The Judy Garland Show — Season 1, Episode 5: Episode #5
Comedy • 60 min • 1 season, 26 episodes • ★ 8.2/10
Episode synopsis
Taped: July 30, 1963 Aired: December 15, 1963 Regulars: Jerry Van Dyke Guests: Tony Bennett and Dick Shawn Program Highlights: If Love Were All (Judy Garland) [deleted] Yes Indeed (Judy Garland, Tony Bennett, Dick Shawn and Dancers) "Honestly Sincere" (Dick and Jerry) "True Blue Lou" (Tony) "Keep Smiling at Trouble" (Tony) Judy Garland - Tony Bennett Medley: "Night Train" (Boy Dancers) "Lullaby of Broadway" (Tony) Carolina in the Morning (Judy) "Kansas City" (Tony) When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves for Alabam' (Judy) That's All (Judy) [insert from Episode #10] One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) (comedy version, Judy, Jerry, Dancers and Chorus) [insert from Episode #10] My Buddy (Judy and Dick) comedy routine (Dick Shawn with Judy and Jerry) Born in a Trunk: Greek Theatre moth story Stormy Weather (Judy Garland) Maybe I'll Come Back (Judy)
About The Judy Garland Show
The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several television specials featuring the star. Garland, who for years had been reluctant to commit to a weekly series, saw the show as her best chance to pull herself out of severe financial difficulties. Production difficulties beset the series almost from the beginning. The series had three different producers in the course of its 26 episodes and went through a number of other key personnel changes. With the change in producers also came changes to the show's format, which started as comedy/variety but switched to an almost purely concert format. While Garland herself was popular with critics, the initial variety format and her co-star, Jerry Van Dyke, were not. The show competed with Bonanza, then the fourth most popular program on television, and consistently performed poorly in the ratings. Although fans rallied in an attempt to save the show, CBS cancelled it after a single season. TV Guide included the series in their 2013 list of 60 shows that were "Cancelled Too Soon".