Ethel Merman Disco Album

Lat night I watched Ethel Merman's first screen appearance, a little musical short subject titled Her Future. She was loud and brassy and weird even in 1930. But 49 years later, with her venture into disco, she was beyond weird.

The actual Tonight Show singing occurs in part 2.

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Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 05, 2009
Category: Music | 1970s

Comments

Thanks, Paul. Thanks for ruining Alexander's Ragtime Band for me...

Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 11/05/09 at 04:00 PM

Ethel (That's what high octane gas used to be called) always got my channel-flipper-finger twitching.

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/05/09 at 10:58 PM

I always thought it was called Ethyl.

Posted by Salamander Sam in Chicago on 11/05/09 at 11:08 PM

A rose by any other spelling.....

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 11/06/09 at 12:23 PM

...still has thorns! :cheese:

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 11/06/09 at 08:13 PM

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