Barry on "Merv Griffin Show" on July 9 at 2 am on Get TV

[marvin]

A young Barry Manilow is featured on "The Merv Griffin Show' which is on Get TV on July 9 at 2 am. This is the same show Get TV had of Barry on Merv Griffin in June of 2017 that I posted about last year.
If you never saw the show, it is well worth taping as we see Barry sing and talk in a Brooklyn accent that he has since lost. For those of us who have followed Barry for decades, the nostalgia created is worth seeing. Thanks, Marvin

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Barry Manilow animated:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FxeVvHDM2s

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On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 10:22:34 PM UTC-4, marvin wrote:
> A young Barry Manilow is featured on "The Merv Griffin Show' which is on Get TV on July 9 at 2 am. This is the same show Get TV had of Barry on Merv Griffin in June of 2017 that I posted about last year.
> If you never saw the show, it is well worth taping as we see Barry sing and talk in a Brooklyn accent that he has since lost. For those of us who have followed Barry for decades, the nostalgia created is worth seeing. Thanks, Marvin

Hi Marvin,

Thanks for posting this. I checked the Get TV website, and it's a broadcast station and also carried on satellite, neither of which I can receive since I've cable TV.

So I went over to YouTube to see if this interview could be found there; not yet.

I'd love to see this interview. Maybe someone here can tape it and put it up on YouTube?


While I did not find the Merv Griffin interview on Youtube, there are a boatload of Mr M interviews from various tv programs here and in the UK.


Incidentally, I found this interview:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDs_G5Lebls


in which Mr M answers questions about plastic surgery.

He denies having any work done. The best part is the reaction of the other guests on the panel. Eye rolls for days.


Dear Mr M,

Oh, honey. We love you so much, but we know. We all know.

How many baby collagens had to die to give you those plump zygomatic arches?

Still, love you forever, babe.

Best,
Annie

PS: see you and those chubby-baby-butt-cheeks of yours tomorrow night!
8th row! I'm the one who always flashes "I LOVE YOU" in American sign language. Throwing the Fanilow gang sign!

; )

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On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 9:07:19 AM UTC-7, annielove...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 10:22:34 PM UTC-4, marvin wrote:
> > A young Barry Manilow is featured on "The Merv Griffin Show' which is on Get TV on July 9 at 2 am. This is the same show Get TV had of Barry on Merv Griffin in June of 2017 that I posted about last year.
> > If you never saw the show, it is well worth taping as we see Barry sing and talk in a Brooklyn accent that he has since lost. For those of us who have followed Barry for decades, the nostalgia created is worth seeing. Thanks, Marvin
>
> Hi Marvin,
>
> Thanks for posting this. I checked the Get TV website, and it's a broadcast station and also carried on satellite, neither of which I can receive since I've cable TV.
>
> So I went over to YouTube to see if this interview could be found there; not yet.
>
> I'd love to see this interview. Maybe someone here can tape it and put it up on YouTube?
>
>
> While I did not find the Merv Griffin interview on Youtube, there are a boatload of Mr M interviews from various tv programs here and in the UK.
>
>
> Incidentally, I found this interview:
>
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDs_G5Lebls
>
>
> in which Mr M answers questions about plastic surgery.
>
> He denies having any work done. The best part is the reaction of the other guests on the panel. Eye rolls for days.

Botox?

[annielove...@gmail.com]

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 3:42:10 PM UTC-4, Astero...@yahoo.com wrote:

>
>
> Botox?
>
>
Hi Astro,

You might think Botox, but I read an article that said Mr M raises Collagens on his estate in Palm Springs. Which in and of itself is not surprising given his love of animals.

But, here's where it gets dark. He takes the baby Collagens and has them killed to make the serum for the cheek fillers.

It's estimated that it takes 3 or 4 baby Collagens to make enough serum to fill just ONE cheek. For the math-impaired, that translates to 6 or 8 baby Collagens each time Mr M uses facial filler.

AND! It's not a one-off procedure. No, the serum has to be injected every 4 months. So Mr M is responsible for the death of about two dozen baby Collagens every single year.

That's not a rumor, that's science!

One wonders if PETA is aware of this. Someone needs to call PETA.
For the love of God, won't someone think of the baby Collagens??

Annie

[gymnas...@gmail.com]

Oh my God Annie you make me laugh. Make your sign say I 💙 your smooth baby butt cheeks. Should get his attention.

[gymnas...@gmail.com]

Won't someone think of the baby Collagens?

If you print this as a bumper sticker I promise I'll put it on my car.

[Astero...@yahoo.com]

I'm sure some of those Collagens bark and several dozen licks from those is enough to run off those wrinkles.😭

[marvin]

On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:07:19 PM UTC-4, annielove...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 10:22:34 PM UTC-4, marvin wrote:
> > A young Barry Manilow is featured on "The Merv Griffin Show' which is on Get TV on July 9 at 2 am. This is the same show Get TV had of Barry on Merv Griffin in June of 2017 that I posted about last year.
> > If you never saw the show, it is well worth taping as we see Barry sing and talk in a Brooklyn accent that he has since lost. For those of us who have followed Barry for decades, the nostalgia created is worth seeing. Thanks, Marvin
>
> Hi Marvin,
>
> Thanks for posting this. I checked the Get TV website, and it's a broadcast station and also carried on satellite, neither of which I can receive since I've cable TV.
>
> So I went over to YouTube to see if this interview could be found there; not yet.
>
> I'd love to see this interview. Maybe someone here can tape it and put it up on YouTube?
>

Best,
Annie

Hi Annie,
I am sorry you did not see this bit of nostalgia just because the young Barry (the show was televised 40 years ago in 1978) was professionally the same, polished, entertaining and had many fans (they were not called fanilows then) as Merv had Barry on for more than an interview, for 30 minutes plus on the 60 minute show as the marquee attraction.
But, like the rest of us, Barry looked quite different in 1978 than now, given that he was 35 at the time although in those days, he took three years off his real age as many performers disguised their age.
Barry had the heavy Brooklyn accent when he talked, (thankfully not when he sang) and performed his then new song "Can't Smile Without You" as well as a medley of the songs I Write The Songs, Mandy and Trying To Get the Feeling Again, some of his commercial jingles and Barry also shared anecdotes about writing jingles at the beginning of his career.
Merv really built up Barry for the audience saying that Barry had five albums charting at the same time and also had the longest arms in show business which Merv demonstrated when he could not reach the piano keys when he sat on Barry's stool.
Looking back, we also see how Barry was very aware of his image of women loving him and Barry talked with Merv about how happy he was with his girlfriend Linda. 1978 was not the time for Barry to come out, so he was convincing at the time to some of us (and to me) that Barry and Linda were a romantic couple.
Other highlights was Barry saying that his song "She's A Star" could be about anyone although Merv thought Barry was singing about Marilyn Monroe.
Sorry Annie, no highlights of the dapper Mr. Kief back in 1978, Barry never referenced Garry on the show and maybe Garry did not know Barry then, I am sure other posters with better memories than me will be able to state the facts.
It was wonderful to turn back the clock and see Barry as he was in 1978 in this show which was a promotion for The Second Barry Manilow TV Special on ABC TV in 1978. Thanks, Marvin

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On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 11:08:41 PM UTC-4, marvin wrote:
> On Monday, July 9, 2018 at 12:07:19 PM UTC-4, annielove...@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 10:22:34 PM UTC-4, marvin wrote:
> > > A young Barry Manilow is featured on "The Merv Griffin Show' which is on Get TV on July 9 at 2 am. This is the same show Get TV had of Barry on Merv Griffin in June of 2017 that I posted about last year.
> > > If you never saw the show, it is well worth taping as we see Barry sing and talk in a Brooklyn accent that he has since lost. For those of us who have followed Barry for decades, the nostalgia created is worth seeing. Thanks, Marvin
> >
> > Hi Marvin,
> >
> > Thanks for posting this. I checked the Get TV website, and it's a broadcast station and also carried on satellite, neither of which I can receive since I've cable TV.
> >
> > So I went over to YouTube to see if this interview could be found there; not yet.
> >
> > I'd love to see this interview. Maybe someone here can tape it and put it up on YouTube?
> >
> Best,
> Annie
>
> Hi Annie,
> I am sorry you did not see this bit of nostalgia just because the young Barry (the show was televised 40 years ago in 1978) was professionally the same, polished, entertaining and had many fans (they were not called fanilows then) as Merv had Barry on for more than an interview, for 30 minutes plus on the 60 minute show as the marquee attraction.
> But, like the rest of us, Barry looked quite different in 1978 than >now, given that he was 35 at the time although in those days, he took three >years off his real age as many performers disguised their age.

I've started doing that (taking years off my age) and I'm not even a performer! : )

> Barry had the heavy Brooklyn accent when he talked, (thankfully not >when he sang) and performed his then new song "Can't Smile Without You" as >well as a medley of the songs I Write The Songs, Mandy and Trying To Get the >Feeling Again, some of his commercial jingles and Barry also shared anecdotes >about writing jingles at the beginning of his career.

How fun to hear the Brooklyn accent! I wonder if Mr M had any idea he'd still be singing those same songs well into his 70's. As if the ghost of Christmas future had appeared to him to say "Dude you're gonna sing CSWY 650,000 more times before you die....so get used to it"

> Merv really built up Barry for the audience saying that Barry had five albums charting at the same time and also had the longest arms in show business which Merv demonstrated when he could not reach the piano keys when he sat on Barry's stool.


> Looking back, we also see how Barry was very aware of his image of >women loving him and Barry talked with Merv about how happy he was with his >girlfriend Linda. 1978 was not the time for Barry to come out, so he was >convincing at the time to some of us (and to me) that Barry and Linda were a >romantic couple.

Giving Mr M the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he was still thinking he was straight back then. Or bisexual. Or whatever the kids are calling it these days. It may not have been deliberate misinformation at the time. He probs genuinely loved Linda and who knows - they may have been a couple for a while. Given the societal views at the time, I'm sure many people thought it would be a lot easier to just be straight.

I remember back in college seeing friends struggle coming to terms with their homosexuality. Nowadays (OMG "Nowadays"! doesn't THAT make me sound old!) it's completely acceptable to be gay, but back in the 70s and into the 80's it was far from widely accepted. So Mr M may have tried to fit into the straight world; I saw many of my friends try that route before they fully embraced who they are.

Whatever, it's so far in the past! I will say that I'm happy Mr M is living his life authentically now. Others have said it and I agree: he seems so much freer on stage these days. Open and having fun up on stage. So, so great to see!

> Other highlights was Barry saying that his song "She's A Star" could >be about anyone although Merv thought Barry was singing about Marilyn Monroe.

I always thought it was about Bette Midler. I enjoyed that he used another iteration of the song on the 15 Minutes album. Maybe "She's A Star" was always about Mr M himself! Autobiographical : )

> Sorry Annie, no highlights of the dapper Mr. Kief back in 1978, >Barry never referenced Garry on the show and maybe Garry did not know Barry >then, I am sure other posters with better memories than me will be able to >state the facts.

Well, whenever he met Mr Kief, Mr M was smart to put a ring on that hottie right away! : )

> It was wonderful to turn back the clock and see Barry as he was in >1978 in this show which was a promotion for The Second Barry Manilow TV >Special on ABC TV in 1978. Thanks, Marvin

Hoping that show turns up on YouTube at some point.

Best,
Annie

[Blintzy]

He doesn't deny having any work done.

[Carmen]

Marvin--

According to the People magazine cover story from last April (2017), they met in 1978.

https://people.com/music/barry-manilow-emotional-wedding-garry-kief/

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Adds Suzanne Somers, a longtime friend of the couple: “It helps that Garry is devastatingly handsome. I still see Barry looking at him with his sparkling, periwinkle-blue eyes, and it’s clear their decades-long love is here to stay.”

Vomit. Who talks like this?

[Scooter]

Suzanne Somers and paperback romance novelists. ;-)

BTW, thanks for my afternoon laugh. :)

Scooter

[Brenda M]

And Annie.

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On Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 1:10:47 PM UTC-4, Brenda M wrote:
> And Annie.

You misquote me.

I never said "periwinkle blue". That was Chrissy Snow.
I said Mr M's eyes are CERULEAN blue.


And I never said Mr Kief was "devastatingly handsome"; again that one's attributed to Miss Snow. I said Mr Kief is HOT AF and I WOULD CLIMB HIM LIKE A ROCK WALL.


In future, please check your sources.

Thanking you in advance,
Annie

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😂👍❤️😂