The Dillards on The Judy Garland Show (1963)

We were privileged to be guests on The Judy Garland Show, however, you’ll note right away that the show had absolutely NO IDEA what to do with us. Thus you’ll see us pulled toward the “hillbilly caricature” trend, a tendency that we fought against for our whole career (as evidenced by our diverse albums and refusal to be pigeonholed). Hollywood wanted to make fun of the Ozarks, but of course we were literally from the Ozarks and always fought to represent our region accurately. We lost the battle a bit here but we gained tons of valuable exposure and in 1963 we certainly weren’t in a position to call the shots.
All in all, this is a sweet snapshot of history, and we are proud to share this compilation of our show segments. Thankful to be on a legendary show with legendary entertainers.

[@57highland]

There was nothing wrong with having made the compromise you made, with regard to image, stereotype, and caricature, because you deserve a wide audience and making a little sacrifice to get it is certainly easy enough to understand and overlook.
I first heard about bluegrass through an old friend, Bill Moore ("Mister Moore"), who hails from Waynesville, NC. Hi Bill!

[@ChuckSchickx]

When worlds collide 🎉
Great stuff

[@craigraper2911]

Loved this wish we could have more days and shows like this

[@David-yw2lv]

I miss variety shows and hope they come back someday.I feel the same way about anthologies.

[@Ammo08]

Greetings from Doniphan, MO...you guys are great...love your music...

[@bobmarlowe3390]

Rodney does so great with that deadpan look.

[@jimjordan6967]

Absolutely great!

[@Mrs.Frankenstein]

Nothing like the Dillards and nothing like Judy.

[@allenjones3130]

I'd like to see the Dillards' collaboration with opera star Mary Costa on the "Don Knotts Show"in the early 1970s.

[@Bascomblodge]

Did you talk to Judy? What was she like to you? Was anyone on the set interested in really learning or listening about bluegrass? Judy looked emaciated. The new yorkers trying to do country looked about as natural as tofu on Thanksgiving.

[@figmo397]

It was an odd combination, but it worked. Your showmanship came through in spades when you were playing. I'm glad they put you in the tuxes so people would pay attention to the music instead of looking at you as a bunch of hicks.

[@joannehack7588]

😊

[@kayedeedid]

I'm surprised they didn't suggest doing the hillbilly scene from "Summer Stock".

[@David-yw2lv]

CBS should have moved this show to a different time slot and I think it might have run more than a year.I hope whoever owns the rights to the show will consider putting it out on DVD.

[@markshutts9112]

Somebody Touched Me was pretty good....

[@46reno]

Longest introduction in the world.