Yvonne DeCarlo on the Dave Frost show- I'm still here

[hollywoodboysa]

she slightly looks like Bea Arthur

[msvioletrose4u216]

The women of the passed were classy and very elegant the true beauty of innocence wrap up with sex appeal show the future generation how to act and how to be show discretion girls leave a little bit to the imagination it goes a long way trust me : ) rip yvonne carlo.

[70sGrOOVeTuBE]

"Lusty" lol :D

she's too funny! My Dear Yvonne..

She's so Gorgeous ! I think she is The most beautiful lady In FILM!! EVER!! go have a look on Google

you'll agree!.....leaves em all in the dust!

[70sGrOOVeTuBE]

this is wonderful thx!! I can watch her all DAY!!

R.I.P beautiful! I LOVE YOU!!!

[Dirkdebruyne]

she forgot "Ive been through Abie's Irish rose, five Dionne babies, major Bowes, had eebie jeebies for Beebes batisfhere, I've lived through Brenda frazier , but i'm here"..had to memorize this song and al it's topical references for a college exam by an english teacher who LOVED Sondheim :-)...so to this day it's one of the few songs I know by heart...yea, I passed that exam with flying colours :-)

[JoanCollins2009]

very talented woman and lovely in interviews she is an icon

[ItalianBrianA]

Always LOVED Yvonne DeCarlo! THANK YOU for posting this! AWESOME!!

[critchley3819]

A lovely lady with true class,

[KJPhillipsEsq]

I've seen all the Carlotta's (except Dolores Gray), and DeCarlo was great. But maybe Ann Miller is the pinnacle of perfection. She, DeCarlo and Gray all personify the lyrics. The song is wonderfully ironic -- a fiction but possibly delivered as fact. That's why the song can be the hit of the show.

[billyboylb]

always liked her:)

[laggers65]

Shame she can't remember the words.

[pudgeuncle]

Why on earth did she not sing more during her career? What a gorgeous, talented, classy lady. RIP.

[mmelocchi]

So glad to see this post. It does not get any better than this! True B'way gold. Historic, classic and beyond superlatives.

[TheBlueDukes]

love it LIlly can sing not just a stunning munster.

[BGSourgas]

people change the words around so much in musical theatre...no idea what the actual written version is, anyone point me in the right direction?

Yvonne de Carlo seems like an experienced woman of the stage, great voice and def got her own "thang" going on

enjoyed this very much, thank you, these clips just become more and more rare

[rickhatch1]

She had a very good voice! And just as pretty as Elizabeth Taylor!

[Merkin4pres64]

Yvonne's version is hands down the definitive version of "I'm Still Here." Not because she was the first to sing it and make it her own, but because she crosses the entire emotional spectrum in a matter of five minutes. From resignation to triumph, her acting and slightly gravely voice convey all of that. This is how a Sondheim song needs to be sung.

[soody54]

@texjones2010 Absolutely right. Hollywood's not what it used to be. Acting isn't what it used to be, either. Sad excuses we have for actors these days. Ah, the good old days.

[fobesq]

How wonderful. Thank you so much.

[tearmann]

fantastic - her screw-up is great! live tv was great. she does the best version of this - of course, sondheim wrote it for her.

[DannyHiggs]

"Gestures by Michael Bennett" That's what it says on the poster, right?

[Clayton19651]

The stars of that era were so much more larger than life...maybe because reality tv didn't exist. Miss the older era were stars were unique not pumped out like cookies on an assembly line where they last maybe 2-3 years.

[asjabluedog]

the song she sang in The Munsters, Look Away ?? not sure of the name but anyway her voice is amazing in that.

[ItalianBrianA]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!! I LOVE YVONNE!!

[JunnyFD]

I saw this show 10 times including on closing nite too. It was my topmost unforgettable theatrical experience.

[sarmadasco]

I remember seeing Ms DeCarlo as a kid as Lily Munster...then later, un college, coming to love the theatre...I heard this version, but had already seen the special version they did at LC with Burnett, and as much as I love Burnett and always will, DeCarlo's version was amazing! I saw it again, about 10-12 yrs ago, think, at Paper Mill Playhouse with Ann Miller, and she did an amazing job as when she sang he words, I felt that she knew of what she sang. Such a peronsal song all can relate to.

[masstax]

Rest in peace Miss DeCarlo.

[sirlizard]

MrJonk1969, I believe it was the June 23, 1971 show.

[sirlizard]

MrJonk1969, I believe it was the June 23, 1971 show.

[tearmann]

dang that was good! didn't know yvonne decarlo was in a sondheim musical.

[samiun2]

I read her autobiography and she really loved doing this song. She never got the words right but who cares - she was great...

[samiun2]

She was the best

[MrJonk1969]

what year was this?

[darreyl102]

@MrJonk1969 6/23/71 i believe

[jeffrydahlmer888]

Does she fuck up around the 4:00 mark??

[paganpup]

@jeffrydahlmer888 Yeah, she blanked on a line. But nice recovery.

[RachelWolfMusic]

@paganpup Yes. Forgot the lyrics. Happens to all of us.

[roccoh21]

So many great ladies have sung this but my fav of all time was Georgia Brown in the replacement company of Side by Side. She was a volcano. I have never heard a version I didn't like.

[1tabt]

I have seen and heard so many great singers and actresses perform this wonderful song. But after watching  this clip, Yvonne De Carlo is now my all time favorite.

Thanks so much for sharing this one.

[Walbrook48]

I saw her sing it in the original production of "Follies." The song was inspired by acasual conversation Sondheim had with her.

[redpepper091]

she looks like dame elizabeth taylor..........obviously beautiful and smart :) love you yvonne!!!

[Anaidvideo]

@redpepper091 That's what I first thought was that she looks so much like Elizabeth Taylor. So beautiful!

[keithiepoo]

I have been praying to the altar of this song for years and have always wanted to actually SEE Ms. DeCarlo perform the number. Thank you so much for sharing!!

[emopunkgoth101]

i love her and i always willshe's great and she reminds me of my grandma whom i love VERY much and forever. :P :) :D

[lurkist]

Haven't seen Follies, but been reading about Brenda Frazier lately. It's a sad story and a great song.

[grai]

"I should have gone to an acting school that seems clear"

yeah - it might have helped her learn the lines!

great tho

[VRNProductions]

@grai According to Everything Was Possible, Yvonne De Carlo and Gene Nelson would consistently flub on their lines.

[nhirajeblack]

Hey, I thought she was a Vampire, married to a big Frankenstien character...LoL

[143AC]

Ms.DeCarlo perform this tune on a tv special and Man!

She had great pipes even then!

[frontrowcentre]

FOLLIES was a legendary show, but baffled audiences and never really caught on until long after it closed. It is one of those shows that if everyone who claims to have seen it in its original Brioadway run had actually seen it, it would still be running now. Thank you for sharing these videos for those of us too young to have seen the original.

[rowanorre]

@frontrowcentre

Well it did run for 522 performances in New York and then went tour. I saw the tour in L.A. with the Broadway cast (except someone else was playing Ben). Ms De Carlo was brilliant as were everyone else and hers is by far my favorite performance of this song. No one I knew was baffled by the show at all. It is a show about hopes and what happens. And do check out Mary McCarty singing Mirror, Mirror - a superb performance.

[grai]

she forgot I got through Abie's Irish Rose, Five Dionne babies, Major Bowes, Had heebie-jeebies For Beebe's Bathysphere. I lived through Brenda Frazier And I'm here. and went into Been called a pinko Commie tool

[grai]

which meant she had to repeat the lyric in its correct place later

great recovery tho!

she must have been tricky to work with!

[mrteryx]

I was one of the lucky ones to have seen the original cast at the Winter Garden. It was magnificent! I will never forget this musical.

[zoukwil]

Yvonne MAGNIFICENT for ever...

Show bizz lady beyond the stars!

[etraig]

loved this, how great to see her sing it! this was better than the cast album.

[Rusty350]

What a knockout. Once considered the most beautiful woman in the world...she is still or was a knockout until the end.

[phlashba]

Wow! Thanks so much. I have seen Yvonne do this before but not from this time period. Just great to see how gorgeous she was and how she originally presented the song (even with forgetting which verse she was on!). Now I REALLY get it!

[Snowydog123]

A great performance. As far as missing a few phrases, this was not uncommon. She messed up regularly all through the original run. Sometimes great performances are not perfect performances

[DiffrentDrumr]

Follies was my 1st B'way show. I saw it closing night. It was a gala evening. Huge standing o's for all the big numbers by Yvonne DeCarlo, Dorothy Collins, Alexis Smith, Mary McCarty, Ethel Shutta, Fifi D'Orsay. It's a night I will never forget!

[brendabignose]

thak yo s omuch for this. i'm half through reading the wonderful follies book by ted chapin so this is the perfect accompaniment to it!

[Crisscross49]

Para mí era la mejor y la más bella.

[rbocanegra62]

she sings this so beautiful, it truly is moving. i like her rendition even more than shirley and barbra.....probably because it was written for her. very beautiful lady, thanks for posting.

[divaqueen]

Wow thanks for this, never knew she did that show! She is a great singer and I was sad to hear of her passing. From anything I've heard, a great talent and a great lady!

[SpeedoCalifGuy]

Yvonne DeCarlo was beauitful as Liz taylor...... missed her and loved her show in the munster and loved her most famous screen in The ten commenments. RIP Yvoone.

[jaeevans98]

Not only was Yvonne an incredibly talented woman, she IS still one of the most beautiful women to ever grace the screen, the stage, the earth! I do agree with "beltingfordummies" that this is HER song -- others may do it well, but no one tops Yvonne. Thank you so much for this posting. What a treat!!

[jonsdiscofever]

Yvonne is fabulous, she sings this song with such expression, a true star. I wish I had seen her in Follies. RIP. Thanks for posting this piece of nostalgia.

[darreyl102]

your welcome =)

[plappin]

Wow, flub and all, she's marvelous.

[subbtopp]

did she fuck her lines up?/

[ShamusMacGuffin]

Yes, a slight bobble but she recovered. Think it was just a bit of a brain fart. It happens to the best sometimes.

[beltingfordummies]

No one sings this the way she soes. This was her song! If you haven't read Everything Was Possible: The Making of Follies, you should. she is a charming mess in the book. But you just love her anyway. I love that she goes up on her lyrics, cause that was a big part of the book. anyways, thank you so much for this. I just love it!

[darreyl102]

your welcome.

[dnash27]

Wish I had seen her in the role. She has great stage presence and a sense of life and humor. It shows in her movements, eyes, and voice. Thanks for posting this jewel.

[darreyl102]

you soo welcome, Yvonne was truly an amazing woman.

[eaglestirreth]

This is superb version.....I had read that Sondheim had written this for her....but I really did not think that I would ever get to hear it....Then I did a search on youtube...This is my third time of viewing it...she is so good at it....Must be the best version...Thanks..

[darreyl102]

your very welcome

[JeremiahRN]

She is the only one who does it better than Elaine Stritch...and that's good considering it was written for her :)

[darreyl102]

True !

[antiandrewx]

Thank you for this!

[darreyl102]

no prob.

[lizziesecondstreet]

The best this song has ever been performed. She is so much more than Lillian Munster!

[fakerating]

Really great.

[darreyl102]

please comment !