Here’s a very nice combo/medley of the Nat Cole trio in 1946 performing a two songs, ‘It’s Better To Be By Yourself’ and ‘Solid Potato Salad’. As in yesterday’s clip the outstanding guitarist is Oscar Moore but this time the bassist is Johnny Miller. At 1:20 there are some excellent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYsseoG5XV8 Apropos of yesterday’s Nat Cole/Chico Marx post, here’s a terrific demonstration of Cole’s artistry at a young age. It’s a ‘soundie’ (made for jukebox consumption) of ‘Come To Baby, Do’, featuring his original trio which included Wesley Prince on bass and the criminally underrated guitarist Oscar Moore. (I like
Here are two versions of Nat Cole playing (not singing) ‘Tea For Two’ from his groundbreaking 1957 TV show. I have no idea if the idea of having him do ‘a Chico’ (1:24 on the first version) was his or the networks but my showbiz intuition tells me that someone
‘Commotion On The Ocean’ (1956) is the 174th short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed on Tuesday, January 17th 1956 and released on Thursday, November 8th of that year. The abbreviated shooting schedule (a single day) was due to the fact that Shemp Howard
‘Skidoo’, Otto Preminger’s woeful 1968 attempt at a counter-culture comedy, is not looking any better with age. Having said that, it still possesses the most singular of all end credit sequences in which Harry Nilsson (billing himself as just ‘Nilsson’) sings the entire cast and crew list. It’s probably the
Most of us (if you’re the type to read a blog like this one anyway) know plenty of classic TV show themes. But those songs are the openers of the shows–the ones designed to grab you and keep you–and, lets face it, as far as trivia goes TV show themes
Here’s a compilation of eighteen songs performed by Diana Ross and The Supremes from five different appearances on ‘Hollywood Palace’ between 1965 and 1969. Say no more, baby…
Last night we watched the above installment of ‘Hollywood Palace‘, an hourlong variety show that broadcast Saturday nights (except September 1967 to January 1968, when it aired on Monday nights) on ABC from January 4, 1964, to February 7, 1970. This particular episode was broadcast on January 20th, 1968. The host
‘Dizzy Doctors’ (1937) is the 21st short comedy made by The Three Stooges for Columbia Pictures. It was photographed from Wednesday, December 9 through Saturday, December 12, 1936 and was released on Friday, March 19, 1937. I consider it in the top-tier of the Curly shorts, with pacing, jokes and
Much as I love Cal Worthington, I have to give the best car sales pitch of all time to Ralph Williams, a northern California auto dealer. No other explanation is necessary or possible. Just watch the above and enjoy the fast approaching weekend.