Bette Midler Ol Red Hair Is Back

In 1977 Bette Midlers first television special premiered featuring guest stars Dustin Hoffman and Emmett Kelly It went on to win Bette her first Emmy Award for Outstanding Special ComedyVariety or Music To make the show palatable to home viewers the special featured heavily cleaned up versions of the material Midler was performing at that time on stage The title of the show Ol Red Hair is Back was a takeoff on the title of Frank Sinatras recent album Ol Blue Eyes Is Back