Politics and Mirages
The digitization project of the Tape and Record Show Enterprises archives this evening included another season five "broadcast" of the flagship series, and two more episodes of the "James Stricklin Song Mirage" from its third season, and two more "TRS Jukebox" episodes from its first season...
"The Tape & Record Show: Episode 406, Broadcast Friday, October 28, 1983 at 10:00pm central. Theme Music: Beethoven's 5th Symphony(Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra). "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 42: Walk On" / "Love On Your Side"(Thompson Twins) / "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 43: In The Ghetto" / "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 44: International Hotel Appearance" / "The Metro"(Berlin) / "Billie Jean"(Michael Jackson) / "Mark Russell Comedy Special" - The political comedian talks about the new people in Congress, the five cent gas tax, Jesse Helms, tax breaks, American exchanges, rebutles, keisters, political leaks, and unemployment.
James Stricklin Song Mirage: Episode 74. Broadcast Monday, October 13,1986 at 9:30pm central. Theme Music: Turn Up The Radio(Autograph). Hosts: James Stricklin and Jerry Sanders. Songs by The Doobie Brothers, including: What A Fool Believes, Minute By Minute, Depending On You, How Do Fools Survive, Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels.
James Stricklin Song Mirage: Episode 75. Broadcast Monday, November 3,1986 at 9:30pm central. Theme Music: Turn Up The Radio(Autograph). James plays songs from the Barbara Streisand album "Memories". Songs include: Memories, You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet with Neil Diamond), No More Tears (Duet with Donna Summer), In and Out Of Your Life, Evergreen[Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"].
TRS Jukebox: Episode 5: Broadcast Sunday, December 26, 1982 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: HBO Video Jukebox Theme. - Songs include: She's Right On Time(Billy Joel), I Get Excited(Rick Springfield), Get Up and Go(The GoGo's), Greased Lightning(Randy Haney/Barry Bostwick), Family Man(Daryl Hall and John Oates), It's Raining Again(Supertramp), Sexual Healing(Marvin Gaye), Allentown(Billy Joel), Happy New Year(Abba).
TRS Jukebox: Episode 6: Broadcast Sunday, January 23, 1983 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: HBO Video Jukebox Theme. - Songs include: American Workers(The Bus Boys), Heart Attack(Olivia Newton-John), Bad Reputation(Joan Jett), You Can't Hurry Love(Phil Collins), Jukebox[Don't Put Another Dime In](The Flirts), Dance Floor(Zapp), Back On The Chain Gang(The Pretenders), Back In The USSR(The Beatles)."
Episode 406 of "The Tape and Record Show" included the next three segments of the lengthy radio documentary "The Elvis Presley Story", from 1977, hosted by Charlie Van Dyke, and another of the occasional PBS "Mark Russell Comedy Specials", featuring insights of the political scene happening at the time. It's episodes like this one, with "topical" content, which really don't "age well". If you lived through that era, like my old high school friends and myself, you get the humor. If you're part of the "younger generation" today and you listened to this episode, you'd probably have NO clue WTF is being talked about!
Episode 74 of the "Song Mirage", an episode recorded at Jerry Sanders house, and brought to the TRSE main studio for final editing, had Jerry as co-host. At the time, Jerry had a semi-high dollar Montgomery Ward branded "boom box" for recording. Don't snicker, because I would have put that machine up against a lot of the decent component stereo systems of the day. It had a phono input, microphone jacks, graphic equalizer, Dolby noise reduction, dual cassette, metal tape capability, etc. Haven't seen a "portable system" with all those capabilities since then. James slightly confused Patrick Simmons with Patrick Hernandez at the beginning of the episode, but quickly corrected himself. Every time I hear the Doobie Brothers, I think of the "What's Happening?" episode where Raj asks “Which Doobie you be?”. James and Jerry close the episode again by duetting on "Happy Trails".
Episode 75 was recorded at James' house, so he was the sole host, apart from his "alter ego", the Bill Saluga inspired "Jacob J. Welsh". Before the final song on the episode, James/Jacob mention they hadn't seen the Streisand version of "A Star Is Born" at the time of recording. To this day, I've never watched it either. So my question is, who HAS seen that version?? I've only seen the original 1932 "What Price, Hollywood?", the 1937 version, and the 1954 version.
As mentioned in previous posts, "TRS Jukebox" started as standalone episodes of the audio from the "HBO Video Jukebox" series, but after it left the air, I had to compile new episodes with recordings in the TRSE archives. Episode 5 was an early episode I "padded out" by adding the "Greased Lightning" song as performed by Randy Haney. If that version had been in the ACTUAL national broadcast on HBO, the network may not have survived to this day!
"The Tape & Record Show: Episode 406, Broadcast Friday, October 28, 1983 at 10:00pm central. Theme Music: Beethoven's 5th Symphony(Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra). "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 42: Walk On" / "Love On Your Side"(Thompson Twins) / "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 43: In The Ghetto" / "The Elvis Presley Story, Part 44: International Hotel Appearance" / "The Metro"(Berlin) / "Billie Jean"(Michael Jackson) / "Mark Russell Comedy Special" - The political comedian talks about the new people in Congress, the five cent gas tax, Jesse Helms, tax breaks, American exchanges, rebutles, keisters, political leaks, and unemployment.
James Stricklin Song Mirage: Episode 74. Broadcast Monday, October 13,1986 at 9:30pm central. Theme Music: Turn Up The Radio(Autograph). Hosts: James Stricklin and Jerry Sanders. Songs by The Doobie Brothers, including: What A Fool Believes, Minute By Minute, Depending On You, How Do Fools Survive, Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels.
James Stricklin Song Mirage: Episode 75. Broadcast Monday, November 3,1986 at 9:30pm central. Theme Music: Turn Up The Radio(Autograph). James plays songs from the Barbara Streisand album "Memories". Songs include: Memories, You Don't Bring Me Flowers (Duet with Neil Diamond), No More Tears (Duet with Donna Summer), In and Out Of Your Life, Evergreen[Love Theme from "A Star Is Born"].
TRS Jukebox: Episode 5: Broadcast Sunday, December 26, 1982 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: HBO Video Jukebox Theme. - Songs include: She's Right On Time(Billy Joel), I Get Excited(Rick Springfield), Get Up and Go(The GoGo's), Greased Lightning(Randy Haney/Barry Bostwick), Family Man(Daryl Hall and John Oates), It's Raining Again(Supertramp), Sexual Healing(Marvin Gaye), Allentown(Billy Joel), Happy New Year(Abba).
TRS Jukebox: Episode 6: Broadcast Sunday, January 23, 1983 at 2:00pm central. Theme Music: HBO Video Jukebox Theme. - Songs include: American Workers(The Bus Boys), Heart Attack(Olivia Newton-John), Bad Reputation(Joan Jett), You Can't Hurry Love(Phil Collins), Jukebox[Don't Put Another Dime In](The Flirts), Dance Floor(Zapp), Back On The Chain Gang(The Pretenders), Back In The USSR(The Beatles)."
Episode 406 of "The Tape and Record Show" included the next three segments of the lengthy radio documentary "The Elvis Presley Story", from 1977, hosted by Charlie Van Dyke, and another of the occasional PBS "Mark Russell Comedy Specials", featuring insights of the political scene happening at the time. It's episodes like this one, with "topical" content, which really don't "age well". If you lived through that era, like my old high school friends and myself, you get the humor. If you're part of the "younger generation" today and you listened to this episode, you'd probably have NO clue WTF is being talked about!
Episode 74 of the "Song Mirage", an episode recorded at Jerry Sanders house, and brought to the TRSE main studio for final editing, had Jerry as co-host. At the time, Jerry had a semi-high dollar Montgomery Ward branded "boom box" for recording. Don't snicker, because I would have put that machine up against a lot of the decent component stereo systems of the day. It had a phono input, microphone jacks, graphic equalizer, Dolby noise reduction, dual cassette, metal tape capability, etc. Haven't seen a "portable system" with all those capabilities since then. James slightly confused Patrick Simmons with Patrick Hernandez at the beginning of the episode, but quickly corrected himself. Every time I hear the Doobie Brothers, I think of the "What's Happening?" episode where Raj asks “Which Doobie you be?”. James and Jerry close the episode again by duetting on "Happy Trails".
Episode 75 was recorded at James' house, so he was the sole host, apart from his "alter ego", the Bill Saluga inspired "Jacob J. Welsh". Before the final song on the episode, James/Jacob mention they hadn't seen the Streisand version of "A Star Is Born" at the time of recording. To this day, I've never watched it either. So my question is, who HAS seen that version?? I've only seen the original 1932 "What Price, Hollywood?", the 1937 version, and the 1954 version.
As mentioned in previous posts, "TRS Jukebox" started as standalone episodes of the audio from the "HBO Video Jukebox" series, but after it left the air, I had to compile new episodes with recordings in the TRSE archives. Episode 5 was an early episode I "padded out" by adding the "Greased Lightning" song as performed by Randy Haney. If that version had been in the ACTUAL national broadcast on HBO, the network may not have survived to this day!