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Judy Garland Back From The Dead For Two Nights Only!!!

June 10th, 2008 by Scott Marks

The Lufts: Joey, Judy, Lorna & ‘One Punch’

This time we don’t have Liza to blame. Not even Lorna. Joey Luft, son of Liza’s mother and Sid ‘One Punch’ Luft, is out promoting a concert that features videos of Judy singing her greatest hits with the symphonic below average white band The Boston Pops backing them up.

“I’ll never forget watching my mom perform,” Joey cooed, “the passion she brought to the stage and the way she could captivate an audience. I believe Judy Garland In Concert captures that experience.”

This is not your average tribute show. This is not a Jim Bailey lookalike. Hell, this is barely passsable entertainment!

In their glorified press release, Billboard calls Judy “the original American Idol,” Given the amount of work he must have put into signing the contract, that makes Joey the original idle American.

“This is the great American songbook of the 20th century performed by the foremost interpreter of these songs,” said James Sanna, Executive Producer of Judy Garland In Concert. “In every respect, it’s the greatest Judy Garland concert ever. Audiences are in for an amazing one-of-a-kind experience that includes favorites like Over the Rainbow, That’s Entertainment, Chicago and many others.”

Don’t they know that Judy’s greatest concert was that fateful night in 1956 when she found herself “indisposed” and called on Jerry Lewis to take to the Vegas stage for his first solo performance after the breakup with Dean?

For you necrophiliacs and/or Baby Gumm fanatics, tickets are on sale now at Boston’s Symphony Hall Box Office. Prices for the June 28 & 29 “concerts” range from $19 to $87. You’d be better off spending your money on the 3 DVD Wizard of Oz box set.

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4 Responses to “Judy Garland Back From The Dead For Two Nights Only!!!”

  1. John Schultz on June 10th, 2008 8:27 pm

    I’m confused. It’s just VIDEOS of Judy Garland singing backed up by the Boston Pops?!? For $87 a pop?!? That can’t be right, can it? Yikes! That’s entertainment, indeed.

  2. Scott Marks on June 10th, 2008 8:43 pm

    That’s excrement!

  3. Rob on June 11th, 2008 8:52 am

    I would consider attending ONLY if they had the orchestra provide background music for the infamous Garland tapes:

    “And Sid LUFT! That Sid LUUFFTT!!!”

    =CUE DRAMATIC ORCHESTRA MUSIC=

  4. Scott Marks on June 11th, 2008 9:24 am

    Slowly I turned…

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