The Doris Day Special (1971)

A Rare & Delightful Day For Music Lovers! Film and recording superstar Doris Day stars in her first television music special singing a collection of her greatest hits (It s Magic Sentimental Journey Secret Love) Showtunes (Who Will Buy? from Oliver Hurry It s Lovely Up Here from On A Clear Day You Can See Forever) and other pop classics such as Both Sides Now The 59th Street Bridge Song (Feelin Groovy) and the Beatles Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da. Special guest Perry Como performs Didn t We and duets with Doris for a nostalgic medley of songs including Everybody Loves A Lover Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars When You Were Sixteen and Let Me Call You Sweetheart. With her pet dogs Doris offers You Must Have Been A Beautiful Baby and joins a dance troupe for The Gypsy In My Soul and Them Was The Good Old Days. In addition Doris motion-picture partner Rock Hudson makes a surprise appearance and as an added bonus never-before-seen outtakes and deleted scenes are featured on this DVD debut of THE DORIS DAY SPECIAL which received an Emmy® nomination when it originally aired as The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special on CBS-TV in 1971. System Requirements:Running Time 120 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: TELEVISION/SERIES & SEQUELS Rating: UNRATED UPC: 030306770390 Manufacturer No: DVD7703 Product Description

Annoyingly Trite

As a retro-TV buff, I couldn't wait to see this show.

What a disappointment.

I find it hard to believe that even Doris Day fans (and I'm one) would look back on this show and be so glowing about it. "Trite" isn't the word for it: phony/stagy is more like it.

Day did not appear to be enjoying herself throughout this show. One too many rehearsals, perhaps, wore her down. Her lines, her behavior, her responses to Como and Hudson were patently staged and not heart-felt.

And to see this 40-something woman dressing up like Little Orphan Annie was flat out worthy of sneering. I'm sorry, folks, but "older" women did not dress like that in 1970s. High-schoolers, yes. 40-something women, NO.

One redeeming quality about this now out-of-print DVD is the alternate takes. Skip the broadcast show, and go directly to the alternate version.

The only thing I agree with regarding the other reviewers here is that she did a superb job with "Lovely Up Here", but only in the alternate, stereo take. The broadcast version was hacked to heck.

All in all, a total disappointment. July 21, 2007

doris day special review

This DVD does not play on my computer. Why? I Emailed the mfgr of the disc several days ago and still awaiting a reply, but not holding my breath. The disc plays well on my stand alone DVD players. Maybe it's my computer, I don't know, but all other dvd's have played on it perfectly. March 22, 2007

The Doris Day Special

A GREAT AMERICAN ACTRESS, A GREAT AMERICAN SINGER, A GREAT AMERICAN! January 19, 2007

Delightful Doris

The special was filmed in 1970 and reflected the time period--there's a kind of flower power feel to it but it was well done. Doris and Perry Como's duet together was ok (but Perry seemed to not like Doris flirting with him.) Doris Day has always been under-rated as a singer. Her voice is sheer perfection. It's too bad that Doris didn't do more specials or have a variety/comedy/musical show like Carol Burnett. January 10, 2007

What was I thinking?

Probably the worst TV special I've seen. I ordered thinking as a child that this was really something to see, but was sadly reminded how disappointed I was then.

Definitely, not worth it. January 5, 2007

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