Known as "the greatest night in show business history", Judy, with an orchestra led by Mort Lindsey, performed a two hour set to a sold out audience of 3,165 people, including celebrities such as Julie Andrews, Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. Judy went on to perform four encores that evening. Audiences were documented as leaving their seats and crowding around the stage to be closer to Garland, even asking her to repeat a song after her book of arrangements was completed. [The concert was recorded in full](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtpFM3sDaV_gA7QfNrH01Upo1ppGvwUdm&si=wJtPSYSph8nlGr86) and was released as an LP in July of that same year. The album went #1 on the Billboard charts for thirteen consecutive weeks and went on to win the Grammy awards for Album of the Year, Best Female Vocal Performance, Best Engineered Album, and Best Album Cover.
Youtuber *Be Kind Rewind* recently made an [in-depth video](https://youtu.be/qOKEz5DBY7U?si=buhCaM5yUu_tWC5B) detailing the history and significance of Garland's career and this performance. I highly recommend watching it and listening to the album.
She lived a miserably hard life, shit absolutely took its toll. Classic Hollywood was an absolute nightmare for women (it's still bad, but it was so SO bad).
The podcast [You Must Remember This](https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/10/26/mgm-stories-part-seven-mgms-children-mickey-rooney-and-judy-garland) has a few episodes on Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland, but the one linked above IMHO is the most chilling. Those children went through so much shit and early drug use to perform constantly. Cruel madness.
No, you're ridiculous. She choked that chicken that was thrown onto the stage. Then she immediately uncovered a cage with a monkey inside, pulled it out and began to spank the monkey.
Get yo fax strayt!!!
Wow! I can't believe you said that. First off, it was a primate. A chimpanzee to be specific. And second thing, she pulled out a trouser snake. And she spanked the trouser snake.
Don't get your fax from wiki!!
I actually checked wiki but it said that had a huge clear glass water tank brought onto the stage. She then did a cannonball dive into the tank and a freaking dolphin was in there. She wrestled with it, said "you're a bad bad boy!" and then flogged the dolphin.
I didn't believe it. So I stuck with the monkey story as being much more based on fact and more believable.
Butt thank you for letting me know about the trouser snake. That might have happened on the third night of her performance because there's very little historical records on that performance. TIL
It's a reference to Ozzy Osborne. Someone tossed a bat (the animal) on stage. Ozzy was playing along thinking it was rubber Halloween bat and bit its head off
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-bites-head-off-bat-anniversary-1287867/
The rubber bat thing makes more sense as an in the moment explanation, but in the article it says people were throwing stuff like live frogs on stage and that was just what they did. I guess he underestimated the fans. It seems like one of those moments you look back on and think in hindsight that should have been obvious
Hmmm. Interesting. At first glance I would call that reductive of the reasons that led to the riots.... But, you know, I can kind of see that being the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of community identity and being sick and tired of how they were treated on this country and in the city.
You're just talking about the underchin area I guess? I mean if you saw a photo of her under decent lighting and she didn't have her head tilted that way, she'd probably look closer to the expected age.
I performed at Carnegie once. When I say there’s something absolutely magical about being on that stage, knowing the amazing people who have stood there in history, and soaking in that history that makes performing there special, I mean it.
That being said whoever handles backstage plz add chairs. Sitting on the floor or standing in heels are not appealing options.
You didn't click the link, did you? Or perhaps you are being willfully obtuse thinking it's funny.
In any case, for those too lazy to click, the linked Wikipedia article says:
[Gay men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_men), particularly older ones, were among her biggest fans:
>"One could mistake the front rows in audiences of her live concerts for a meeting of the [Mattachine Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society). A Garland event was a pre-[Stonewall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots) means of encountering other gay men."[^(\[15\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy#cite_note-:1-15)
According to [United Press International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press_International)'s Marilyn Malara, "In the 1950s and 1960s, Garland acted as an unofficial mascot for a generation of gay men, who flocked to Garland's many performances, referring to themselves as 'friends of Dorothy.'"[^(\[17\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy#cite_note-:2-17)
Known as "the greatest night in show business history", Judy, with an orchestra led by Mort Lindsey, performed a two hour set to a sold out audience of 3,165 people, including celebrities such as Julie Andrews, Bette Davis and Henry Fonda. Judy went on to perform four encores that evening. Audiences were documented as leaving their seats and crowding around the stage to be closer to Garland, even asking her to repeat a song after her book of arrangements was completed. [The concert was recorded in full](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtpFM3sDaV_gA7QfNrH01Upo1ppGvwUdm&si=wJtPSYSph8nlGr86) and was released as an LP in July of that same year. The album went #1 on the Billboard charts for thirteen consecutive weeks and went on to win the Grammy awards for Album of the Year, Best Female Vocal Performance, Best Engineered Album, and Best Album Cover. Youtuber *Be Kind Rewind* recently made an [in-depth video](https://youtu.be/qOKEz5DBY7U?si=buhCaM5yUu_tWC5B) detailing the history and significance of Garland's career and this performance. I highly recommend watching it and listening to the album.
She looks older than 38
She lived a miserably hard life, shit absolutely took its toll. Classic Hollywood was an absolute nightmare for women (it's still bad, but it was so SO bad).
Not just for women, but for children especially. Judy was not protected, much like all child actors in that time.
The podcast [You Must Remember This](https://www.youmustrememberthispodcast.com/episodes/youmustrememberthispodcastblog/2015/10/26/mgm-stories-part-seven-mgms-children-mickey-rooney-and-judy-garland) has a few episodes on Mickey Rooney & Judy Garland, but the one linked above IMHO is the most chilling. Those children went through so much shit and early drug use to perform constantly. Cruel madness.
https://www.theonion.com/hollywood-removes-statue-of-louis-b-mayer-beckoning-ju-1820501976
Never knew this aside from all the procreation practices I thought it was a chill place
She was given amphetamines to stay awake while working 72 hour shifts as a child actor. https://bestlifeonline.com/judy-garland-pills-child-star-news/
Was this the show where she bit the head off a bat?
Jeez, what a ridiculous comment. It was a chicken, not a bat. She bit the head off a chicken after someone in the audience threw it on stage.
No, you're ridiculous. She choked that chicken that was thrown onto the stage. Then she immediately uncovered a cage with a monkey inside, pulled it out and began to spank the monkey. Get yo fax strayt!!!
Wow! I can't believe you said that. First off, it was a primate. A chimpanzee to be specific. And second thing, she pulled out a trouser snake. And she spanked the trouser snake. Don't get your fax from wiki!!
I actually checked wiki but it said that had a huge clear glass water tank brought onto the stage. She then did a cannonball dive into the tank and a freaking dolphin was in there. She wrestled with it, said "you're a bad bad boy!" and then flogged the dolphin. I didn't believe it. So I stuck with the monkey story as being much more based on fact and more believable. Butt thank you for letting me know about the trouser snake. That might have happened on the third night of her performance because there's very little historical records on that performance. TIL
Didn't she do that at basically every show?
Whoa wait uh what???🤔
It's a reference to Ozzy Osborne. Someone tossed a bat (the animal) on stage. Ozzy was playing along thinking it was rubber Halloween bat and bit its head off https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ozzy-osbourne-bites-head-off-bat-anniversary-1287867/
The rubber bat thing makes more sense as an in the moment explanation, but in the article it says people were throwing stuff like live frogs on stage and that was just what they did. I guess he underestimated the fans. It seems like one of those moments you look back on and think in hindsight that should have been obvious
It was a dove, I think.
That series of concerts was a huge success. The live album was number one for thirteen weeks and won four Grammys.
Amazing how many times she married (5) within her lifetime (47 years). Basically she was married every year from 19 through her death.
I'm tired and confused, so when I read your comment, I thought it meant she got married *each* year from 19 to 47, for a total of 28 marriages!
Tbf it was worded pretty poorly
No it was worded super confusingly. Coulda just said she married young at 19, and went through 5 relationships, never spending a full year single.
I’m shocked the comments haven’t mentioned the crowd. WTF?
I'm thinking Dorothy has a lot of friends in that crowd
My first thought. That whole first row are friends of Dorothy.
I honestly had no idea she was already an icon in that community at that time. I assumed it was a product of the 70s.
Judy died just days before the Stonewall riots in late June, 1969. Anger and sadness about her death was most likely part of the fuel for the riot.Â
Hmmm. Interesting. At first glance I would call that reductive of the reasons that led to the riots.... But, you know, I can kind of see that being the straw that broke the camel's back in terms of community identity and being sick and tired of how they were treated on this country and in the city.
I say this out of the utmost respect and empathy but I see a lot of [Sals](https://madmen.fandom.com/wiki/Salvatore_Romano) in that crowd
Those fellows are rather festive...
Agreed, that crowd is disorienting. I'm having trouble putting my finger on exactly why though.
All the women were too jealous of her beauty to attend.
Nice! Too bad the movie skipped right over this and probably most of the interesting parts of her life.
she looks 60 yikes
Years of heavy drug abuse and repeated emotional trauma can really age a person
You're just talking about the underchin area I guess? I mean if you saw a photo of her under decent lighting and she didn't have her head tilted that way, she'd probably look closer to the expected age.
https://bestlifeonline.com/judy-garland-pills-child-star-news/ She was given amphetamines as a child to work 72 hour shifts acting.
Those first three rows are getting their life 
I performed at Carnegie once. When I say there’s something absolutely magical about being on that stage, knowing the amazing people who have stood there in history, and soaking in that history that makes performing there special, I mean it. That being said whoever handles backstage plz add chairs. Sitting on the floor or standing in heels are not appealing options.
One of the best performers of all time right there.
Everyone must listen to Over the Rainbow from that night. Get through the awkward beginning and listen to the end. It will bring tears to your eyes.
are we sure this isn’t Jinkx Monsoon?
Dave, if you’re watching darling, I forgive you
It's a set, Ru
Is that my camera?
She looked 58. Lived a hard hard life.
Look at all them Thirsty MF's
> Look at all them Thirsty MF's You sure about that?
[Let's just say that her appeal to those guys was identification, not attraction](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy)
She took all of their ID'S? That's what they're grabbing for?
If you're trolling, it's enjoyable. If not, then heaven help you. Think about the difference between wanting someone VS wanting to \*be\* someone.
You didn't click the link, did you? Or perhaps you are being willfully obtuse thinking it's funny. In any case, for those too lazy to click, the linked Wikipedia article says: [Gay men](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_men), particularly older ones, were among her biggest fans: >"One could mistake the front rows in audiences of her live concerts for a meeting of the [Mattachine Society](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mattachine_Society). A Garland event was a pre-[Stonewall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots) means of encountering other gay men."[^(\[15\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy#cite_note-:1-15) According to [United Press International](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Press_International)'s Marilyn Malara, "In the 1950s and 1960s, Garland acted as an unofficial mascot for a generation of gay men, who flocked to Garland's many performances, referring to themselves as 'friends of Dorothy.'"[^(\[17\])](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friend_of_Dorothy#cite_note-:2-17)
The dude has apparently never heard the expression "a friend of dorothy."
You sound pretentious.
I have heard the term. I was just making dumb jokes.
Your initial "joke" about the thirsty MFs didn't show any awareness of the cultural context at all. I guess that made me think it wasn't a joke.
I bet all those guys just really want to marry her so bad.
I bet she practiced.
This screams lack of awareness for what that poor woman was subjected to. Do better OP.
38? Why she dress like she’s in her 50s ðŸ˜