[coastie65]

I only went back 45-50 years for that one and the TV show was popular at least for adults, not us kids. That was back when Variety shows were the thing. coastie65

[techie4fun]

coastie65 said:

Speaking of the way back machine, I think somebody has been indulging in Rocky and Bullwinkle cartoons. :D Okay, here we go boys and girls, this singer had their own TV show and did their own commercial. They would sing a little jingle " See the USA, in your Chevrolet". Who was this singer? coastie65

Who is Dinah Shore for $500

[mcbarker]

coastie65 said:

I only went back 45-50 years for that one and the TV show was popular at least for adults, not us kids. That was back when Variety shows were the thing. coastie65

Yeah... I remember those... barely. We had Sunday Night at the London Palladium, which featured singers, dancers, jugglers, comedians, ventriloquists and other assorted oddities for an hour each week. Only trouble is I was a kid living in the UK back then, TV was in black and white only, and even then, variety shows didn't appeal to me. Oh, and I almost forgot... we only had one channel... BBC. I also remember that being a little kid in the 50's sucked.

[coastie65]

Well techie, You get the prize. It was Dinah Shore and I didn't think it was hard of a question. coastie65

[coastie65]

Hi mcbarker, I think we had two channels at that time. I always thought the beeb was rather dry as far as programming went. Benny Hill wasn't bad though, but that was much later. On Sunday night we had Ed Sullivan. coastie65

[mcbarker]

coastie65 said:

Hi mcbarker, I think we had two channels at that time. I always thought the beeb was rather dry as far as programming went. Benny Hill wasn't bad though, but that was much later. On Sunday night we had Ed Sullivan. coastie65

I remember Ed Sullivan. He always looked like he had a broomstick handle stuck up his butt. :^0

The Beeb improved somewhat in the late 60's and through the 80's. They came up with some really good comedy shows, like Monty Python's Flying Circus, Fawlty Towers, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, Mr Bean, Blackadder, and Benny Hill. They also had a great live performance show in the early 70's called The Old Grey Whistle Test, which featured relatively unknown bands playing live in the studio (with no audience). A couple of the guests I remember seeing were Led Zeppelin and Bonnie Rait. It was way ahead of its time, and for some reason it was relegated to an 11 PM time slot. Maybe they (the Beeb) thought such music would corrupt young minds. They were right!

B-)

[coastie65]

Yeah, they exported Benny Hill over here to corrupt us. I really liked that show. Fawlty Towers turned up on PBS over here. I don't think we got Monty Phython's Flying Circus, and nobody knew of him until the Movie. coastie65

[mcbarker]

OK... Last question of the night... Unlike MPH, I've gotta sleep sometime. :-)

Which late 60's British band had throughout its existance, the following guitarists in its lineup at different times... Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page?

[coastie65]

This is just a guess, but I think it may be Cream coastie65

[Adama]

I didn't get BBC all the time, but I did manage to see some of those programs you mention whenever they were available. I loved Fawlty Towers, it was hysterical, also Mr. Bean and Benny Hill, always kept me in stitches. Once in a while I got to watch Month Python's Flying Circus. All good stuff!

[mjd420nova]

MCB: The hit Ruby was after Kenny Rogers went country. The hit single was "just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in" and the flip side was "Charlie the Fer De Lance, the snake who liked to dance". He had a lot of hits on the country charts and many were cross overs. His most notable was the Gambler because of the TV movies.

[mcbarker]

mjd420nova said:

MCB: The hit Ruby was after Kenny Rogers went country. The hit single was "just dropped in to see what condition my condition was in" and the flip side was "Charlie the Fer De Lance, the snake who liked to dance". He had a lot of hits on the country charts and many were cross overs. His most notable was the Gambler because of the TV movies.

You stumped me... And Coastie as well it seems. I don't believe I ever heard either of those two songs. Good job :-)

[mcbarker]

coastie65 said:

This is just a guess, but I think it may be Cream coastie65

Nope, and I have to make a correction... The band was mid 60's, and not late 60's as I said before. They started off as a blues band with Eric Clapton, and morphed into an experimental psychedelic rock band when Clapton left and Jeff Beck joined. With Beck in the band, their music changed, and had an almost Gregorian Chant feel, with Beck often using his guitar to imitate the sound of a sitar. Shortly before the band broke up, guitarist Jimmy Page joined the lineup. They had many hit singles, and their sound was unique.

[mcbarker]

Adama said:

I didn't get BBC all the time, but I did manage to see some of those programs you mention whenever they were available. I loved Fawlty Towers, it was hysterical, also Mr. Bean and Benny Hill, always kept me in stitches. Once in a while I got to watch Month Python's Flying Circus. All good stuff!

Did you ever notice that the sign outside of Fawlty Towers changed with each episode to an anagram of Fawlty Towers (sometimes with letters missing)? I think the best one was when the sign read Farty Towels.

Monty Python had (and still has) a large, almost cult following in the US. Americans loved the craziness of the humor, but many didn't realize that much of the show was a spoof on the British way of life. They parodied the British government and its bureaucracy a lot, as well as the British working class, upper class, religious organizations, and the general sheepish nature of the average poorly educated Brit, who would mindlessly do almost anything they were told by any authority figure.

[coastie65]

Hi mcbarker, Boy, that Eric Clapton question is a real doozy. After I blew the it with cream, I figuired that was too easy of an answer anyway. I got to thinking about it and it seemed as I remember Clapton playing with another group before Cream. I know it was a British group and it wasn't the Beatles or the Stones. I had a CD playing and a song came up,called "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, and that is when it hit me. I am pretty sure he did play with that group. coastie65

[mcbarker]

coastie65 said:

Hi mcbarker, Boy, that Eric Clapton question is a real doozy. After I blew the it with cream, I figured that was too easy of an answer anyway. I got to thinking about it and it seemed as I remember Clapton playing with another group before Cream. I know it was a British group and it wasn't the Beatles or the Stones. I had a CD playing and a song came up,called "For Your Love" by the Yardbirds, and that is when it hit me. I am pretty sure he did play with that group. coastie65

Coastie... You finally got it :D

For Your Love was the Yardbirds first hit single, and also Jeff Beck's debut with the band. They pumped out a whole bunch of hit singles throughout their existance, all of which they said they only recorded to keep their record company happy. The music on their albums were not at all like their hit songs. It's hard to describe what to call it. If you ever get the chance to listen to their album, Roger The Engineer, you'll see (or hear) what I mean.

[coastie65]

Hi mcbarker, Usually when I download music, I cherry pick the albums and don't download the entire album. The one exception was the Rolling Stones' album " High Tide and Green Grass", which had all their early hits such as "Satisfaction" and "19th Nervous breakdown" on it. I was thinking that Clapton was still playing with the Yardbirds when they cut " For Your Love", but not when it was released. coastie65

[mcbarker]

coastie65 said:

Hi mcbarker, Usually when I download music, I cherry pick the albums and don't download the entire album. The one exception was the Rolling Stones' album " High Tide and Green Grass", which had all their early hits such as "Satisfaction" and "19th Nervous breakdown" on it. I was thinking that Clapton was still playing with the Yardbirds when they cut " For Your Love", but not when it was released. coastie65

I had to Google to find out about Clapton and For Your Love. Don't you ever get tired of being right? :0 :D

Apparently, the song was the major reason for him leaving the group. He thought that the band was becoming too commercial, and didn't like having to try to emulate the single's harpsichord part on a 12 string guitar during live performances. I had a copy of their first album, Five Live Yardbirds, which featured Clapton. It was straight blues. To be honest, I preferred the Beck era Yardbirds.

[coastie65]

Do I get tired of being right? The peolple around me usually get tired of me being right as I got kicked out of the trivia pursuit games at my local bar. coastie65

[Adama]

Hi, McBarker. Yes, I did notice the misspellings on the sign - it's been such a long time... I wish they would bring Fawlty Towers back, we could sure use their brand of humor right about now. :^0