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Post by mrjukebox on Mar 28, 2024 17:14:17 GMT -5
That segment when Ed threw the tomahawk at the drawing on "The Tonight Show" is a keeper.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 28, 2024 17:56:46 GMT -5
My parents also bought Judith! I believe it was the only LP they bought in the 1970s and the first since Ed Ames back in 1967. "Who Will Answer?" or "My Cup Runneth Over with Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove"? ...and ed could throw a mean tomahawk on Johnny Carson! It was My Cup Runneth Over. Great record. And what a pair of lungs. I had forgotten about Who Will Answer, and several years ago I heard it on the radio during Christmas season. When it reached the harpsichord part at 2:00 I thought the song had ended and it was segueing into the Partridge Family or something.
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Post by chrislc on Mar 28, 2024 18:11:03 GMT -5
My parents also bought Judith! I believe it was the only LP they bought in the 1970s and the first since Ed Ames back in 1967. "Who Will Answer?" or "My Cup Runneth Over with Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove"? ...and ed could throw a mean tomahawk on Johnny Carson! Some synchronicity here, as my parents would hear Ed Ames on WNEW with DJ William B. Williams (the real one) while Lon Chaney Jr. hit the make believe William B. Williams in the groin with a rock here at 2:30. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqsGIMHNNcIThis version is better. They left in My Way at 2:55. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0OGy7pdoNEI LOVE how Sammy says it happened sometime in the mid 60s and then when the highlight appears it's 1959. Those writers missed no opportunities. Just brilliant.
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Post by cursereversed on Apr 2, 2024 11:56:53 GMT -5
Monster Mash was re-released because Dr. Demento started playing it heavily. Thank you! Do you happen to know if he did that because Frankenstein was such a big hit in the Spring of '73? No idea. Just remember the connection because either somebody mentioned it on here or Casey mentioned it on a 1973 show before playing it.
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Post by paulhaney on Apr 2, 2024 12:17:43 GMT -5
"Send In The Clowns" also benefitted from the 1977 movie version of "A Little Night Music" where the song originated in the stage version.
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Post by paulhaney on Apr 2, 2024 12:24:53 GMT -5
A few of the major Top 40 stations started putting "Monster Mash" into heavy rotation in April of 1973 and others soon followed. That's why it hit at that time of the year and not at Halloween. I remember there being a lot of interest in old monster movies around that time. I even collected the Topps "You'll Die Laughing" trading cards and watching the old Universal horror movies on TV a lot that year.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 2, 2024 12:29:50 GMT -5
A few of the major Top 40 stations started putting "Monster Mash" into heavy rotation in April of 1973 and others soon followed. That's why it hit at that time of the year and not at Halloween. I remember there being a lot of interest in old monster movies around that time. I even collected the Topps "You'll Die Laughing" trading cards and watching the old Universal horror movies on TV a lot that year. Wow it's been a long time since I thought about all those varieties of trading cards. TV shows, etc.
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Post by chrislc on Apr 3, 2024 15:18:22 GMT -5
"Who Will Answer?" or "My Cup Runneth Over with Looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooove"? ...and ed could throw a mean tomahawk on Johnny Carson! Some synchronicity here, as my parents would hear Ed Ames on WNEW with DJ William B. Williams (the real one) while Lon Chaney Jr. hit the make believe William B. Williams in the groin with a rock here at 2:30. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqsGIMHNNcIThis version is better. They left in My Way at 2:55. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0OGy7pdoNEI LOVE how Sammy says it happened sometime in the mid 60s and then when the highlight appears it's 1959. Those writers missed no opportunities. Just brilliant. “In over 50 years of our friendship, there were very few people as wise or hilarious when it came to comedy, teaching improvisation and the art of character work as Joe,” Short said. “In SCTV we called him the anchor. In life, he was simply the funniest man in the room. I just adored him.”
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Post by djjoe1960 on Apr 3, 2024 16:20:16 GMT -5
A few of the major Top 40 stations started putting "Monster Mash" into heavy rotation in April of 1973 and others soon followed. That's why it hit at that time of the year and not at Halloween. I remember there being a lot of interest in old monster movies around that time. I even collected the Topps "You'll Die Laughing" trading cards and watching the old Universal horror movies on TV a lot that year. I was surprised that the song didn't re-chart after Judy Collins performed Send In the Clowns on the 1976 Grammy awards telecast. I do think the song was promoted by Judy's record label in 1977, following a 'best of' compilation. Ooops, I meant to attach this to Paul's comments regarding Send In the Clowns.
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Post by paulhaney on Apr 4, 2024 5:49:45 GMT -5
I agree that the label re-promoted the single due to the "Best Of" compilation. I'm just saying that the movie (which admittedly didn't do much at the box office) helped put the song back in the minds of the general public.
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Post by mga707 on Apr 4, 2024 10:01:51 GMT -5
I agree that the label re-promoted the single due to the "Best Of" compilation. I'm just saying that the movie (which admittedly didn't do much at the box office) helped put the song back in the minds of the general public. The second case of a 'bomb' 1977 movie producing a top 40 hit. Not as big of a hit as the other one, of course...
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Post by doofus67 on Apr 4, 2024 10:42:07 GMT -5
I agree that the label re-promoted the single due to the "Best Of" compilation. I'm just saying that the movie (which admittedly didn't do much at the box office) helped put the song back in the minds of the general public. The second case of a 'bomb' 1977 movie producing a top 40 hit. Not as big of a hit as the other one, of course... But at least Judy Collins wasn't one of the biggest one-hit wonders of all time.
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Post by dth1971 on Apr 4, 2024 16:15:54 GMT -5
The second case of a 'bomb' 1977 movie producing a top 40 hit. Not as big of a hit as the other one, of course... But at least Judy Collins wasn't one of the biggest one-hit wonders of all time. And prior to "Send in the Clowns" Judy hit AT40 with "Amazing Grace" and "Cook With Honey".
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Post by chrislc on Apr 5, 2024 16:23:11 GMT -5
But at least Judy Collins wasn't one of the biggest one-hit wonders of all time. And prior to "Send in the Clowns" Judy hit AT40 with "Amazing Grace" and "Cook With Honey". This must be the only example of an apparent greatest hits LP with half of the artist's Top 40 hits not included on the LP. I wonder why she decided to include only Both Sides Now and Send In The Clowns.
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