Product Details

• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Delta
• VHS Release Date: June 25, 1996
• Run Time: 57 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6304749872
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #459,785 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pet Clark mediley of 60s hits., July 15, 1999

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[e-mail] (Utah State University, Logan, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectacular [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Clark's 1968 NBC special is best known for the moment when she touched Harry Belafonte's hand, causing NBC censors to go ballsitic. The video does not include a studio audience, except at the end. Pet's voice is in top form. She does perform "Downtown" "Don't Sleep In The Subway,""Who Am I," and "Color My World," but concentrates more on album tracks like "Las Vegas," "Just Say Goodbye," "Life and Soul of the Party," "Have Another Dream On Me," "The In-Crowd," "Imagine," and "We Can Work It Out." Harry Belefonte sings one number then is joined by Pet for "On the Paths of Glory." (Watch her hands!) Clark went aboard The Queen Mary for one sequence. A must for Pet Clark fans, others may not be so enticed.

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "HISTORIC" TV THAT'S A PLEASURE TO WATCH (AND HEAR!), August 9, 2000

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MIKE (NYC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Spectacular [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Little did Petula Clark realize when she innocently set her hand down on guest Harry Belafonte's arm during a duet in "Petula", her April 2, 1968 NBC-TV special, that she was at that moment making U.S. television history. Never before had two persons of different races touched on TV . . . and both NBC and the show's sponsor, Chrysler, were aghast at the possibility of losing viewers because of it. Petula, shocked at the uproar, ordered husband (and the show's producer) Claude Wolff to destroy all other takes of the number, and it was delivered to the network with the touch intact just days before the scheduled airing. The program drew rave reviews and among the highest ratings that season.

If it was a publicity stunt to guarantee viewership, it wasn't necessary. Petula Clark in her American debut special is superb, her voice rich and pure as she tackles both hit material, old standards, and everything in-between. From the opening strains of "Music" to the final notes of "Downtown", Clark is fresh, bright, and stunning. Highlights include "Come Rain or Come Shine", "Just Say Good-bye", and the entire opening sequence which features the star in a series of costume changes and dance routines in search of an answer to her plaintive hit, "Who Am I?" And of course, the "infamous" duet, a breathtaking version of Clark's self-penned anti-war anthem "On the Path of Glory". A wonderful bonus are the original Plymouth commercials featuring Clark touting the latest in luxury cars. This is truly a spectacular 60-minute "Spectacular"!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Petula revisited, April 16, 2000

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M. J. Jones (Enfield, Middlesex United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Spectacular [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This 1968 NBC special is the only music video of Petula currently available(apart from guest appearances).It shows Petula at the height of her popularity in America ,and both sound and picture quality are amazing considering this is 30+ years ago. Highlights for me are of course the classic "On the path of glory" duet,and also her knock out self composed "Just say goodbye",as well as some of her hits. Buy it,you won't be disappointed!