16. “Brand New Roy”
Co-starring: Robert Hays
First Broadcast in America: March 7, 2001
Synopsis: Roy seems to be acting odd, and he actually seems to have some comic chemistry with Bette, unlike Kevin Dunn. Could the reason be that Roy is now portrayed by a brand new actor? Robert Hayes, of Airplane! fame, takes over as Bette’s fictional husband—in his first and only episode of the series. New Roy and Bette try to leave Los Angeles for a romantic trip to Paris; however, they cause havoc at the airport, and never get off the ground.
NOTE: The previous episodes were broadcast in America on the dates noted. CBS-TV pulled the plug right before the last show was broadcast. The ratings were so low on the show that the network never put the show in “reruns.” However, two more episodes were filmed, which ran in several overseas markets. They are as follows:
17. “The Grammy Pre-Show”
Synopsis: Bette is scheduled to perform on the Grammys, and the whole family is invited to join her. Oscar’s grandmother is in town visiting, Connie starts a fashion trend with her new earrings, and Bette keeps trying to destroy her diet—and her ability to fit into her gown—by nibbling constantly.
18. “Method to Her Madness”
Synopsis: Bette sets out on a quest to find the perfect movie role, by doing some real-life research. She ends up in a truckstop, doing her research.
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A&M Recording Studios
Aalon
ABC-TV
Absolutely Fabulous (film)
Academy awards
Ace of Base
“The Acid Queen” (song)
Adopt-a-Highway
Adult Contemporary chart
advertising
African Room, New York City
After Dark
AIDS
album chart rankings: Broken Blossom
Divine Madness
Experience the Divine
For the Boys
Live at Last
Some People’s Lives
Songs for the New Depression
Album Reviews bulletin
Alda, Alan
Alice through the Looking Glass (play)
All Girls Productions
“All I Need to Know” (song)
Allen, Peter
Allen, Woody
“Am I Blue?” (song)
America
American Musical & Dramatic Academy
“An Intimate Evening with Bette” (tour)
And the Bank Played On
Anderson, John
Andrews Sisters
Animal House (film)
Ansen, David
appearance
bust size
hair color
in Outrageous Fortune
in Ruthless People
weight loss. See also clothing and dress
Architecture Digest
Arizona Daily Star
Arnold, Eddie
“Around the World” (song)
Art or Bust! (HBO special)
Art or Bust! (video)
Arthur, Brooks
Artists Entertainment Complex
Ashford & Simpson
Ashford, Nicholas
Asner, Ed
Associated Press
“At Seventeen” (song)
Atlanta Journal
Atlantic Records
audiotape of “Depression Tour”
Bette of Roses
Broken Blossom album
Dylan on label
Gypsy soundtrack
initial contacts with
Thighs and Whispers
unreleased Midler tracks
audience reactions: concert tours
Continental Baths
Diva Las Vegas
Divine Madness
Downstairs at the Upstairs club
New Year’s Eve shows
Schaffer Music Festival
Tonight Show
autograph sessions
Avedon, Richard
Average White Band
awards and distinctions
Academy Award nominations
Billboard Music Awards
Cable ACE awards
Emmy awards
German Record Award
Gold certified
Golden Globe awards
Grammy awards
Hasty Pudding Award
listing
People’s Choice Award
Platinum certified
Ruby Award
Tony awards
TV Guide Awards
VH1 Honors
Aykroyd, Dan
“Baby Mine” (song)
Baca Designs Unlimited
Baca, Dorothy
Bacharach, Burt
Backstreet Boys
Balanchine, George
Ballet Musicians’ Union
“Bang, You’re Dead” (song)
Barnes, Clive
Barracuda, Johnny
Barrow Street apartment
Barry Manilow I (album)
baseball games
Basil, Toni
Bates, Alan
Bates, Kathy
Bathhouse Betty (album)
BBC1-TV
Beaches (book)
Beaches (film)
Beaches (soundtrack)
“Beast of Burden” (song)
“Beast of Burden” (video)
Beatty, Warren
“Bed of Roses” (song)
“Believe” (song)
Bell, Arthur
Bell Records
Ben Folds Five
Bergen, Candice
Berkeley, Busby
Berle, Milton
Bette (album)
Bette! Divine Madness (concert tour)
Bette Does Motown (album)
Bette Midler (album)
Bette Midler’s Mondo Beyondo (TV special)
Bette of Roses (album)
Bette (TV comedy)
Beverly Hills, California
Beverly Hills Medical Center, California
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, California
Big Business (film)
“Big Noise from Winnetka” (song)
“Big Socks” (songs)
Billboard charts
“All I Need to Know”
Bathhouse Betty
Bette
Bette of Roses
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy”
Broken Blossom
Divine Madness
“Do You Want to Dance?”
Experience the Divine
For the Boys
“Gee Whiz”
“In These Shoes”
The Rose (album)
“The Rose” (song)
“Someone That I Used to Love”
Songs for the New Depression
“Storybook Children”
Thighs and Whispers
“When a Man Loves a Woman”
The Billboard Music Awards (TV special)
“Billy-a-Dick” (song)
“Birds” (song)
birth
The Birth of Venus (painting)
birthdays
Bisset, Jacqueline
“The Bitch Is Back” (song)
Bitter End, New York City
Black-Eyed Susan
Blatt, Jerry
material written by
songs written with
“Bless You, Child” (song)
Blondell, Joan
Blood on the Tracks (album)
Blue, David
“Blue Rondo ala Turk” (song)
“Blueberry Pie” (song)
Blumberg, Michael
Boarding House, San Francisco
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (film)
Bono, Sonny
“Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” (song)
Andrews Sisters and
included in Live at Last
Manilow-produced version
sung at Continental Baths
sung at United We Stand concert
sung in Diva Las Vegas
used in Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
book signings
Booker, Chuckii
booking agents
Borscht Belt, New York
Boston Globe
Bottom Line, New York City
Boudu Saved from Drowning (film)
Bowie, David
box office sales
“Beaches”
Big Business
Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
“De Tour” shows
Divine Madness
First Wives Club
Hocus Pocus
Isn’t She Great
Sister Act
Stella
That Old Feeling
“Boxing” (song)
“Breaking Up Somebody’s Home” (song)
Bristol, Johnny
Broadway Central Hotel, New York City
Broken Blossom (album)
Brown, James
Brubeck, Dave
Bruckheimer-Martell, Bonnie
backing out of projects
Bette and
Midler and
views on For the Boys
Bryant, Kobe
“Buckets of Rain” (song)
Buckingham, Lindsey
Buffalo, New York
Burke, Delta
Burt Bacharach—Opus No. 3
Byrds
Caan, James
Cable ACE Awards
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas
“California Dreamin’ ” (song)
“Call Me” (song)
Canceled (book)
Cantor, Eddie
“Cape Cod” (song)
Caperonas, Leon
Capote, Truman
Carey, Mariah
Carlin, George
Carmichael, Hoagy
Carnegie Hall, New York City
Carnival! The Rainforest Foundation Tribute (album)
Carole Bayer Sager (album)
Carousel
Carpenter, Karen
Carpenter, Richard
Carson, Johnny
Cash Box magazine
Casting: Beaches
Bette
Big Business
Boudu Saved from Drowning
Drowning Mona
First Wives Club
Get Shorty
Gypsy
Jinxed
Oliver & Company
Outrageous Fortune
The Rose
Stella
That Old Feeling
CBS-TV
“C.C. Rider” (song)
Central Park musical festival
Century Plaza Hotel, Los Angeles
Channing, Stockard
“Chanukah, Oh Chanukah” (song)
“Chapel of Love” (song)
charity work
AIDS-related
charity album
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
New York City Preservation Society
New York Restoration Project
Phoenix House
Purple Heart Cruise
United Jewish Appeal
Charles, Ray
“Chattanooga Choo Choo” (song)
Cheers (TV series)
Cher
Cher (TV special)
Chicago Sun Times
Chicago Tribune
childbirth
Childers, Beth Ellen
childhood
Children’s Diabetes Foundation
“The Christmas Song”
“The Christmas Waltz” (song)
Cinderella
Civic Auditorium, Pasadena
Clams on the Half-Shell Revue (Broadway show)
Clapton, Eric
Cleveland, Ohio
Clifford, John
Clift, Monty
Clinton, Bill
Clinton, Hillary
Clooney, Rosemary
clothing and dress
Academy Awards telecast
Art or Bust
Cher
Clams on the Half-Shell Revue
Continental Baths
Diva Las Vegas
Divine Madness
“Divine Miss Millennium”
Fantasia 2000
For the Boys
Grammy Awards telecast
Harlettes
Hocus Pocus
mermaid outfit
MTV Awards
Nolte in Beverly Hills
opening night part for The Rose
parent’s reaction to
“Star Spangled Night for Rights”
Stella
teen years
vintage clothing
Yakety Yak: Take It Back. See also appearance
Club Bijou, Philadelphia
CNN
Cocker, Joe
Coldwater Canyon, Hollywood
Cole, Nat King
Cole, Natalie
Collins, Jackie
Collins, Joan
Collins, Pat
Collins, Phil
Collins, Stephen
“Color of Roses” (song)
Columbia Records
Columbia University
“Come Back, Jimmy Dean” (song)
“Come Go with Me” (song)
“Come Rain or Come Shine” (song)
“Come Up and See Me Sometime” (song)
“Comic Relief”
Continental Baths
clip from included in Art or Bust
initial work at
last performance
Linhart’s gig at
Midler’s views of engagements there
return to in 1972
tribute to in The Rose
women attending shows
Cooke, Sam
Coolidge, Rita
Copacabana, New York City
Copenhagen
Corliss, Richard
covers: Broken Blossom
Divine Madness
Newsweek
People magazine
Vanity Fair
A View from a Broad
“Cowgirl’s Dream” (song)
Cox, Deborah
Coyote, Peter
“Cradle Days” (song)
Crawford, Cliff
Crawford, Randy
Crenshaw, Marshall
critiques. See reviews and critiques
Crossley, Charlotte
Crown Royal Revue
Cruise, Tom
Crystal, Billy
Cue magazine
Cunningham, Billy
Curry, Tim
Curtis, Jamie Lee
Cybill (TV show)
“Da Doo Ron Ron” (song)
Daily Variety
Dallas, Peter
dance charts
D’Arcy, Patty
daughter. See von Haselberg, Sophie Frederica Alohilani
The David Frost Show
Davis, Hal
Davis, Joan
Day, Doris
“A Day in the Life” (song)
“Daytime Hustler” (song)
De Shield, Andre
De Tour
Dean, James
“Dear Mr. Carson” (song)
DeGeneres, Ellen
Del Vikings
DeLago, Dolores
DeLorean, John
“Delta Dawn” (song)
DeMille, Cecil B.
Denby, David
“Depression Tour”
Desert Storm
Desperately Seeking Susan (film)
Destiny’s Child
Detroit Free Press
Detroit, Michigan
DeVito, Danny
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Diamond, Neil
Dinkins, David
discography
Disney Corporation
Disney Studios
Diva Las Vegas (concert)
Diva Las Vegas (TV special)
Divine, Loretta
Divine Madness (album)
Divine Madness (film)
Divine Miss M
The Divine Miss M (album)
“Divine Miss Millennium” (concert)
The Divine Mr. J. (film)
Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood (film)
Dixiecups
“Do You Want to Dance?” (song)
“Doctor Long John” (song)
Dodger Stadium
“Dolores DeLago—the Toast of Chicago”
Dolores Jalapeno’s Clams on the Half-Shell Revue (Broadway show)
Donald Duck
“Don’t Know Much” (song)
“Don’t Leave Me This Way” (song)
“Don’t Say Nothing Bad (about My Baby)” (song)
Doobie Brothers
Dorn, Joel
Douglas, Illeana
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (film)
Downey, Robert, Jr.
Downstairs at the Upstairs (supper club)
Dr. John
“Dream Lover” (song)
“Dreams of Sand” (song)
Dreyfus, James
Dreyfuss, Richard
Drifters
“Drinking Again” (song)
Drowning Mona (comedy)
drug abuse
Duffy, Mike
Dunn, Kevin
DVDs, Divine Madness
Dylan, Bob
“E Street Shuffle” (song)
Eagles
earnings
Continental Baths
De Tour
Divine Madness
For the Boys
from lawsuits
gold, as payment
Gypsy
Harlettes
opening acts
The Rose
Streisand, Barbra
world tour
Earth Day Special (TV special)
earthquakes
Eastwood, Clint
Ebert, Roger
Egyptian Theater, Los Angeles
Eisenberg, Frannie
Electric Circus, New York City
Ellen (TV show)
Ellman, Kevin
EMI
Eminem
Emmy awards
Employment: in chorus job
off-Broadway and experimental theater
part-time jobs in New York City
pineapple factory
“Empty Bed Blues” (song)
Endeavor
Entertainment Weekly
environmental issues
Ertegun, Ahmet
“Every Road Leads Back to You” (song)
“Everyone’s Gone to the Moon” (song)
“Everything’s Coming Up Roses” (song)
Experience the Divine (album)
Experience the Divine (tour)
Exposing Myself (book)
Eydie, Vicki
The Fabulous Bette Midler Show
Fantasia 2000 (film)
Fantasia (film)
Farina, Dennis