Where were you when the VH1 reality show featuring then-newlyweds David Gest and Liza Minnelli bit the dust before the first broadcast? Backstage at the Xanadu Cabaret, half out of your Cyd Charisse drag? Doesn’t matter, anyway: A miracle has happened. A never-was has been transmuted into a has-been, through the necromancy of YouTube, TV’s embalming table. Go see it now, before they take it down.
It’s hard to pick a favorite moment in this transfixing mash of irrelevance, idleness and vibrato, but I’m going to go with a tie between Liza’s chipper greeting to her driver ("Good morning, M’hummed!" –- sounds like a long-lost Kander and Ebb show) and Nicholas, the preteen son of her vocal coach, who does such a scaaaaary good Liza, they should probably go ahead and prebook the Aladdin.
Also: Has Madame Tussaud’s done a Wax Dracula inventory lately? Because they’re one short, unless Gest has wandered home.
I checked it out to see that kid. He is dead on! So I guess all David does is shop?!
Eventually, Nicholas and Liza will marry.
DAMMIT I WISH THIS SHOW ACTUALLY MADE IT ON VH1.
I love watching young artists have awkward conversations with Liza Minelli. Beyonce and Kelly looks SCARED. Wayde Robson was clearly trying too hard. Just think of how long this could have gone on! I would have loved to see Lindsey Lohan and Paris Hilton go out to lunch with Liza. Hours of comedy, I bet!
But my favorite part? When Liza went barking at that dog! HYSTERICAL!
also watched it just for the kid! awesome!! LOL
Um, that was eh, ok. The kid was funny and seeing all that random mix of celebrities was weird (did I spot that little country singer Billy Gilman on the couch?). Also weird, cause Luther and Ray are dead now and that’s kinda sad. But the weirdest thing? That outfit. OMG. I know Beyonce’s mom made it, but the slit was just something she shouldn’t be wearing
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