A Very Gaga Thanksgiving is the name of an 90 minutes ABC Thanksgiving special that aired on November 24, 2011, featuring Lady Gaga. The special was shot on October 22 and 23, 2011. Development for A Very Gaga Thanksgiving immediately surfaced in November 2011, when it was announced that Gaga would host a television special on Thanksgiving. It features guest appearances from Katie Couric, Art Smith, and Tony Bennett.

Contents 1 Synopsis 1.1 Cooking with Art Smith 2 Production 2.1 October 22, 2011 2.2 October 23, 2011 3 Music 4 Credits 5 Links

Synopsis

Couric interviews Lady Gaga about her life and the inspiration behind her music at Convent of the Sacred Heart in Manhattan. Gaga also performs nine songs to a small audience of friends and family, including "Born This Way", "Marry the Night", "You and I", "Hair" and "The Edge of Glory", as well as covers of Irving Berlin classic "White Christmas" and Nat King Cole's "Orange Colored Sky". She also sings a duet with show tune artist Tony Bennett, which is a cover of Babes In Arms song "The Lady Is a Tramp". Gaga sings "Bad Romance" onstage in a different scene. American chef Art Smith accompanies Gaga with a turkey dinner and waffles. In another scene, a small group of children gather around her as she blows glitter on them.

Cooking with Art Smith

The special also included a cooking segment with chef Art Smith, with whom Gaga prepared fried turkey and waffles.

1. Grandmother Germanotta’s Salami Pecorino Cheese Waffles
2. Grandma Bissett's Cranberry Sauce
3. Aunt Sheri and Uncle Steve's Spiced Pecans
4. Fried Turkey
5. Chef Art's Gravy

Production

1. Hat by Unknown , dress by Givenchy (X)
2. Jewels by Rodrigo Otazu, black dress by Armani Privé (Haute Couture Fall/Winter 2011, "Hommage au Japon")
3. Red dress by Martin Grant (Spring/Summer 2012)

October 22, 2011

2. Black and brown gown by James Galanos
3. Sunglasses by Frame France, jacket and pants by Tom Ford, shoes by Christian Louboutin

October 23, 2011

1. Red dress by Unknown
2. Jewels by Rodrigo Otazu, dress by Azzedine Alaïa (Haute Couture Fall 2011)
3. Dress by Jean Paul Gaultier (Haute Couture Fall 2011)
4. Hat by Unknown, red dress by Stéphane Rolland (Haute Couture Spring/Summer 2009), shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti ("High Platform Wedges")
5. Hat by Unknown, yellow coat by Valentino (1980's), black dress by Fendi (Spring/Summer 2012)

Music

For the EP release, see "A Very Gaga Holiday"

Set list

1. "The Lady is a Tramp" (duet with Tony Bennett)
2. "Born This Way'"
3. "Yoü and I"
4. "The Edge of Glory"
5. "White Christmas"
6. "Orange Colored Sky"
7. "Hair"
8. "Bad Romance"
9. "Marry the Night" (Web exclusive)

Credits

• Director — Lady Gaga
• First assistant director — Paul Laurens
• Second assistant director — Melissa Mugavero
• Producer — Steven Johnson (Factory Films), ABC's Lincoln Square Productions
• Unit Production Manager — Steven Johnson (Factory Films)
• Executive producer — Rudy Bednar, David Saltz
• Visual effects — Baked FX
• Photographer on set — Shareif Ziyadat, Lou Rocco (ABC)
• Musical director — Joe Wilson
• Music mix — Dave Russell at Heard It! Studios

• Fashion director — Nicola Formichetti (Haus of Gaga)
• Stylist — Brandon Maxwell (Haus of Gaga)
• Sylist assistant — Perry Meek and Tony Villanueva (Haus of Gaga)
• Manicurist — Aya Fukuda
• Gaga's hair — Frederic Aspiras (Haus of Gaga)
• Gaga's makeup — James Kaliardos
• Gaga's makeup assistant — William Kahn
• Dancers, band hair, makeup — Sarah Tanno (Haus of Gaga)
• Dancers' makeup assistant — Deborah Padilla
• Dancers' barber — Corey Rosso
• Dancers hair — David Reposar, Jacob Hyzer
• Choreographer — Richard Jackson (Haus of Gaga)
• Haus of Gaga Dancers — Amanda Balen, Montana Efaw, Vincent Hardison, Jeremy Hudson, Richard Jackson, Mark Kanemura, Ian McKenzie, Victor Rojas, Bethany Strong
• Haus of Gaga Band — Ricky Tillo (Guitar), George McCurdy III (Drums), Brockett Parsons (Keys), Kareem Devlin Byrne (Gutiar), Kern Brantley (Bass)
• Band — Alex Smith (Piano), Brian Newman (trumpet), Paul Francis (Drums), Scott Ritchie (Bass), Steven Kortyka (Tenor sax)

Links

• Official website
• Recipes

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