I remember being a kid if five sometimes spending the weekend up at my grandparent's/ aunt's home up in Kensington San Diego. We actually have a color picture taken me in a pajamas sitting crosslegged on the carpet in front of the old black-white Admiral TV watching The Judy Garland Show. Even at that young age I was well aware who she was. She was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz! I don't think any of the masses really knew how messed up she was. Something people don't know is how prevalent speed and barbiturates were in those days. Doctors readily prescribed them. I think benzedrine was even sold at drug stores without a prescription. And of course alcohol the biggest longest running legal drug always right there still in every other movie today "can I fix you a drink" goes on. I grew up in a family of smokers drinkers but everyone seemed fine did well. Personally I loved the family friends gatherings with the smell of good liquor and smoke in the air. All us kids did. Anyway, different era different times.
Review of The Judy Garland Show
