tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post6045589921872567933..comments2024-03-20T19:06:59.758-07:00Comments on Classic Television Showbiz: The Joe Franklin Show opening sequence (1977) - Footage Offline - 10/20/07Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398796842887862508.post-88357758942467541772011-11-13T23:24:18.409-08:002011-11-13T23:24:18.409-08:00The version of "Twelfth Street Rag" that...The version of "Twelfth Street Rag" that was used for the opening of <i>The Joe Franklin Show</i> up to the early 1980's was "Big" Tiny Little's 1959 recording as originally released on his album <i>Honky Tonk Piano</i> [Brunswick BL (7)54049]. Little's version was also used for the 1984-85 <i>Saturday Night Live</i> parodies of Franklin's show in which the host was impersonated by Billy Crystal.<br /><br />The other thing was that the off-air recording of this open as represented there (and put up by a lucky soul on Dailymotion) was unfortunately black-and-white. I say "unfortunately" because said open was originally color. To be sure, the pics were originally black-and-white - but tinted (in order of rotational appearance) salmon pink, amber yellow, and lilac purple.wbhisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270661237413315760noreply@blogger.com