Groovy

Peace, Love And Bobby Sherman

Satiricom 1973

We come from the planet of 70's Brazilian television. We shall sing you the song of our people.

Star Medley

Everything about this clip— from the star-shaped disco ball, to the sudden appearance of Milton Berle, to the strangely hypnotic sight of Ann B. Davis and Rip Taylor slow-dancing together while speaking in tongues, to Florence Henderson and Tina Turner getting their freak on at the very end— is made of WIN!

Remembering the 'rural purge'

Next month marks the 40th anniversary of when CBS said goodbye to Jed and all his kin and cancelled The Beverly Hillbillies as part of the network's "rural purge" — a cancellation of shows (in 1971 almost half of the CBS's shows were axed and urban sitcoms like All in the Family started) that included two of my favorite shows: Green Acres and Hee Haw.

Buddy Ebsen and Irene Ryan do a promo for St. Louis broadcasting legend Jim Bolen's '60s jazz radio show.

Jethro learns that "C is for cigarette."

Mr. Yuk

I regret to this day when I threw away 6 sheets of Mr. Yuk stickers...

Some really great Mr. Yuk info over at WIKI.

John Byner

John Byner did the voices for the cartoon The Ant and the Aardvark, which appeared in the Pink Panther Cartoon series from 1969-1971. The characters are voiced by Byner's impressions of Dean Martin and Jackie Mason. There were 17 theatrical shorts directed by Friz Freleng, (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies).

Byner guest starred in many television shows including Get Smart, The Odd Couple, Soap and Hollywood Squares. He also hosted the television show Bizarre. He's married to actress Annie Gaybis. His official website is here.




From WIKI: In German-dubbed versions of the cartoon, the protagonists no longer imitate well-known actors. The male aardvark is transformed into a female anteater named Elise (Eliza). Charlie (voiced by Fred Maire) remains male, but is no longer a Dean Martin parody. Elise is voiced by Marianne Wischmann, one of Germany's most renowned voice actresses.

Say whaaat‽

Not to be confused with this.
Via K-tel

UFO Robot

Stefania Rotolo's 1979 performance of "UFO Robot" (a 1978 hit in Italy by Actaurus) on RAI's Tilt is a bit like a live-action version of the short-lived Partridge Family 2200 AD cartoon and — possibly — a more accurate depiction of things to come.

The Hudson Brothers - Razzle Dazzle Show

Just Another Night in the PCL Compound.

[via Heino und Jerry im Uber Space.]

Welcome to Hell

Lileks has a new site! It's not quite finished - well, I'll let him say it:

Hey, it’s an unfinished site with only one thing on it! That must mean it’s in “beta.” But since there’s a lot of content in that one link, then it’s maximum beta - or, to make it really super 70s, “Betamax!” Ha ha. Can I write for the Hudson Brothers’ Summertime replacement variety show now?

Don’t know who the Hudson Brothers were? We’ll get to that.

But what's there so far is a blast.

The Secrets of Barris.

So, is this a thing we're doing now? Very well.

When Desuko was kiddie Desuko this was the show he watched. I hope this explains some things.

This, which did a whole lot more to influence my choices in women than I'd like to admit:


And also this, which did a whole lot more to influence my choices in entertainment that I'd like to admit: