Gwen Verdon is Feelin’ Groovy!

Gwen Verdon in...Acid Trip!

Very cute. Very gay. And very cute.

All the best of the 1960's in five minutes.

Who exactly were the dancers featured every week. I was fascinated by them growing up.

Bravo, OP, bravo! That was top drawer from the beginning with Carol Burnett, who I would guess is wearing Bob Mackie? Then straight through Gwen Verdon's song and dance sequence.

I really, really loved this.

Thank you so much.

Oddly enough, Gwen began to remind me of Ruth Gordon, their voices share a similarity.

Anyway, all hail Gwen Verdon!

Yep, puts a smile on your face.

Mr. Lee Roy Reams is one of the dancers. Gwen did these things between ‘legitimate’ gigs and Mr. Fosse spent time in rehearsal rooms choreographing them for his pissed off fucked over wife.

Sorry for the reality check, kids!

What do you suppose Gwen's age was in this video? 50's?

She is so light on her feet, it's just impressive.

Designed by Dr. Seuss, obviously.

I presume Beyoncé hasn't seen this yet, or she'd have already stolen the moves.

It is very Dr. Seuss, r9, I'm glad you said that.

Such a delight to see Gwen Verdon in something new to me. Thanks.

I loved her in Damn Yankees, simply stellar.

Looking for a site that will stream....

OP, your post deserves more views.

This is your Bump.

R8 Based on the fact that it was Carol's first season Gwen is around 42 here.

[quote] Who exactly were the dancers featured every week. I was fascinated by them growing up.

Those were the Ernie Flatt Dancers. There was one with a beard I was madly in love with as a kid. I can't tell if he's in this because the resolution is so awful.

Everything in this clip is FABULOUS!

Except the choreography. I hope this was not Fosse.

Ooooo, I was thinking the same thing, R17. Nothing about it fits for Fosse. And with Ernie Flatt already on the payroll, why pay for Fosse?

One of the dancers looks like Bill Hader! The one who wags his finger.

This is amazing!

Thanks for sharing this amazing clip.

It makes me really nostalgic for the time when stuff like this was regularly featured on prime time television. I miss the prime time variety format

Well that's five minutes of pure 60s fabulosity!

While Googling Ernie Flatt Dancers, I found this old DL thread. Actually, it was the first to show up.

Whoever Carol's handsome bearded dancer was, he gets at least one lustful mention every time the Flatt dancers are brought up.

Who Is The Bearded Dancer?

A nine part series by Miss Ryan Murphy, coming soon to a fourth tier cable channel near you

2 years later Gwen did Mexican Breakfast on The Ed Sullivan Show. Does she seem a bit heavier here?

No. She's wearing white. And who knows what is going on with the video recording or the lenses used during the recording of the dance.

The dancer who resembles Bill Hader is, I think, Don Crichton (sp), who was the lead dancer for the Ernie Flatt Dancers. And when was Lee Roy Reams ever an Ernie Flatt Dancer? Did he leave this show to go to Broadway?

R28... Paragrah 2 below.

So, how do we get permission to see the video at R26?

^ that's what I wanna know

What a kitschy mess.

Well, R32, that was the '60s.

It's like watching your grandmother trying to "get down with the kidz."

r30 If you want to watch the video, you have to pay Vimeo.

Here's a YouTube version of Mexican Breakfast. Blurring but better than paying for it.

Oh the music has been changed.

Thanks for posting this, OP! What a trip. My god, I had no idea how similar Gwen Vernon and Ann Reinking are! Their voices could be interchangeable.

It may not be Fosse, but I do love the Fosse-esque touches. Damn, his choreography was fun.

Yeah, Fosse had a vision.