On this date in 1973, CBS aired Barbra Streisand - and Other Instruments. It was the first special shed done for CBS since 1968s A Happening in Central Park. Her longtime manager, Marty Erlichman, explains: The reason we didnt do any special for CBS for a long time was because of my running battle with Mike Dann, who was senior vice president in charge of programming at CBS. He never believed in Barbra as a talent. His idea for her was to put her in a special with Dick Van Dyke and Andy Griffith ... The last special we did was Central Park and it was right before her film career took off. We had it in the can and Mike Dann scheduled it to air on Sept. 12, 1968. Funny Girl was set to open on Sept. 18, 1968 and I begged him to air the special after the movie opened because it would be a more important event for CBS and Barbra. He wouldnt do it and I swore we wouldnt do anything for CBS until Mike Dann was out. When Fred Silverman came in we were ecstatic and we loved working with him. Thats another reason we decided to do this special. Here she is doing a number on the show with a young British pianist named Dominic Savage who was also an actor; he appeared in Stanley Kubricks Barry Lyndon a couple of years after this as Young Bullingdon. In his 30s, he became known as a director in England even winning a couple of BAFTA awards for his television work.
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