Judy Garland : watching her show brought back on Gettv

and it's so incredibly painful. this person who when I hear her sing Over the Rainbow I actually cry..EVERY TIME! her voice is so magical. I looked forward to the movie, they played it once every year when I was a kid and I must have had a reaction to her voice then too because my mom would sing it to me at night before I went to bed.

Seeing Judy so fragile and skeletal and knowing that a s s h o l e MEN told her she was fat and worked her to death for the almighty dollar when she was youngit still to this day goes on and on.

This human with a voice like what I picture the angels in heaven having, and she was destroyed by men telling her she was fat and not good enough.

It's 2015, when will it end?

Debating with a fool is like winking at a girl in the dark, it's best not to bother.

Good grief, another "poor Judy" post. Can't you instead just celebrate
and enjoy the fact that her brilliant TV series is back on the air???
In an age of such musical mediocrity, younger people can discover just
what truly great singing is, all the while experiencing super young
Liza, Barbra and legendary heavyweights Lena Horne, Peggy Lee and Tony
Bennett, among others.

As for her weight, Garland looked better on her TV series than she had
looked since MGM. Of course dieting was hard for her, but people prefer
thin stars. And it was Garland's choice in the fall of '62, months before
the TV show was even formulized, to lose the excess weight she had been
carrying for years. I think she looks glamorous and sensational on her
show.

I'm glad the show is being seen again, and there are many brilliant moments to be sure, although we all know that attempting to mold her into a "traditional" hostess/performer on a musical variety hour was unrealistic. If only a handful of her ballads had survived from this series, they would have been enough to showcase her genius.

That said, I think except for the first cou1354ple of shows, she looked pretty strained and often shockingly aged. (Even for that era, when women in their forties, even stars, tended to look their age.) The Mackie costumes were glitzy butIMOdistracting and not always flattering. The makeup became very heavy and they did some damn strange things with her hair! I don't think she had the best taste, and likely the people who tended to her did as she instructed. She looked far more attractive on her first Hollywood Palace appearance a couple of years latera bit plump, hair pretty good, and in color. The voice was strong, but losing control. (Then again, vocal control was wavering during the series, too.)


But there is so much of her talent on display during the series, I think her appearance can be overlooked. After the first few episodes they did stop those super-close, graphic, shot-from-below angles that were very dramatic, but played into the "tragic" aspect of her image. Later, the camera stayed at a reasonable distance, they gave her a better filter on the lens, and more effort was put into making her look glamorous.

That said, I think except for the first couple of shows, she looked pretty strained and often shockingly aged. (Even for that era, when women in their forties, even stars, tended to look their age.) The Mackie costumes were glitzy butIMOdistracting and not always flattering. The makeup became very heavy and they did some damn strange things with her hair! I don't think she had the best taste, and likely the people who tended to her did as she instructed. She looked far more attractive on her first Hollywood Palace appearance a couple of years latera bit plump, hair pretty good, and in color. The voice was strong, but losing control. (Then again, vocal control was wavering during the series, too.)


But there is so much of her talent on display during the series, I think her appearance can be overlooked. After the first few episodes they did stop those super-close, graphic, shot-from-below angles that were very dramatic, but played into the "tragic" aspect of her image. Later, the camera stayed at a reasonable distance, they gave her a better filter on the lens, and more effort was put into making her look glamorous.


I guess I'm one of those people who overlook things like clothes LOL. I'm also one who doesn't have a problem with how Judy looked.

"When I'm home, I always try to catch THE JUDY GARLAND SHOW - has she been singing! It's just beautiful the way she's been singing." - Ella Fitzgerald, 1964.

"I've never written a fan letter, but I'd like to write one to Judy Garland for the way her show's improved- now she's bringing theatre to TV." - Mary Martin

Seeing Judy so fragile and skeletal and knowing that a s s h o l e MEN told her she was fat and worked her to death for the almighty dollar when she was youngit still to this day goes on and on.


Louis B. Mayer's actions are often downplayed nowadays. I don't think he was entirely guilty of being cruel, but he was guilty of being greedy and stupid.



This human with a voice like what I picture the angels in heaven having, and she was destroyed by men telling her she was fat and not good enough.


And yet friends, lovers, critics and the audience felt otherwise. In fact critics had been commenting on Judy's beauty as early as 1940 before her "transformation" in MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS [1944]. The fan magazines were also taking note.

I think Judy was very beautiful and sexy on her television show.

I looked forward to the movie, they played it once every year when I was a kid and I must have had a reaction to her voice then too because my mom would sing it to me at night before I went to bed.


Judy has an easier time of enduring than most stars of Hollywood's Golden Age.

This human with a voice like what I picture the angels in heaven having, and she was destroyed by men telling her she was fat and not good enough.


If heaven exists, and I know it doesn't, Judy would be the one reason to go there.

Looks like she is having great fun on this rare tv show broadcast. Just love Get-TV, if you don't have it get some rabbit ears to pick it up over the airwaves!!

Judy always appeared to have fun with her guests on tv.