Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Born For Hard Luck with Peg Leg Sam (1976)
Another fine dancer-musician with a wooden leg, here is a 1976 black and white documentary from Tom Davenport about Peg Leg Sam.
Peg Leg Bates in Unknown Film
This is footage from one of those low-budget all-Black cast road house pictures that played exclusively for Black audiences in the nineteen forties. Not sure what film it's from, however. May have been a short or may have been feature length (and feature length for these type of films was usually somewhere around fifty minutes).
Monday, March 31, 2008
Stringbean
Not sure which of the never ending list of old country music programs this one is from, but footage of the hillbilly that invented hip hop fashion is always worth posting. Read the crazy story of Stringbean here.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Friday, March 28, 2008
One More Tip
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Danny Thomas Show: 40th Anniversary of The Coconut Grove (1964) - Footage Offline - 09/13/09
Here's a super showbizzy oddity featuring Danny Thomas, Jimmy Durante, Joey Bishop, Eddie Fisher and Walter Winchell toasting the celebrated night club. Not sure when this aired.
I've Got a Secret (1972)
This same stunt was once pulled on the variety show of original I've Got A Secret host, Garry Moore. I had the episode posted here, but it has since been removed by the person who posted it. The novelty never caught.
Carson's Comedy Classics (1983)
Yet another installment of CCC consisting primarily of comedic bits from the nineteen seventies. And yet another installment that is very, very enjoyable. I like watching these late at night with the lights off and pretending Carson is still on the air.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
The Merv Griffin Show with guests Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Gary Morton, Gale Gordon, Desi Arnaz Jr and Lucille Ball Jr. (1973)
A full episode of The Merv Griffin Show and a special one indeed.
Stu Gilliam at The Basin Street West (1964)
The cover of this comedy LP on the "risque" label FAX Records states that this is the "Greatest Single Performance of Spiced Satire Ever Recorded." I certainly wouldn't go that far, but it isn't too bad. This LP was released during the early stage of Gilliam's stand-up career: 1964. In the next handful of years he performed his act on The Hollywood Palace, Playboy After Dark and three different spots on The Ed Sullivan Show. He also became a regular on the game show circuit popping up on The Hollywood Squares and The Match Game. He even had a turn in an episode of Get Smart. When things finally opened up for Black actors in the nineteen seventies, Gilliam appeared in The Mack (1973), Dr. Black and Mr. Hyde (1976) and as the voice of Curly on Hanna-Barbera's Harlem Globetrotters cartoon. Now listen to the man Redd Foxx describes in the liner notes as "... amazing, the greatest new talent of this decade," Stu Gilliam.
Kraft Music Hall with host Perry Como and guest George Kirby (1963)
I'm posting this episode primarily because of the legendary impressionist and nightclub comedian George Kirby, one of the very neglected figures of 20th century showbiz history. I'll be uploading a very good LP by the man on Dooto Records in a couple months.
The Joe Franklin Show with guest Al Lewis (1993)
This great looking, grainy, piece of film is an extremely entertaining documentary on the socialist Grampa Munster. I Love Lucy with guest George "Superman" Reeves (1957) - Footage Offline - 5/10/08
Also look out for the voice of George Jetson and the star of the old Behind the Eightball film shorts, George O'Hanlon in this one.
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