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TJ · 05-22-2005, 04:54 AM

Can anybody help with this? Thanks.

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Someone taped a number from a variety or awards special. Just the song is on the tape. It begins with Bea Arthur singing Stephen Sondheim's song "Old Friend." Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty join in and they in turn are joined by Sammy Davis Jr., and then by a great number of TV stars from the Golden Age of TV such as Eve Arden, Raymond Burr, Steve Allen, Audrey and Jayne Meadows, Dennis Weaver, Bert Parks, Dick Clark, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, June Lockhart, Gene Barry, etc, etc. until at the very end George Burns toddles up and says "Darn Few."

Behind them as they sing is a giant Emmy Awards statue.

Working backward from the earliest death among them -- Sammy Davis Jr. who died in May 1990 and beginning when Golden Girls first aired Sept. 1985 -- the show must have aired between 1985 and 1990. The women are wearing evening dresses with BIG shoulders.

At first I thought it was NBC's 60th Anniversary special but I and Christopher Cohen have watched the complete tape and that is not it. I've read reviews from various specials and David Sheward's book of Entertainment Awards doesn't mention the number in his description of the Emmy Awards

Do you have any idea what this clip can be from.

Jane Klain
Manager Research Services
The Museum of Television & Radio

alienxg7 · 05-28-2005, 11:58 PM

I have that on a dvd. I believe it is from the 1986 Emmy Awards and that segment to which you are referring was introduced by David Letterman.

I will try to find the dvd and double check (it has a description on the packaging) to make sure I didn't mix up my facts! lol

I also got the part of the Emmys where Lucille Ball presents Red Skelton with the Governor's Award.

Patrick

05-22-2005, 04:54 AM	#1
TJ Site Owner Administrator Forum Star Join Date: Feb 03, 2000 Location: Marietta, GA Posts: 10,688	Mystery Tape with The Golden Girls Can anybody help with this? Thanks. ------------------------------------------ Someone taped a number from a variety or awards special. Just the song is on the tape. It begins with Bea Arthur singing Stephen Sondheim's song "Old Friend." Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty join in and they in turn are joined by Sammy Davis Jr., and then by a great number of TV stars from the Golden Age of TV such as Eve Arden, Raymond Burr, Steve Allen, Audrey and Jayne Meadows, Dennis Weaver, Bert Parks, Dick Clark, Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca, June Lockhart, Gene Barry, etc, etc. until at the very end George Burns toddles up and says "Darn Few." Behind them as they sing is a giant Emmy Awards statue. Working backward from the earliest death among them -- Sammy Davis Jr. who died in May 1990 and beginning when Golden Girls first aired Sept. 1985 -- the show must have aired between 1985 and 1990. The women are wearing evening dresses with BIG shoulders. At first I thought it was NBC's 60th Anniversary special but I and Christopher Cohen have watched the complete tape and that is not it. I've read reviews from various specials and David Sheward's book of Entertainment Awards doesn't mention the number in his description of the Emmy Awards Do you have any idea what this clip can be from. Jane Klain Manager Research Services The Museum of Television & Radio

05-28-2005, 11:58 PM	#2
alienxg7 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Sep 01, 2003 Posts: 199	I have that on a dvd. I believe it is from the 1986 Emmy Awards and that segment to which you are referring was introduced by David Letterman. I will try to find the dvd and double check (it has a description on the packaging) to make sure I didn't mix up my facts! lol I also got the part of the Emmys where Lucille Ball presents Red Skelton with the Governor's Award. Patrick