It’s another slow week for fans of classic television. The only notable release is Infinity’s The Judy Garland Show, Vol. 2
. The first volume was released on July 28th of this year. Both volumes contain two complete episodes from the 1963-1964 musical-variety series. All 26 episodes have been released on DVD in the past but are out of print. Another release, The Judy Garland Show – Holiday Special, will come out on October 22nd.
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“THE JUDY GARLAND HOLIDAY SPECIAL” was actually the December 22, 1963 “Christmas show”. Today, the entire series appears “special” to most people because TV itself is different from when her CBS variety series originally aired in the 1963-’64 season. There were at least 13 variety shows airing on the three major networks that fall (Judy appeared right after “THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW” on Sunday night, opposite the #1 series at 9pm[et], NBC’s “BONANZA”), and hers got “lost in the shuffle”, despite the great guest stars that appeared, as well as the “one-woman concerts” Judy performed near the end of the series. It also didn’t help that Judy was “erratic” due to her fondness for alcohol, and marital problems with her husband/producer Sid Luft. Judy Garland was just never meant to be a variety show hostess….