Here from The Ed Sullivan Show is a number from the original production of My Fair Lady. Note the simple staging. If this show debuted today, the dancers would be doing moves that put Simone Biles to shame and all the men would lift all the women into the air — or vice-versa.
At the time, critics and audiences alike hailed this show as maybe the best musical ever presented on Broadway. Everything had to be jazzed up a bit for the recent revival…but here, with Julie Andrews and a great song, it just works so well…