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Title: What a disappointment
Review: Take a look at Mary Martin and Noel Coward in Together with Music (I have an old video of that); listen to Julie and Carol at Carnegie Hall (seemingly unavailable on video); then watch this. Seemingly barely rehearsed, this is a bad TV special thrown together hastily to promote the two greatest Dollies while they were performing in the role. Yes, these are two great stars. Yes, that occasionally comes through here, particularly when they are working alone. Yes, there ought to be a full video version of both of the Broadway productions of "Dolly", so we could see them really shine: acting, singing and dancing. Still, there was no need to release this video. The fan of either or both these performers would do better to acquire videos of films they have appeared in or to scour compilation tapes from TV variety shows like Ed Sullivan to find those that contain the best of Channing and Bailey. This is decidedly not that.
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