So it was a joy to do it, to let them see what actually my show would look like if I had all the bells and whistles.ĭid it allow you to do anything you normally couldn’t - like a costume change?Įeeeex actly. Because I can’t carry all the things on the road that I can do in the Christmas show here in one place. We wanted to try to make it as simple as possible, as far as prices were, but I’m sure they understand that people have to get paid, even if I don’t get paid. I mean, they have to pay per person when they come to my show, but this time they can have five people in the room for one price.
I really miss doing a concert for my fans around the country and this year they’ll all get to see me - and for much cheaper. I said, well, what can I do for them? And then someone came up with the idea: Why don’t you just do a pay-per-view show, and you can give back? A lot of the proceeds are going to all the places where I worked, you know, because they’re all closed now, too. I was trying to think of what I could do for my fans, and also for the places where I go have me back every year. Was it an easy decision to do a pay-per-view special, since you can’t go out live? appointment viewing for 29 years, obscurities like her Jewish-themed Christmas song for “SNL”… and whether “Lethal Weapon” is a Christmas movie. Prior to the streaming special’s premiere Saturday night, Love got on the phone with Variety from her New York home to talk all things holiday-related, including the very, very gradual success of the Spector Christmas album, how David Letterman helped resurrect her career by making her annual rendering of “Christmas (Please Come Home)” into 12:25 a.m.