Ethel Merman sings Cole Porter’s “I Get a Kick Out of You” on NBC’s Texaco Star Theater. She is introduced by Milton Berle, the host. Merman introduced the song in the original 1934 Broadway production of Anything Goes. This episode was originally telecast on March 22, 1949:
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