold her own in conversations, but she seemed to have a hard time walking and acted like she wasn’t sure where she was supposed to go. She was still taking the pills. She tried to stop more than once, but wasn’t able to stop on her own and there weren’t rehab programs back then. So the world lost her to an accidental drug overdose at the young age of 47.
I've never seen a male host so physically affectionate to a female guest. And, these were "old fashioned" people. They must have been very close. Terrific dynamic.
If I could be as charming, articulate and funny _sober_ Od be thrilled. Who are you people, the new Prohibitionists? She self-medicated, she was anxious, flawed, human yet not: “not a natural but a supernatural being” to quote Delmore Schwartz more or less.
Ugh, error. Dictating due to a paralyzed hand, but not drunk. Lest you vilify me as well! What I had meant to say was “I would be”/“I’d be” not OD which looks like an ominous Freudian paraprax.
mstalcup I don’t know if this show was live or recorded, but I noticed @4.10 Mr Paar glanced nervously offstage (presumably to the director), seemingly worried that Miss Garland might say something outrageous that might get them taken off the air. In 1967 of course, censorship was still pretty strict about what was allowed on TV.
Frank Albert ......I’m with you, get over yourselves. How does it help you, or her legacy, to judge her so harshly, and point out her state of mind as being altered? We’re looking at an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. Who also happened to be blessed (or cursed) with a gift to communicate through her voice that makes her one the most important, and talented singers of the 20th century. Her gift, combined with her life story is compelling on several levels, and to marginalize her as just drunk, reflects much more poorly on you than her.
It is well documented that although she did have drinks, she rarely finished them. What you are seeing is the affect the years of taking highly addictive medication, first given to her in her teens by the studios and then on and off with "doctors" swirling all around her. She's as much a victim as she is accountable.
I was about to say the same Lorna said she never finished drinks that’s a part of the myth it is years of prescription drugs she’s still beautiful
This is conflating multiple issues, the medications she was giving by the studios were not the cause of her behavior in this interview but her use of barbiturates which began at a later date.
Now I guess to a certain extent it's not a stretch to assume that one beget the other but that's not a certainty, there's no doubt what the studios did was harmful but it's just impossible to say for certain that it's also to blame for her barbiturate addiction and ultimate demise.
I'm guessing amphetamines mixed with barbiturates have made her brain go like this, really sad to see, hopefully she was happy here at least.
Not the studio, it was her mother that started her on those, the epitome of a pushy brutal stage mother. I read somewhere that she was first given them when she was doing the gumm sisters acts with her sisters around the age of 8 or 9.
It's interesting was Judy said about Deanna Durbin. 'A hairy thick eyebrow. Very strange. Deanna Durbin was a very stunning woman & successful actress. I love Deanna Durbin. Judy's comments about Elizabeth Taylor were inappropriate. Very interesting.
2020 whos watching this too .. what an incredibly Distinctive voice .. to this day like no other .. !!
I'm watching in 2023.
Watching this seeing Paar tug on Judy's skirt and rub her knee at the beginning. Wtf
Me. Judy Garland was and still is a legend x
@Teddy300 really heartbreaking to me. I don't like knowing Dorothy was treated like that behind the scenes. Not Dorothy.
I'm watching 2020
Jack Paar was a fab host and he treated Judy with all the love and respect that she deserved. A real talented actress and singer. Thanks for wonderful post!
Awww Judy, my beautiful girl.
Rest In Peace💕
Drunk or not this woman was and still is a legend. Her voice was so distinctive. I've become a huge fan 50 years after she died which says it all. Once a legend always a legend x
Are you gay?
Her momma made her into a show pony through and through. Sad.
Considering how people around her used & abused her, she didn't start out becoming who is because of others, but because of her own "raw talent".
She was on Medication.
@@TheBrownIsland And how.
Sometimes, I have to just STOP at the miracle of this! Being able to pull up this old film. It's breathtaking ..It's magical!
Judy was obviously drunk or high, but still came up with the goods. And respect to Paar for navigating the interview so skillfully and with obvious affection for his guest and friend. Civilised audience too who sound as if they saw beyond Garlands fragility to the heart of the legend..
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itgetseasierlessitry she doesn’t seem drunk or high to me
True but I think it's fascinating to see intoxicated celebrities it shows they to have issues of some kind ✌️
She wasn’t she literally wasn’t a drinker her own daughter stated she didn’t drink hardly ever
I remember watching this show the day before my 15th birthday, when it first was broadcasted! It was spectacular then and also almost 57 years later! Thank you You Tube!
Nostalgia must be impossible to escape when you see clips from this time. It must be surreal to watch these videos now. Sending love❤️
Yoooo. You saw the original broadcast when it aired???
The most incredible live performance I've ever seen (and I've seen a lot of them) was Judy at the Hollywood Bowl. It was her comeback to Hollywood after her amazing comeback at Carnegie Hall. I don't know how I managed to convince my mother to take me. There were 20,000 people there and it rained. In Los Angeles, whenever it rains, everybody runs for shelter but NOBODY left. I remember seeing the tears of the big red-faced Texan who sat next to me mixing with the rain on his face. I will never forget that night.
God Bless you, Ms Garland. There will never be another.
Jack Paar's introduction of Judy is so beautiful and heartbreaking, and the two look like they are having so much fun together.
He was such a gentleman.
Michele Huffman you would think differently if you heard the recording he made about Judy after she died. Google it.. it’s a disgrace. He, like everyone else in her life, trashed her reputation and threw her under the bus!
@@abriellehorvath3195 That is terrible. I will check it out.
I have never seen a interviewer show so much affection,they looked like real pals,
Chris Jones you’re wrong. Google what he said about her after she died.
Judy garland is a legend her incredible talent is timeless
She seems like a lovely human being too
So sad she had to suffer
Everyone in this world SUFFERS at one time or another!
I remember when the news of her death was announced in 1969. I was eight years old and playing with my hot wheels on the kitchen floor and my mom was in the laundry room adjoining. She was devastated. Judy was her beau ideal of an entertainer--the "whole package" as she said. My mom was so deeply saddened that Miss Garland could never find a healing, happy place. She, like so many performers before and since, were gone from our lives too soon. A lot of people made a whole hell of a lot of money off of her talents, and no one seemed to step up and care for her when she was at her lowest.
So tragic the way Judy Garland ended-up! She is truly a NATIONAL TREASURE! Her singing voice was so very lovely!! Very talented actress as well!
When he talked about a sad thing that was happening, it was her house being foreclosed on. Why didn't all her co stars from the past help her ! Why didn't he ????
@@meledastephens7895 People are so selfish & greedy!
Many people run away from adversity
Judy was brilliant and she was hilarious. Her stories were one of a kind.
She was a precious lady. Died way too soon.
This is a great interview! I love all these. I miss those days! People spoke and were hilarious! Without sensorship!💜
I never knew that she could be funny as hell too! lol.
you didn't know her
I was 3 years and 3 months. Now I'm a grandfather of 9. Time flys. RIP Parr & Garland. 🙏
She had raw talent, such a wonderful human. I love how she always takes a bow as she enters and exits the stage...she loved performing and always greeted her fans with a thank you. So unlike the performers today.
Yes!
I am glad this is back on youtube! Thanks for posting it! Judy has been through a lot by the time she did this show but she still made us smile and laugh.. She was and still is a legend and a classy woman! God love ya Judy!
Gosh,this almost made me cry.Such a wonderful lady Judy was...
true!
Judy Garland was a Champion ! A Master at her Craft/Art...and...she was Real : nothing phoney about her ! I wish we had her just a little bit longer...but her Legacy will last forever !
Judy was a star that won't be forgotten for a long time. Died in 1969 and people still know of her
*She was on Prescription Medications* but had a publicly-known past Drinking & Drug problem. She was hooked on Prescriptions _(Barbituates)_ which eventually caused her death. I'm glad the audience & interviewer Jack Paar saw past her vulnerability & weakness at that time and were supportive, respectful―also full of love for the Legendary Icon Judy Garland.
Unfortunately, the truth is more awful than that. They didn't see past her vulnerability - the industry was doing it to her, they were feeding her with drugs just to make her entertain the audience. Both sides couldn't care less about her well-being.
@hannahsdrawings8664 I believe that THAT is the truth !!!
She gave everything...everything..and it killed her.
No. Addiction did that.
David Ames
She became an addict at he hands of the studio..because she wanted to be able to give everything.
Jimmy Greene
Not just any old drug addict..a very gifted woman..with a story that’ll be told long after we’ve shuffled off this mortal coil.
Uncomfortable to watch afer seeing 'Judy' she was a true star! So sad how Hollywood manipulates
@Jimmy Greene drug addict to cope with the years of abuse. She did it all in order to keep going and it killed her
God Bless This Interviewer, he really held Judy up here, when lost for word's.
Great sense of humor for everything she went thru. Dynamite entertainer.
Thank you for posting this incredible piece of history. Today I visited the Judy Garland Museum and her home until the age of three - it left me missing Judy's performances and engaging personality. She truly was a star and a tragic story as well.
The people who claim Judy is drunk or high here are not watching her body language---if she was either, she is the most elegant and poised "drunk" who was "high" during a television appearance I've ever seen. She doesn't ramble and her wit as is razor-sharp, as ever. The fogginess of her voice was due, factually, to a reported bout with the flu, which began that previous March and from she was obviously still recovering. She went on to play the Palace Theatre, which she reopened in 1951, one last time, that August, to great acclaim.
Are you blind?
Jane hudson Well said. Unfortunately, many people commenting on Judy's "drunk" or "high" state haven't a clue about her health. After nigh on forty years of working (yes, her career was work), having to take prescribed medication to function and intermittent poor health, she was by the time of this interview worn out. But, for some it is easier to dismiss Garland as a drunk or druggy because they haven't the intelligence to see beneath the surface. I believe, her own acute intelligence is threatening to some people; her wonderful humour in this clip is as intact as ever.
Flu doesn't last a month.
rVidaeverdade she was a drug addicts
@@elspethcoogan1499 it's not easier to say she's a drunk and druggie but the truth.. Duh.
Judy, bless her heart, was delightful here. My heart was pulling for her to do well in this interview. Jack Paar did see through to the legend!
Why doesn't he ever let her talk
she certainly had a fragile makeup---that was part of her genius. and the reason she didn't survive into old age like the rest--she just burned out. having conniving people around her did not help. but you gotta love her sense of humor to the very end--that says spades. marvelous, marvelous entertainer and lovely (if somewhat tortured) funny, kind, human being. we love you judy---there will never be another you!
Rest In Peace Judy ✝️🙏🌈🌈🌈
Like Elvis PRESLEY 😭😭
Yeah working for degenerate child ra###t had no blame in her demise..👺
She didn't survive into old age due to an overdose that caused her Death. Being burnt out could've been behind her giving up on trying to kick the Habit to reclaim her life.
“The moochkins”
“Yeah how bout the, The whuut?!”
😂😂😂 good woman! She was too funny.
Just thinking how multi talented she was. She would have made a riotous talk show host!
she did hav a show .. like a variety show with performances, interviews, etc .. she was inconsistent and it bombed .. I wish there was re-hab then like today she could hav lived longer .. bye judy . Distinctive voice like no other even since ..
She had a show, you can find some great performances on UA-cam from it. "THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW"
Priceless! Looks like Judy had a Vidal Sasson cut which was so very fashionable at the time. And a mini skirt! Scandalous for its day. God I love this woman!
Mini was the ,60's fashion!!!
I hope to meet her in the next world. Because this world is just to sad for a lot of people.if your lucky to meet someone in this life who will be with you No matter what you have everything..
Judy is simply "MARVELLOUS"!!!!!! Love U Judy. Peace
She’s wonderful but I’d be shocked if anyone doesn’t realize she’s absolutely wasted here. She could barely walk out on stage, notice that Parr had to go back and steady her. Plus he controlled nearly all of the conversation and she said actually very little. My heart breaks for her.
@@unconditionalfreedom She's even worse with Dick Cavett a year later - that's also on UA-cam.
I agree she is obviously high .... very sad
Dennis Loniak some of it was Adrenal Fatigue from so many pills...it’s amazing if you can even get out of bed to go anywhere! Considering her mother had been drugging her since the age of 9, it’s amazing she lasted as long as she did!
Corinne Hernandez it was probably a very bad case of Adrenal Fatigue from the pills...since being drugged from the age of nine! Only functional & Integrative medical practitioners or naturopaths will do testing for it today! It makes it difficult to even get out of bed...so this makes perfect sense why she couldn’t get to places on time! Unless you’ve been through it...you wouldn’t know how bad it is or recognize it! I’m guessing she had it for years & no one knew...if they had let her eat like a normal person, she might have recovered.
I'd stay wasted too if every screw that came along stoled everything from me while I worked myself to death. Demonic men.
I remember listening to Judy singing the lyric "youth is so terribly fleeting" on the way to work at McDonalds when I was 16. I saw her death at 47 as being years away, and incredibly old. Now I'm 44, and the her death seems so incredibly young. It's amazing how relative "youth" is. Thanks for posting this nice clip. It makes me very reflective.
She was very young
She was a survivor, a genius, a unique beauty and I loved her!!! Although it’s obvious she’s wasted during this interview, her QUICK WIT amazes me.
Survivor? 'fraid not.
A true legend, great singer, great personality. She could act beautifully. There was nothing she couldn't do to perfection. She was born in Minn. I'm so proud as so was I. Love her, miss her...RIP beautiful lady.
I saw this show when it was "live" in '67 ... I'll never forget the "broom" thing she did walking on and walking off.
I did not know this--thanks for sharing. It appears Judy had nobody to turn to in her addictions. Amazing she lasted to her age afterall. Very brave person and entertainer.
David L , thanks for the video can still see these classics from past times , someday this will be seen as centuries old.
I Love this Legend who flew away too soon! Judy Garland FOREVER!
Yes they where good friends and I love seeing them have so much fun together. She is so funny and he knew how to bring it out of her. So much love to Judy.
i never realized how funny and quick she was,,
I agree. I've never seen an interview with her before.
Floater IT SEEMS YOU DIDN'T KNOW HER FOR REAL .she was a comedian everybody knows
T. J but judy was recognize has a funny person
Go watch some older interviews with judy & jack. Theres one from about 7 years (maybe) before this that is HILARIOUS!!! Her hair is A bit longer & shes in a black dress. Robert goulet is also on the episode. SOOOOOOÒ FUNNY!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
She's a Gemini!
I will all ways love love love this beautiful women !!
Thank you for uploading this.
Just a couple of months earlier (from this interview) Judy had been fired from the "Valley of the Dolls" film. And just two months after this visit, with the great Jack Parr, Judy made a triumphant return to an historic concert run at the Palace in New York City. Such was her roller-coaster life in her last years. The famous Bette Davis quote from "What About Eve" fits so perfectly here - "fasten your seat-belts, it's going to be a bumpy night!" Cheers to the kindly and bright Mr. Parr and, of course, the grand Judy Garland.
I really liked watching this -- Judy seems happy and healthy, although way too thin. I think she's about 45 years old here.
I have always felt a lot of compassion for Judy Garland. She was a giant talent, but her mother and the Hollywood system really did a number on her.
Judy had a sh*t childhood and died so early because of it. Poor, sweet girl. I'm not famous, but I do know how hard it is to spend your life chasing acceptance. It's how I live every day. And it completely sucks! RIP Judy....
I disagree she's to addicted to drugs it's a freight train waiting to happen overdose
Same. X
I heard, I dont know if it's true, that the studio could of actually got her hooked on drugs .She was given pills to sleep, wake up and for weight loss, like I said I'm not sure if its true.Sad, if it is..
@@debraevans3398 I read that too. Her mom wasn't any better she had her hooked on diet pills at an early age because she thought "Judy was fat". It's also true about the studios and the drugs. They had her working on movies constantly because she signed contracts and was the main bread winner for the family.
My goodness what a precious woman
Judy was an awesome person with so much talent humor too as well too !
It is incredible that after all the decades past I still want to go back in time and help her.. That was part of her gift I suppose the ability to move anyone in her presence that way. I am guessing she could not be saved.. I was fortunate enough to meet Liza a few years ago 2010. After staring into the most beautiful brown eyes I gave her an enormous hug. I could feel the energy bouncing off her. In that moment I understood the energy her Mother must of had. 1967 was to be yet another comeback year for Judy .. "Valley of the Dolls" from which she was fired A string of successful concerts including yet another stay at the New York Palace theater.. ABC records recorded it.. but it was not to be.. We can debate each other forever.. The real truth is she was a talent a treasure a superstar ....
Years of uppers unwittingly given to her and others by studio docs got her hooked. The booze was to take off the nervous edge that increases over the years. You do this, you end up:
Making wrong decisions
An Addict
Sick
A wreck
in the late 50s she got off the drugs. Her weight ballooned. No one in show business wanted her. She ended up getting back on to lose weight and have that powerful energy.
Sad.
Dear Judy was a VICTIM! A VICTIM! Not a selfish celeb, like they are today.
And she had more talent that ANY SINGER OUT THERE TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She walked on stage and TOOK OVER THAT ROOM. 5'4" tall!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's talent. That's stage presence.
Today you have auto tune and pitch correction, compression, delay, etc. Judy had her voice.
I know. I saw her sing live.
She was actually 4'11"
4'11.
Yes and they got her smoking, I believe, a few packs of cigarettes a day, as a teenager, to control her appetite. So she got hooked on them too. I wonder if she had not died from an overdose, would she have died of cancer eventually
The weight problem was from Hepatitis
@Ed Miller Ed Ed Ed. There you go. Spreading false, incorrect information like it was gospel truth. The truth is, yes she was addicted to pills, drugs, but was not an alcoholic. The coroner released a statement saying she died from an accidental overdose, and he said the rumor of alcoholism is not true. Her liver was normal, with no signs of cirrhosis, or any other alcoholic disease. Yet here you are saying she had cirrhosis. I was alive when she died. I watched the news about her death. But I guess you know more than the coroner who performed her autopsy.
Thanks for uploading this David Layton. First time seeing this. Love Judy.
She’s hilariously funny, even when she buzzed!
kay sav Boozed!🤣
Why do you say she’s buzzed that’s very disrespectful I do agree she’s funny but that’s because of her personality
a j l She was an alcoholic
Thanks for sharing
Love anything Judy
Does it really matter? Judy makes me laugh, and how she handles interviews is absolutely whimsical...
Thanks so much for posting this fabulous piece of vid footage, have not seen before
Jack: The Moonchkins
Judy: The what?!
She was drunk a lot of times..so what. No one knows the pressures, the insecurities, the fear she had to deal with every time she stepped on stage. She was always nervous and scared. Just think about what it takes to get up on a stage and perform for one hour and hope and pray 'they" like you. We took it for granted we loved her, but she was never that secure about other's feelings for her because so many people screwed her in her lifetime. She was very skeptical about people's motives. Too bad she couldn't protect herself.
Very well said, thank you for that.
i blame louis b mayer ,.. he was a tyrant and asshole ,.. he was so hard on Judy called her fatso,.. and when they had teh MGM Christmas all stars party fest he made sure she only get a bowl of broth and saltine.... :( no cake and turkey with all teh trimmings for judy ,..sigh poor girl,.
if you do not belive me about the bowl of soup for judy there are pictures of her sipping her soup alone table,.. www.pinterest.com/pin/342906959097978221/ Naomi Fish saved to Judy Garland
Judy being made to eat Louis B. Mayers soup so she would lose weight, he was an asshole.
she had a rough life. still greatest all around entertainer of all time.
J kK no she didnt she was only drug addicts
Dear Michael: Judy had a running joke on herself at this point in her life that she'd do anything to keep on working, even "sweep up the stage!" (her mother, stepfather, stepsiblings, husbands, and managers Fields and Begelman had by this time drained her like vampires). That is the story behind the gag with the broom.
How nice, and refreshing, to read a sensible, insightful comment on this video. Thank you!
I'm 12 and Judy Garland is my idol. (That doesnt mean Im gonna go smoke, I just love her)
Jesus, our Saviour God, loves you, sweet friend. Let Him be your idol. Judy can be a role model. God bless you love.
@@lvelez1999 amen!
@@lvelez1999 fuck off with it
@@lvelez1999 Oh, for Pete's sake, get a life. Good for you Autumn, you do you, always.
On a cool misty night
in NYC, I stood on line
outside Campbell's
Funeral Home for the
viewing of the great
Judy Garland. She
looked lovely & she wore the famous red
shoes. I will never
forget that evening.
I loved all her movies & the emotion in her
singing.
Molly Torres Kafes
Born in Manhattan
in 1938.
DON'T FORGET PEOPLE HER LEGACY WAS THAT SHE WAS A TRULY AN AMAZING SINGER AND ACTRESS. Addiction is A Horrible Thing!!! I'm sure we all know somebody that has died from an Overdose either from pills or alcohol!! CAN WE JUST SHOW SOME RESPECTAND REMEMBER THE GOOD THINGS ABOUT THEM INSTEAD OF TEARING THEM DOWN TO THE GROUND❤️❤️
omg I love her
Arguably One Of The Greatest Talents Of The 20th century. Can't Believe it's Over 50 years Since She Died in London at just 47.
She was my grandfather and fathers favorite, they absolutely loved her ... what amazed me about her besides her incredible singing and acting was that she had a fabulous comedic talent and that she survived all that life dished up ..... Liza who was also fabulous had to sit through Ellen sending her up which I thought was unkind ... these two woman had more talent in their little fingers !
she had guts that Judy.
She was a beautiful classy lady
Judy Garland wasn't the first Hollywood star to die of drug and alcohol abuse. She was, however, the first star to literally have her tragic deterioration captured on videotape and film. Her triumphs and tragedies were recorded on film. Judy died in front of our eyes. To her credit, so many people were touched by her passing. Many people felt for her and wished they could have helped her. Judy's body of work was and remains incredible..that is what is important. Her gifts are still treasured and bring pleasure to many.
Judy's still on the ball and hilarious even when stoned--god love her---
6-15-22 Happy 100th Birthday JUDY!!!!!!!
Jack was always a good friend to Judy, and would often say how much he loved having her on the Tonight Show as a guest. After this introduction he quickly sums up Judy’s demeanour as she staggered onto the stage, and held her arm until she was firmly seated.
Dear David: Yours is among the most eloquent and factual post among the many that are here---when you're a "living legend" (as she was then, 2 years before her sad death), people often get myth confused with well-thought-out, factual information. Judy also almost died during a typhoon scare while touring with Mark Herron in 1965, took pills to calm down, and it has been documented that her heart (and thus, her brain tissue) was damaged during the stomach-pumping procedure. Kudos on your post!
What people forget or don't know is that one year later, in Spring-Summer 1968, Judy checked herself into a 3-week outpatient drug treatment program at Brigham Hospital in Boston for addiction to morphine & one other drug. That's all there was at the time. She also worked with a NY doctor to get herself down to 2 sleeping pills per night. Remember Judy's children, Lorna & Joe, left Judy to live with Dad because they couldn't cope with her. Sadly, she still drank & she overdosed.
Judy Garland is hilarious. I had no idea she had such a great sense of humour.
Sadly she needed massive amounts of drugs to be cognizant, the studio(Louis B Mayer) was an absolute monster
"Let's hope it's Nibbles" LOL I love Judy's face during that bit 'cause obviously it sounds like something else haha
She said Nipples
I agree totally--she's a bright shining fragile star--more help should have been available to her back then. Then she might still be with us.
@6:54
"They where drunks"
LOL
Love you Judy
They said in a bio of her that she never liked to drink it was the drugs
And, in addition, she had bulimia thanks to Louis B. Mayer. But she was FABULOUS!
She was on Prescription Medicatio
She was on Prescription Medications.
@@ritagallagher8695 *She was on Prescription Medications,* but had a publicly-known past Drinking & Drug problem. Probably why she didn't like drinking. She was hooked on highly-addictive Prescriptions _(Barbituates)_ which eventually caused her death.
Just love your channel here David - just found it here and it was your stuff - great Judy stuff !
She's brilliant!!!
Such a sweet & humble person 💞she even picked up the broom off the floor😌💗
Compare how she is here with how she is on the 1962 interview with Paar. She seems to be falling apart here, yet within a few months, she'd be wowing audiences again with her performances. Amazing woman.
she died about 1 month later (june 1967)
@@a.d.7922 The month is right, but the year was 1969. A month after this, she would begin a tour in New Jersey and New York, at the end of which she would be playing the Palace Theater in New York to sold-out performances. Talk about a Phoenix.
Beluckyinlove net she died TWO years later.. 1969
@@a.d.7922 No, she didn't. I met her in person the next month in Westbury, New York. She was wonderful to me.
JUdy was awesome giftted and very funny !
I know
I've read 2 biographies and sat through countless TV documentaries about her.
In one of the biographies it recounts a Las Vegas performance where she was too drunk to perform & the angry 1950's Vegas crowd simply would not have it; Judy walked off stage and grabbed 11 year old Liza to perform the rest of her set. It is recalled that Liza was a repeat success of her mother's nearly prodigious childhood achievements that night, wowing/fascinating the evening's crowd to a standing ovation!
I always feel sad for judy Garland her life was sad she was treated terribly throughout her life and she seemed like a lovely lady God rest her beautiful soul🙏❤
She could act, sing, & was hilariously funny!! What a talented queen she was!!
Beautiful introduction, respectful and admiring host 😌
OMG she's hilarious. I love this.
It seems like her mouth won't move as fast as her brain is moving - haven't we all been there? Through the fog she's as sharp and funny as ever. I love the tag line to the Munchkins story - "Poor things...but I expect they get residuals". She was so funny.
she really was a one and only. to bad she never had a happy life to young to die America always loved her we still miss her
She was so adorable and funny. Rip Judy
She is high as hell in this interview..
Deanna McDaniel - She’s high in every interview I’ve seen.
Deanna McDaniel
Yes possibly, but I think at this point in her life/career, she had some neurological as well as emotional damage from years of drinking and hooked on pills, starting on the set of The Wizard Of Oz to keep weight off and keeping her awake to do 16 hrs. a day on set. I don’t think, in my own personal opinion she was drunk in this interview, just nervous energy from years of ingesting these concoctions.
cmmahoney21 please read my reply to Deanna McDonald. Thanks.
Green gene Flowers - That could be the case. She seemed to be able to hold her own in conversations, but she seemed to have a hard time walking and acted like she wasn’t sure where she was supposed to go. She was still taking the pills. She tried to stop more than once, but wasn’t able to stop on her own and there weren’t rehab programs back then. So the world lost her to an accidental drug overdose at the young age of 47.
She said at the end "I'll go home and you stay here" I think because he would barely let her get a word in.
v I know, he cut her off a few times when I really wanted to hear what she was going to say... then he told his story 🙄
She was I intoxicated. He helped her through this interview.
Theresa Cole think that's exactly what was going on.
Bless her heart. She looked so much older than 47!
She's 44 here.
+SpiceGirlsLover4Ever She looks older than 44.
Taeylor Brooks sadly, the substance abuse aged her.
she was born in 1922 , so she is 45
@@a.d.7922 She was born in June, and this is May, so she's 44 here.
I've never seen a male host so physically affectionate to a female guest. And, these were "old fashioned" people. They must have been very close. Terrific dynamic.
She was too intoxicated to do this and Paar knew it. He had to fill almost all the interview time with his own voice.
Yes, She's Drunk!!!!
If I could be as charming, articulate and funny _sober_ Od be thrilled. Who are you people, the new Prohibitionists? She self-medicated, she was anxious, flawed, human yet not: “not a natural but a supernatural being” to quote Delmore Schwartz more or less.
Ugh, error. Dictating due to a paralyzed hand, but not drunk. Lest you vilify me as well! What I had meant to say was “I would be”/“I’d be” not OD which looks like an ominous Freudian paraprax.
mstalcup I don’t know if this show was live or recorded, but I noticed @4.10 Mr Paar glanced nervously offstage (presumably to the director), seemingly worried that Miss Garland might say something outrageous that might get them taken off the air. In 1967 of course, censorship was still pretty strict about what was allowed on TV.
Frank Albert ......I’m with you, get over yourselves. How does it help you, or her legacy, to judge her so harshly, and point out her state of mind as being altered? We’re looking at an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation. Who also happened to be blessed (or cursed) with a gift to communicate through her voice that makes her one the most important, and talented singers of the 20th century. Her gift, combined with her life story is compelling on several levels, and to marginalize her as just drunk, reflects much more poorly on you than her.
Don't you love the way Parr made her feel so welcome and comfortable that she didn't want to leave? He seemed like a really nice guy to me.