Very Short Interview - Bette Midler talks about her new song ‘From A Distance’ and discusses the challenges of album success.

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Friday brought us Bette Midler interviewing Marc Shaiman about his new book "Never Mind the Happy" and what a blast that was!

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Clip One | Duration: 0:02:52 (about 500 words)
What has gone to Bette Midler's head is blonde hair coloring and a frizzy perm.
That's her super rock star look for the rose.
But Bette's own image is no less outrageous.
she has always described herself as trash with
flash

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Audio From The Bette Midler Archive: Bette Midler - The Continental/Interview With Johnny - 1971

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Conversation and screening start at $5. Signed book only: $35. Signed book + screening: Starts at $3 at Fri, Feb 6, 2026

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In his memoir, Never Mind the Happy, composer Marc Shaiman joked he “almost called the book, ‘Google Me.’

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There is no shortage of memoirs by entertainment figures (or their ghosts), and many are forgettable. But occasionally one arrives that feels authentic and different.

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Award winning Broadway and Hollywood songwriter Marc Shaiman is looking back on decades of success with a self deprecating sense of humour in a new memoir that embraces doubt as much as triumph.

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A lot of dreams have come true for Marc Shaiman, Broadway songwriter, soundtrack savant, Jewish Eeyore and human Spotify.

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Parkinson - Bette Midler segment of the interview only. Omar Sharif, Bette Midler, Professor J.K.Galbraith (Jan 21, 1981)

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