Holiday Fest 2024
For today's Holiday Music Fest, we have a Christmas special from the Sing Along with Mitch TV series. This comes from December 12, 1961 -- though if you looked at the freeze frame below first, you probably figured that out.
Sing Along with Mitch introduced two people to the public who would later go on to much success. The first is Leslie Uggams, who in 1967 won a Tony Award as Best Actress in a Musical for Hallelujah, Baby! -- and 34 years later was nominated in 2001 for a Tony as Best Actress in a Play, August Wilson's King Hedley II. She also won a Daytime Emmy for hosting the series Fantasy. And in 1977 co-starred in the legendary series, Roots. And is still going strong, in the 2023 movie American Fiction.
While Leslie Uggams gets screen credit here, the other person doesn't -- though I believe in later years on the show he did. At this point, however. he's just a regular featured performer. And that's Bob McGrath, who in 1969 would go on to be one of the longest-running stars on Sesame Street. You'll first spot the young fellow center-screen here at the 1:30 mark.
And so, as Mitch often said, if you're ready to sing -- let's go!
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