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Post by David Barron on Jan 1, 2012 18:49:08 GMT
It was fascinating to see the Parkinson interview, and would love to see the Alan Alda interview, as it was during the last few years of MASH. I wonder regarding that what the latest series that was being broadcasted on the BBC at the time of the Parkinson interview.
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Post by Richard Marple on Jan 1, 2012 19:28:48 GMT
I recently bought the 1966 Batman film on DVD.
It really brought back memories of the TV series.
I was too young for the original showings, but enjoyed seeing it in the 1980s on ITV (Granada & later TV-AM) & Channel 4 in the mid 1990's.
I noticed ITV4 are currently showing it, but I've not seen any of it yet.
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Post by John Green on Jan 1, 2012 22:13:10 GMT
It would be interesting to know what Alan Alda made of Jimmie,who was huge in the UK,but seemed to have Ali asking "Who is this guy?".
On an alternate earth,Saville makes a guest appearance at the 4077.
More realistically,did JS ever introduce the MASH theme on TOTP?
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Post by Tony Walshaw on Jan 1, 2012 23:16:02 GMT
I've been of the opinion for a long time now that Jimmy 'lost it' as a presenter/DJ big style at some point in the early 80s - probably due to his clashes with Michael Hurll on TOTP and certain R1 managers who hastened his departure in 1987, though I would say he was getting doddery before then. I believe he sort of thought "give em what they want" and simply became the be-jewelled track-suited cliche Mike Yarwood/Eddie Large impression of the past 20 years or so, and that this has really over-shadowed just how good he was in his prime. The documentary put across brilliantly just how sharp he was in the 60s & 70s - how well did he come across in both the Muhammed Ali 'Fix It' and the 1980 interview with Parky? It simply does not correlate with the crabby old crank of the Loius Theroux documentary or latter-day interviews. Interesting. What clashes did he have with Hurll and Radio 1? In Johnny Beerling's book 'Radio 1: The Inside Scene' it is implied that Savile's departure from Radio 1 was handled amicably by both parties. I'm not sure I noticed a particular change in Savile during the 80s other than being a bit less "in yer face". I don't think he suffered a downturn in popularity in this decade like, say, Tony Blackburn or Rolf Harris did. I will add that they emerged through this to become the icons that they are now. I think that in the 80s, due to "changing perceptions by the public", some in entertainment & media thought that established faces from the 60s & 70s should be "moved on" and new people brought in. Not that this logic was always right - it did give people like Rowan Atkinson, Ben Elton and Harry Enfield a profile, but equally deemed that Little & Large and Cannon & Ball were worthy of assuming the mantles of Eric & Ernie and Tommy Cooper. |
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Post by Marshall Fish on Jan 2, 2012 1:21:17 GMT
I recently bought the 1966 Batman film on DVD. It really brought back memories of the TV series. I was too young for the original showings, but enjoyed seeing it in the 1980s on ITV (Granada & later TV-AM) & Channel 4 in the mid 1990's. I noticed ITV4 are currently showing it, but I've not seen any of it yet. The 1966 Batman film is a lot of fun, as it just seems like a longer and cinema version of the TV show. Here in the U.S., the Hub cable network was supposed to have shown a 1960's Batman TV series marathon last night for New Years Eve. I wasn't able to see it. BTW, in the same legal lingo category for video is The Green Hornet Series from the 1960's, with Van Williams and Bruce Lee. Marshall Five classic U.S. TV shows still unavailable on home video (not spam): marshfish.hubpages.com/hub/Five-classic-US-TV-shows-still-unavailable-on-home-videoand Five collectible Paul McCartney related compact discs (also not spam): marshfish.hubpages.com/hub/Five-collectible-Paul-McCartney-related-compact-disc-releases |
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Post by John Green on Jan 2, 2012 10:28:30 GMT
I'm frustrated by the Batman situation,too,as I'm sure is Adam West!
Nonetheless,at least the Batmans,Wonder Years,etc.,are out there,having been broadcast since the advent of home video.
What's I'm very much fed up about are those series that haven't seen the light of day in the last 30 years.Short of a raid on the archives,we've got no way of seeing them.
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Post by markg on Jan 3, 2012 10:29:40 GMT
MarshallFish: One PMac CD 'rarity' would be the promo CD I had for the "Twin Freaks" album. I sold one on e-bay back a few years ago, and it paid for the holiday we were just about to set off on!
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Post by Chris Barratt on Jan 3, 2012 12:49:14 GMT
Some BBC local radio recently broadcast Jimmy's last ever interview. He's talking with his friend Shaun Tilley and, unlike many of the latter-day interviews he did. sounds happy, open and relaxed. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00mm7kz |
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Post by Marshall Fish on Jan 3, 2012 18:31:41 GMT
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Post by Marshall Fish on Jan 3, 2012 18:51:22 GMT
I'm frustrated by the Batman situation,too,as I'm sure is Adam West! Nonetheless,at least the Batmans,Wonder Years,etc.,are out there,having been broadcast since the advent of home video. What's I'm very much fed up about are those series that haven't seen the light of day in the last 30 years.Short of a raid on the archives,we've got no way of seeing them. I agree with you about the shows only available in the archives. For example, the American ones I mentioned in the article like Fridays and the Jackie Gleason Show/American Scene Magazine. At least in the UK you've been fortunate to have the various 1970's Top of the Pops shows rebroadcast over the past few years. I wonder which rare broadcasts are in the archives for chat shows like Parkinson, Frost on Sunday, etc.? Hopefully, a lot of them weren't wiped after broadcast, as the American Tonight Show with Johnny Carson 1960's programs were. Marshall Five classic U.S. TV shows still unavailable on home video (not spam): marshfish.hubpages.com/hub/Five-classic-US-TV-shows-still-unavailable-on-home-videoand Five collectible Paul McCartney related compact discs (also not spam): marshfish.hubpages.com/hub/Five-collectible-Paul-McCartney-related-compact-disc-releases |
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Post by Richard Marple on Jan 3, 2012 20:17:52 GMT
Some of the earlier Parkinson shows have been wiped, though the book Parky's People transcribes 1 or 2 missing ones so some off air (audio only?) recordings survive.
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Post by John Green on Jan 4, 2012 2:00:00 GMT
It's been stated elsewhere that satirical shows that might lead to litigation (specifically That Was the Week,That Was) could be retained for legal purposes.Did that happen for live chat shows?What if someone turned up drunk?
I can't quite believe,either,that 60s and 70s superstars
(1)Couldn't afford a VCR.
(2)Didn't tape their own appearances on TV.
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Post by markg on Jan 4, 2012 9:49:32 GMT
Many could, and did. But usually it was more a case of "the equipment did not exist or was not easy to get".
I do know Nat King Cole saved many of his TV performances in this way, bearing in mind he died in 1965 that's a heck of a lot of 'foresight'.
More than likely, those superstars have kept it to themselves, unaware of the 'importance' of the performances beyond their own.
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Post by garyjordanbrum on Jan 9, 2012 12:05:08 GMT
My highlights were Slade performing 'Everyday' on Clunk Click. Have known about this for about 7 years: BBC Archive Broadcast: 30/03/74 Title: CLUNK-CLICK Description: Jimmy SAVILE hosts his own show with guests Alfred MORRIS M.P., Geoffrey MOORHOUSE and Slade. >Telerecording with film seq's, inc clip from NationwideWayne MARSHALL performs: Partita No. 2 in C Minor First Movement (Bach) (dur 04m30s) Slade performs: Everyday (dur 03m05s) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylZsDnAlb2s |
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Post by garyjordanbrum on Jan 9, 2012 12:12:47 GMT
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