Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall

Would that there were entertainers like this today. I suppose there probably are but they just don`t get the chance to shine the way they used to. I`ve always been impressed by someone who could just stand at a microphone and sing with an orchestra without having to resort to walking the stage or gyrating uncontrollably like the performers we see today. Julie and Carol were (and are) just that. Of course they were helped by the great Mike Nichols direction and the orchestrations of the always wonderful Irwin Kostal(Mary Poppins, The Sound of Music, West Side Story). There is Comedy and music all through this special including a medley of the great standards of the fifties and sixties. If your lucky enough to get a chance to see it don`t let that chance go by.

I saw the telecast twice (it was rerun several months after the premier) and it was fantastic. However, beware the LP of the show: it's not from the show but a re-recording. The performances are slightly different and the audience laughter is weak and obviously fake. Get the original TV version! I haven't seen it but I hope the commercials are left in. Most of them were part of the show and there is some good bantering between Carol and George Fenneman. The show ran 1 hour with hardly any breaks----imagine that today! Carol's persona was so different then; her makeup emphasized the size of her mouth and her character was that of an un-ladylike tomboy. It worked well: don't forget this was a time that, on the East coast anyway, many women in public still wore white gloves! Her character mellowed to perfection in her own show.

I had the pleasure of watching this at the Museum of Radio and Television this past weekend and my only regret is not writing down who the writer of the song "Meantime" (that Carol sings) is. I fell in love with it and would like to find the sheet music, if available. Any information would be greatly appreciated, Thanks! I loved the way Carol belted out this number - her voice was in top shape for the taping. I was also pleasantly surprised to be reminded of just how wonderful a dancer Julie is. You can't beat this pairing - especially on numbers like "A boy like that/I have a love" from West Side story. Combine Stephen Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein, then have Julie and Carol sing the heck out of it! It doesn't get much better than that!

Just noticed this post now. I hope you found the music, because I have a copy. Words: Al Stillman Music: Robert Allen. This was a great show. I remember seeing it the one and only time it was shown in 1962. I also love Julie's arrangement of "Oh Dear, What Can the Matter Be?"