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Betty Hutton - The Nat King Cole Show (1957) Part 2

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Betty Hutton performs a song medley with Nat King Cole: Mona Lisa/Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief/Answer Me My Love/His Rocking Horse Ran Away/Orange Colored Sky/Anything You Can Do/The Soft Shoe Song on the Nat King Cole Show, December 3, 1957

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  • That was neat. Though they were not allowed to hug each other. Some of the biggest Black entertainers like Nat King Cole could perform in the best venues with White entertainers in those days. But in many cases, they were not even allowed to have a dressing room, or they were given shappy closet space or something, and they couldn't eat at some of the same places as the White entertainers, or drink out of the same fountain and had separate restrooms. I'm sure Nat had to deal with a whole lot.

  • Betty's imitation of Nat is hilarious, with his mouth choreography. Well, if they had gotten one inch closer to each other, it would have been a national uproar. A typhoon, H-Bomb, A-Bomb and stock market crash rolled into one. Oh, the horror. That's the way it was. Not that things have changed much.

  • Betty was just about at the end of her frenetic behavior working and not looking ridiculous as it would later. These two are wonderful together, but the scene begs for them to hug or join each other arm in arm. Can't believe a black man could have his own show but wasn't allowed to embrace his white co-star?

  • Betty and Nat were great together. It is so sad that they couldn't hug each other at the end. Dumb, racist times.

  • Classic! Love them both!

  • Ha ha. Love it. Both great entertainers.

  • I'm really enjoying this vid!

  • This is brilliant ... doing each others songs. The Supremes and the Andrew Sisters did the same sort of thing on the Sammy Davis Jr Show in 1966.

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