Just re watched my old Laser Disc of this show, a brilliant tribute to the King of dance,Fred Astaire was to dance what Bing Crosby was to song in the movies, the Tops in other words. The sad part of watching this show now is to realise so many of the famous faces there, are now gone, but fortunately, if the films are preserved, they'll live forever in a sense! Charlton Heston says at the start that we will be dazzled, and how true that is, but as the great Eleanor Parker pointed out, so much work went into those routines to make them look easy and spontaneous! One things for sure, we'll never see the likes of Fred Astaire, or that era again, and the world will be the poorer for it! If you can find this show, grab it!
AFI Life Achievement Award: AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Fred Astaire
(1981)
The Golden Feet!
Season 1, Episode 9
29 February 2020