Nick Clooney hosts PBS' 'Classic Hollywood Musicals'

i guess it is mainly for the americans to watch


Nick Clooney hosts PBS' 'Classic Hollywood Musicals'

What a perfect fit for movie lover Nick Clooney – hosting the "Classic Hollywood Musicals" PBS pledge special starting Nov. 29.
The former American Movie Classics host, and author of "The Movies That Changed Us: Reflections on the Screen," will look back on five iconic films: "The Wizard of Oz," "Yankee Doodle Dandy," "Singin' in the Rain," "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers" and "Viva Las Vegas."
So Nick will be telling stories about Judy Garland, Debbie Reynolds, Gene Kelly, James Cagney, Jane Powell, Ann-Margret and Elvis Presley.
The special features these 19 Songs:

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Jack Haley, left, Judy Garland, Ray Bolger and Bert Lahr in a scene from the 1939 motion picture "The Wizard of Oz."(Photo: Provided/Warner Bros Pictures)


"Over the Rainbow" ("The Wizard of Oz")
"Follow the Yellow Brick Road "/"We're Off to see the Wizard" ("The Wizard of Oz")
"If I Only Had the Nerve" ("The Wizard of Oz")
"The Yankee Doodle Boy" ("Yankee Doodle Dandy")
"Give My Regards to Broadway" ("Yankee Doodle Dandy")
"You're a Grand Old Flag" ("Yankee Doodle Dandy")
"Over There" ("Yankee Doodle Dandy")
"Make 'Em Laugh" ("Singin' in the Rain")
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Gene Kelly performs his classic, soggy scene to the title song of the 1952 MGM musical "Singin' in the Rain."(Photo: Enquirer file)


"Good Mornin'" ("Singin' in the Rain")
"Singin' in the Rain" ("Singin' in the Rain")
"Broadway Melody Ballet" ("Singin' in the Rain")
"Wonderful, Wonderful Day" ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")
"Goin' Courtin'" ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")
"Barn Dance" ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")
"Sobbin' Women" ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers")
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Actress Ann-Margret starred with rock star Elvis Presley in "Viva Las Vegas" in 1964.(Photo: Enquirer file)

"Viva Las Vegas" ("Viva Las Vegas")
"What'd I Say" ("Viva Las Vegas")
"C'mon Everybody" ("Viva Las Vegas")
"I Need Somebody to Lean On" ("Viva Las Vegas")
Clooney is no stranger to PBS. He's hosted "My Music: Big Band Vocalists" (2012), "Moments to Remember: My Music" (2006) and "Magic Moments: The Best of 50's Pop" (2004).
"Classic Hollywood Musicals" will air at least seven times on area PBS stations beginning Nov. 29, the Saturday after Thanksgiving:
WCET-TV (Channel 48): 3 p.m. Nov. 29
WPTD-TV (Dayton ThinkTV Channel 16): 3:30 p.m.
WCET Arts (Channel 48.3): 6 p.m. Nov. 29 and 8 p.m. Dec. 1.
WCVN-TV: (Channel 54): 9:30 p.m. Nov. 29 and 8 p.m. Dec. 1.
WCVN/KET2: (Channel 54.2): 2 p.m. Nov. 30.
Additional repeats could be scheduled in December, says Kellie May, CET publicist.

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nice

Well I'll definitely be watching! Thanks for this!

Yes. Nice .

The show is on our PBS station tonight. Nick Clooney has such a wonderful voice. Very smooth. He looks terrific and handles his hosting duties in exemplary form. I know he had a script to read from but he is such a wealth of info and trivia on old-time Hollywood. Boy, I would love to have dinner with Nick and George just to listen to them talk about everything Hollywood. That would be fascinating. Hope others here got to see this special.

I am watching now .

Hopefully someone will post on Youtube.  I can't find it in the listings for PBS in LA.

Nick Clooney was so good on the PBS special .

Not much on YouTube yet. Only a 30 seconds advert from it.

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Published on Dec 29, 2014
An exploration of the Golden Age of movie musicals spotlights five Hollywood classics: The Wizard of Oz, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Singin' in the Rain, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Viva Las Vegas. Nick Clooney hosts and examines the back story of each of these films.

a live enciclopedia !

I know that my PBS station is showing this program again. They are actually showing it again sometime today. So everyone interested in watching it should just check their TV listings. It will probably be shown again.

Yes it's me. Nick is like a living encyclopedia!

When Nick was teaching at American University in Washington DC a few years ago he also hosted a Newseum program on news in the movies. It was called Reel Jounalism. I went to many of those presentations that he hosted. There would be a panel discussion about the movie shown and Nick would have a couple of jounalists there to discuss the movie and the era in which the movie reflected. He was a great interviewer, asked really pertinent questions and knew his "stuff" when it came to providing background on the movie. And always interesting. And funny! I can see where George gets his sense of humor from