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Iconic Guests & Duets of The Judy Garland Show: Part 4

Feb 1, 2019

Episode 5.4 focuses on The Judy Garland Show’s groundbreaking guest appearances and musical performances. Cynthia Bemis Abrams and Angela Ingersoll explore how Judy Garland’s series brought together some of the most influential talents of the era, from Broadway legends like Ethel Merman to rising stars like Barbra Streisand. Through performances that highlighted both classic Hollywood and the evolving entertainment industry, Judy’s show became a significant cultural touchstone. This episode uncovers how Judy’s collaborations with stars like Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll, and Liza Minnelli transcended entertainment, giving a platform to diverse voices in a male-dominated industry. The conversation also explores the pressures Judy faced from CBS executives and how she navigated the challenges of sexism and constant scrutiny.

Judy's guests fell into three categories: family (her three children), emerging singers and classic Hollywood actors and singers.

While the early, black and white appearances of emerging talents Barbra Streisand, Diahann Carroll and Lena Horne all make The Judy Garland Show the fascinating time capsule that it is, those performances are one kind of offering Judy made to the world. That's where her talent was strongest. Singing. Streisand is now an icon. In 1963, Carroll was a singer and actor who made TV herstory in the mid 60s as the star of Julia, the first modern sitcom about a black woman. Horne, singer, dancer, actor and civil rights activist, was blacklisted from Hollywood and ultimately returned to her singing roots. Her appearance on The Judy Garland Show was a big deal.

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Lorna Luft (1999) Me and My Shadows  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1061873.Me_and_My_Shadows

Coyne Steven Sanders (1990) The Judy Garland Show: Rainbow's End  https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/coyne-steven-sanders-2/rainbows-end-the-judy-garland-show/