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My Name Is Barbra (TV program)

{{Short description|American television special}}

{{Infobox television

| image = Barbra Streisand - 1966.jpg

| caption = Photo of Streisand from the special

| genre =

| writer = Robert Emmet

| director = Dwight Hemion
Joe Layton

| starring = Barbra Streisand

| country = United States

| language = English

| producer = Richard Lewine

| runtime = 60 minutes

| channel = CBS

| released = {{Start date|1965|04|28}}

}}

My Name Is Barbra is a 1965 black-and-white television special, the first for singer and actress Barbra Streisand. Broadcast in conjunction with the release of Streisand's studio album of the same name, the special aired April 28, 1965 on CBS.

A critical success, the program earned Streisand a contract for four additional television specials. Columbia launched a major advertising campaign to promote the subsequent album My Name Is Barbra, Two... coinciding with the October rebroadcast of the TV special.{{cite magazine |title=Columbia's Streisand pitch is hitting all the basis |date=9 October 1965 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=6 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HSkEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA6|magazine=Billboard |language=en}}

Act one

  1. My Name is Barbra
  2. Much More
  3. I'm Late
  4. Make Believe
  5. How Does the Wine Taste
  6. A Kid Again
  7. I'm Five
  8. Sweet Zoo
  9. Where Is The Wonder?
  10. People

Act two

  1. I've Got The Blues
  2. Monologue
  3. Second Hand Rose
  4. Give Me the Simple Life
  5. I Got Plenty o' Nuttin'
  6. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  7. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
  8. The Best Things in Life are Free

Act three

  1. When The Sun Comes Out
  2. Why Did I Choose You?
  3. Lover, Come Back to Me
  4. I Am Woman
  5. Don't Rain On My Parade
  6. The Music That Makes Me Dance
  7. My Man
  8. Happy Days Are Here Again

Critical acclaim

Streisand received unanimously positive reviews. The United Press International proclaimed "She is so great it is shocking. She may well be the most supremely talented and complete popular entertainer that this country has ever produced."[https://web.archive.org/web/20060209122004/http://www.pbs.org/wnet/gperf/shows/streisandspecials/index.html Great Performances . Barbra Streisand Specials . My Name Is Barbra | PBS]

The show was the 16th top ranked show in the Nielsen ratings report for April 26-May 9, 1965.Lowry, Cynthia (25 May 1965). [https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=SCS19650525.1.12&srpos=17&e=------196-en--20--1--txt-txIN-%22nielsen+ratings%22-------1 CBS Gets 'A' For Idea, But 'D' For Effort], Santa Cruz Sentinel (Associated Press story)

Awards

My Name Is Barbra was nominated in six categories at the 17th Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five, including Outstanding Individual Achievement in Entertainment. The special also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243435/awards Awards for My Name Is Barbra]. IMDb. The special earned Streisand her first Peabody Award.{{cite web|url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/stories/story/the-ultimate-show-biz-coup-pegot |title=The Ultimate Show Biz Coup: PEGOT |publisher=The Peabody Awards |accessdate=December 10, 2014}}

Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=My Name Is Barbra|artist=Barbra Streisand|type=video|award=Gold|relyear=1987|certyear=1987}}

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0243435|My Name Is Barbra}}

{{Barbra Streisand}}

Category:1960s American television specials

Category:1965 in American television

Category:1965 television specials

Category:CBS television specials

Category:Music television specials

Category:Peabody Award–winning broadcasts

Category:Barbra Streisand

Category:Television shows directed by Dwight Hemion