June 19, 1976 –
HBO launched the series, Standing Room Only (SRO) with a taped special by Bette Midler on this date.
The original HBO presentation was shown “complete and uncut, minus any editing or interruption” (per the June 1976 HBO On Air guide), lasting nearly two-and-a-half hours. When it was shown on broadcast television later that year, it was shorn to 87 minutes. That truncated version was released on videocassette by Embassy Home Video in 1984. The special – a rare opportunity to see Midler in her first phase of stardom – has yet to be released in digital format.
The Haus of Dcaligari 