sterling Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-nzuAIMwE I have always heard about this segment from the Tonight Show one month before the Beatles were on the Ed Sullivan show. Jack Paar a famous late night talk show host presented it. Actually I believe he had the Jack Paar show on Friday evenings from 9-10pm CST. Johnny Carson had just earlier replaced him as the Tonight Show host. I think that his daughter Randi had seen them in Britain and she told her Dad how fabulous they were and he was the first to put them on TV in America. This is the film segment and it is very interesting. I had never seen it before.Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Davie Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 THANK YOU! That was an elusive clip for me as well. Great look at TV in days gone by. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeatleJay Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 Thanks Phil! I had never seen that before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierson Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 i'm not sure what the youtube footage is... but the clip did recently resurface in a doc about JP that aired on public TV... which is worth seeking out... beyond the Beatles curio, Jack Paar's story is an amazing one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris hess Posted March 26, 2007 Share Posted March 26, 2007 thank u phil..my oldest daughter and i just watched that..cool stuff!! lol,chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Posted March 28, 2007 Share Posted March 28, 2007 Thanks Phil. I liked how Jack seemed almost apologetic about showing the footage (with no audio!), and how his closing line seemed to discount the Beatles as kind of faddish. Forty-some years later, though, the Beatles are still fresh.Also, that video led to this one, a really nice reading of "Yesterday" by Paul on (I think) the Ed Sullivan show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siRQatjzgko&mode=related&search= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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