Lady Gaga proved her mainstream outreach on a holiday evening with A Very Gaga Thanksgiving, a 90-minute special that dialed back the wacky fashion-sense and “little monster” talk in favor of Tony Bennett and making construction-paper turkeys with third-graders.
This show was shrewdly conceived by Gaga (she directed it) to be a warm, low-key collection of solid performances of her hits and pop standards.
The secret to Gaga’s success here was her willingness to throw back to an earlier era. Cheerfully overdressed like Arlene Francis on a 1950s variety or game show, the singer engaged in a charming cooking segment with chef Art Smith. He and Gaga made fried turkey and waffles (the food looked delicious).
Some of the special was filmed at Gaga’s alma mater, Sacred Heart Catholic School in Manhattan, including a scene in which the singer engaged in arts and crafts with third- and fourth-graders. In a nicely spontaneous-seeming moment, while the little girls scissored and pasted, Gaga decided she’d do a little educating, and asked the children if they knew who Jackson Pollock was. Turns out they all had. “I ask you what you eat for Thanksgiving and you don’t know, but you know who Jackson Pollock is,” she said, nonplussed.
While I could have done without the extended scatting on her version of “White Christmas” and the banal chat with Katie Couric (between this and her Regis Philbin special, Couric is being ill-used by ABC), except for the unexpected, touching moment when that chat was interrupted by one of Gag’s former teachers, Sister Bayo.
A Very Gaga Thanksgiving was disarmingly direct, sincere, and unpretentious. It was a lot more engaging than that disappointingly limp new Fox cartoon Happiness Is A Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown. Turns out happiness is a warm Gaga.
I have 30 minutes until the show ends. I'm gonna watch it with my best friend. Plus, Gaga directed it, which means this show is gonna be the best show ever! (:
I have 30 minutes until the show ends. I'm gonna watch it with my best friend. Plus, Gaga directed it, which means this show is gonna be the best show ever! (:
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It was refreshing to type respect and Gaga in twitter search and read the countless amount of praise she received from people after they watched this special.
You're really going to put me on blast?? 
and Katie Couric will remain bothered that she was out shone during her interview.