It had to be hard for Ginger and Liza to come on TV on the night that Fred died. They both said the things that people thought about Fred Astaire. He was always charming, graceful and classy. He will always be remembered and no one can take his place.

"His talent is one that's going to live forever and I think the centuries that come on, the youngsters will...look to him for class, style, and charm, 'cause he epitomizes it." "I think they'll look to both of you for that." We certainly do. I think Ginger and Fred would be tickled pink that their magic is still thrilling audiences the better part of a century later.

Both Ginger and Liza were great!

It was a magi time when the stars aligned with composers, actors, studios to produce excellence: George & Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin. When music was intended to communicate to another person, to move the story along. Performers who honed their craft on the live vaudeville stage. It was a magical time never to be repeated.

I could watch him dance all day

He made it look effortless, and like he enjoyed it. The sign of true talent.

He makes it look easy. He was a true professional.

Greatest dancer of all time.🎩💖

It's really nice how long this segment is. Today, it might be a couple minutes at most and then on to something else.

Rest in peace Fred ,thanks for your entertainment of dance,🌈🌸🐦💖😘🎩🎩🎩🎩😘

Yep...So could I...(watch him dance...no one could touch his mastery...style...and tremendous takent)

Fred was one in a million and no one will ever be able to do what he did. I love all his movies and I also own them

Thank you for uploading this. I remember watching it the night it was originally broadcast.

Thank you for this wonderful tribute to the magical amazing life of Fred genius-perfectionist Astaire. A TALENT & PERFORMER NEVER TO BE DUPLICATED.💛💎💛🏅

And just 4 weeks earlier, the gorgeous Rita Hayworth also died 😢

This was great 👍

This was wonderful, took me twice as long to watch it because I kept replaying all the dance numbers LOL! Thanks for posting. Cheers.

MJ was a huuge fan of Fred Astaire, and Astaire liked Mike a lot. i just realized that number he was doing in the white suit is one of Mike's inspirations for smooth criminal.

I could watch him dress all day!!!

I don't know if Fred Astaire made a lot of money like they do today, but you can see that he had a love for what he did.

"Fred Astaire.. an unparalleled lifelong romance, with dance!!" "A dance of life fulfilled.. it is passion & grace, elevated over time & space." "For what is life - unless you break a leg - with impact, with heart, with sway." "An opus on life. Dance it out, to the full." "Astaire.. way to Heaven." "For our time, it is no crime, to dance.. as a gentleman." "And Heaven above - now motions us - in a different way." ~ Paul Jung

First Class

O casal mais famoso dos musicais do cinema de todos os tempos!

@Arthur....Eleanor Powell was a brilliant dancer...However Ginger Rogers was his very best dance partner... simply because of the great chemistry they had together and the magic they created in their ten films. She looked the best with Fred and was a very talented actress as well. I tend to think of Eleanor Powell as a mostly solo tap/athletic type of dancer. Cyd Charrise was beautiful and another wonderful dancer... however there was almost zero chemistry between her and Fred.

Astaire was the master! FACT, true. Cindy

The tramp number with Judy is my favorite dance number from movies, even tho it's not really a lot of dancing.

What about Fred and Rita Hayworth?

All practice lots of practice Cindy

Brian May in his tap dancing clogs brought me here

I found out that him and his sister were a dancing team before he hit it big. His sister was known to be more talented than him.

Eleanor Powell was his easily his best Female dance partner! She was much better than Ginger Rogers!

I could watch him dance all day

I could watch him dress all day!!!

I could watch him dance all day

I could watch him dance all day

I could watch him dance all day