This dynamite performer who never knew the meaning of “phoning it in” for one second certainly has not slowed down. She has her own website and even a MySpace page. Memoirs are in the works along with a tour of a new one-woman show in 2009. Attend if you can, but regardless, get to a copy of Mitzi Gaynor: Razzle Dazzle! The Special Years. This entertainer, whom Bob Mackie refers to as a “vibrant, bubbly, fantastic woman,” will not let you down. You will find yourself watching the proceedings transfixed. Now this is entertainment. We all need to smile and laugh more in these hard times. This DVD will have you dancing in your chair, or even around the room, the fun is that contagious. That’s how it was in my house and I can’t believe we’re all that different from most people.
As Carl Reiner put it, watching Miss Gaynor in these song and dance numbers is “one of the most fun things that can happen to you.” I personally have only one complaint: I want more! I wish someone would release all the TV specials in their original form. I wouldn’t mind seeing the 1967 “Mitzi Gaynor Christmas Show” either (Santa, are you listening?). Until that day, though, this is one truly special DVD showcasing a truly special entertainer. To borrow a line from a old review, “these specials really are.” And this DVD proves it.
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