Estelle Parsons has always found something interesting to do.
For a three-hour, epoch-ending epic made by a comedy neophyte, it yields a treasure of showbiz lore on a par with the loot buried under the Big W.
Brian Kellow is nicely attuned to the soft/tough dichotomy in Merman. Here was a woman capable of sympathizing with her friend Judy Garland’s illness, yet blind to her own daughter’s needs.
The little-seen True Confession alone would be worth the money, let alone backed up by so many other rare titles.
Though not 100% uncut, Muppets fans have been waiting for a collection like this for a long while.