Roses are red, violets are blue, we all worship Liza and so should you. Because who is more iconic than the woman who gave us the Cabaret movie, Linda in “Arthur,” and Lucille 2 in Arrested Development? So in celebration of the marvelous Mrs. Minnelli, here’s our episode on Liza’s stint as a host on the Home Shopping Network.

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We here at “This Was A Thing” LOVE Ms. Liza May Minnelli! March 12th just happened to be her birthday, so we wanted to throw her a little birthday celebration! The woman DESERVES it, for heaven's sake!

Liza isn’t just known for being the daughter of Judy Garland and Vincente Minnelli, for her Oscar-winning performance in “Cabaret”, or for the greatest concert of all time, “Liza with a Z”. Ms. Minnelli isn’t even just known as one of the few EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, & Tony) winners.

Liza is also remembered for her collection of clothing and jewelry that she sold on the Home Shopping Network. “The Liza Collection” features a stunning variety of velvet jumpsuits, sequin jackets, and chunky bracelets molded from clay. Liza wouldn’t have it any other way…

This week Ray teaches Rob about how a song from the musical Gypsy fueled his Liza obsession, why Bobbi Ray Carter is the HSN MVP, and what other celebrities have risen to the occasion of selling their brands on cable television.

“The woman should wear the dress, not the dress wear the woman.” – Liza Minnelli

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TEAM:

Ray Hebel

Robert W Schneider

Mark Schroeder

Billy Recce

Daniel Schwartzberg

Gabe Crawford

Natalie DeSavia

WEBSITES

Liza Minnelli - IMDb

Liza Minnelli - Playbill

Home Shopping Network Official Site 

ARTICLES

HSN

Entertainment Weekly

Daily Mail

Dallas Voice

AUDIO/VISUAL

Liza Minnelli on HSN Supercut

LizaOnHSN YouTube Channel

My Favorite Broadway: The Leading Ladies - Some People - Liza Minnelli

Liza Minnelli - Some People (Live From Radio City Music Hall, 1992)

Liza with a Z - Ring Them Bells

MUSIC

“Big Band Music”

• By mezzosound
• Licensed from audiojungle.com

“Happy Bee”

• Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
• Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0
• http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/