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I was a kid when Darin was big, but my folks loved him and he and his style got into my system. This was purchased for mere joy for my husband and I. It's okay. I mean, it was a thrill to see him and watch his 'show' clips, it's just that the quality is a little less than I hoped. It's still worth the price though...I mean genuinely, it's a classic viewing and worth the ownership. We've watched this DVD quite a few times already, shared it with friends and overall we alway smile throughout and are glad to have a chunk of entertainment history revisited!
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Don't bother with this unless you have to have everything Darin, the quality is not there for the money
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I was very disappointed with dvd, it was in black and white and was not endorsed nor authorized by the estate of Bobby Darin.
I have Bobby Darin Aces back to Back and Bobby Darin Beyond the Sea,Bobby Darin Mack is Back, this Singing at his Best, does not compared to the ones listed above.
Shirley Hildreth
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This DVD has some numbers from BD's 1961 (shortly after marriage to Sandra Dee) special: Bobby Darin and Friends. It was a rather iffy special IMO, but worth watching because this superstar was the youngest host of his own special to date.
Also included is some footage, from another source, with BD and Jimmy Durante, which shows his amazing skills as a mimic.
And finally the best footage, though I'm not sure of the source, but Bobby notes that it was live TV, of him singing Hello Young Lovers, Some of These Days, and doing his long routine, called The Stars Bar, of impressions to the tune of One More for the Road. For those who only know of BD as a musical talent, this will be a revelation because he was such an accomplished impressionist. The impressions he does here were just a few of the many he did.
Hello Young Lovers is especially interesting 'cause it's the only time I've ever seen him space on lyrics and freeze. He opens by totally forgetting the lyrics, and really doesn't recover for the duration of the song, instead noting ruefully that there's "nothing like live TV..." Usually he covers forgotten lyrics smoothly by continuing to sing and improvising lyrics to explain what's happening. Not here. So this episode makes it worth the price of admission to me 'cause it's so unusual.
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I do not blame the folks who gave up on this seeing it is mostly re-hashed perofrmances that are on other DVDs..and its not associated with the Estate. OK.
But, as noted by another reviewer, there is a two song TV concert from 1959-1962 of 'Hello Young Lovers' and 'Some of These Days' AND after that the "Comedy Routine" (as it is called on "The Curtain Falls - Live at the Flamingo") of impressions to the Song "One for My Baby" is on this DVD!
Those scenes are NOT ON THE TABLE OF CONTENTS! The next time you "One Star" reviewers pop online to read your own words, please take note.
I have read Jeff Bleiel's info-book 'That's All" and these two performances are NOT cataloged in the definitive Darin catalog. That makes this DVD a must have, despite the fact most of it does not qualify in that category.
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