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BETTE MIDLER: ART OR BUST! (TV)
Summary
This concert special, recorded at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, features the musical stylings of Bette Midler on tour for her 1983 album "No Frills." The production, which boasts elaborate modern-art costumes and sets, opens with Midler performing "Pink Cadillac," "Pretty Legs," "Is It Love?" and "My Eye On You." Next, Midler performs a disco medley of "Proud Mary" and "We Are Family" in character as Delores DeLago, the wheelchair-using mermaid, alongside her sisters, the "Harlettes": accordionist Diana, harmonica player Blanche, and juggling expert Shaboom. Other songs performed include "Favorite Waste of Time," "Broken Bicycles," "Everyone's Gone to the Moon," and "Here Comes the Flood." Tape cuts off abruptly mid-song.
Details
- NETWORK: HBO
- DATE: August 14, 1984 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:43:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: B:04672
- GENRE: Music
- SUBJECT HEADING: Music
- SERIES RUN: HBO - TV, 1984
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Thomas Schlamme … Executive Producer, Director
- Peter Kauff … Producer
- Bob Meyerowitz … Producer
- Bette Midler … Producer, Writer
- Bob Kaminsky … Associate Producer
- Jerry Blatt … Writer
- Bob Picknell … Choreographer
- Edward Love … Choreographer
- Joe Layton … Choreographer
- Mary Jane Eisenberg … Choreographer
- Mike Hamilton … Instrumentalist, Guitar
- Richie McBride … Instrumentalist, Bass
- Tony Braunagel … Instrumentalist, Drums
- Tommy Adams … Instrumentalist, Keyboards
- Bobby Martin … Instrumentalist, Keyboards
- Arno Lucas … Instrumentalist, Percussion
- Bette Midler … Performer, Singer
- Jennifer Lewis … Performer, Harlette
- Siobhan O'Carroll … Performer, Harlette
- Helena Springs … Performer, Harlette