#liberace

[fuckyeahgoodomens]

Jon Hamm: I've worn everything on this show, from nothing to a rug wrapped around me to a beautiful bespoke suit.

Kate Carin (Costume Designer): When we see him at the bookshop for the ball, we thought it would be hilarious that Aziraphale had asked him to get really dressed up for it. So we did a bit of a homage to Liberace. So he's got a powder blue dinner suit that's encrusted with rhinestones. And then Douglas asked if we could do some sort of coat to go on top of it for one of the scenes when he leaves. So, of course, we didn't do just a coat. We did a huge ostrich feather coat, which we made from scratch.The girls did all the ombre on the feathers so it matches the dinner suit, gets lighter and lighter blue as it comes to the top, and then he's kind of surrounded by this halo of white feathers.

Sarah-Kate Fenelon (Producer): There is a shot when he emerges from the bookshop to meet all of the demons and say, like, I am who you're looking for, where he looks a little bit like an angel. And the silhouette of him kind of emerging in the light is very epic and is then just completely undercut by sort of, move out of the way. (video)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Liberace and Vampira (1956)

[citizenscreen]

Liberace enjoying all 88 keys on his grand piano-shaped pool in 1954.

[bitter69uk]

Making Christmas EXTRA sparkly … just discovered Liberace’s 1954 Christmas album is on Spotify.

[joeinct]

Untitled [Liberace with his Mother], New York, Photo by Garry Winogrand, 1954

[dayniac]

Doris and Liberace at the 1955 Ice Follies in Hollywood.

[furiouscrusadeavenue]

Liberace and Cher. 1974

[gatabella]

Lauren Bacall and pianist Liberace at the premiere of A Star is Born on September 29, 1954 in Los Angeles

[oldshowbiz]

Dave Thomas recalls:

"There was a biopic of Liberace being made about a decade after SCTV. I got a call from someone who worked for him.

"He was livid, saying, 'Who the hell do you think you are, doing that tasteless impersonation of Lee? We want a retraction—and take it off the air immediately!' I said to him, 'I can’t do a retraction because it’s been on air in syndication for years. So you’re a little late.'

"How did he even see this? Turns out my agent had sent him the tape, submitting me for the role. They thought this was a genuine audition piece! I called my agent up and said, 'Are you out of your mind?!'

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Liberace

[citizenscreen]

Debbie Reynolds joins Liberace on his February 1974 TV special, “Leapin' Lizards, It's Liberace!”

[dabiconcordia]

The unbelievable maestro Liberace - he really was a great one

[twixnmix]

Liberace, John Sex and Glenn O'Brien photographed by Andy Warhol at the Factory in New York City, 1984.

[rare]

[linesonscreens]

Let's Read Peanuts (Yup, still at it) – April 1954

There are lots of great strips I just don't have room to comment on. I strongly encourage everybody to read the full month at the official GoComics page. Today's month starts HERE.

Apr 1, 1954

Lucy's been min/max-ing her strength stat I see.

Apr 6, 1954

This is such a fantastic way of depicting static.

Apr 11, 1954

~The skys part and the ancient Mesopotamian god Enlil descends from the heavens~

IT'S GOING TO CLEAR UP!!!

Apr 13, 1954

Brutal. I love it.

Apr 18, 1954

Patty is an underrated character.

Apr 22, 1954

There's something I really like about the fact that it's the original core cast all together in this one.

Apr 26, 1954

This is most likely a Liberace reference. He was at the top of his career around this point.

I don't want to make assumptions, but I'm getting the distinct feeling that this guy might be gay.

("This guy" being Schroeder.)

[oldshowbiz]

1988.

The producers of a Liberace made-for-TV-movie explained they didn't actually mention homosexuality because "that would be gross."