Another long-winded thread! I'm preparing something that'll mean extremely little to the vast majority on the planet, but hopefully a lot to a very select few: The comedy team of Tom Patchett and Jay Tarses.
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In a few years Tom and Jay would split apart over career disputes. Tom would create "Alf" while Jay's interests led him to create "The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd."
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I had intended to upload the LN appearance only, but then I realized I should also include those talk-show stand-ups I had recorded five decades earlier.
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I dug out the tape yesterday and digitized it last night. It was at double the recording speed on the left channel with other "stuff" going on on the right.
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Using the defunct audio editing application Peak, I slowed them down by half, extracted the channel I wanted and created new files in full mono. Then finally got to listen to these recordings for the first time in over half a century.
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The first is from The Merv Griffin Show. Unlike everything about me, I didn't document the recording date at the time. When I catalogued all my reel-to-reels in SF in 1977-78, I wrote down "circa 1967?"
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But tonight I found the exact date: Merv introduced the duo and mentioned that they began a stint at the "Plaza 9" "yesterday." That's all I needed. I dug out my New Yorker DVD collection and began with 1967.
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Each issue begins with columns of entertainment announcements around the city -- Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, jazz clubs, and cabarets. "Plaza 9" was the first in the "cabaret" section.
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The four January issues yielded nothing. But February came, and there they were, premiering at Plaza 9 on February 6, 1967. Which gave me the Merv Griffin date: February 7, 1967.pic.twitter.com/jlgE8kpIjW
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The other stand-up segment is likewise undated. All I had written down was that it was The Tonight Show, with George Carlin guest-hosting. I also recorded on that same show Buddy Rich's "West Side Story" medley.pic.twitter.com/w9wbVm3xQC
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But the broadcast date for this one still eludes me. Nothing in the Wikipedia TS roster. I emailed Carson Entertainment last night for help. No reply yet. So it may go as "undated" for now, though likely sometime in 1967. Maybe '68.
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The reason for doing this: Jay's daughter Jamie passed away on Monday. She had become a giant in the entertainment world, the first woman to become ABC's president.
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So this is the closest I have to honor her. In the 1982 LN interview, Jay wishes his son Matt a happy birthday, but here's no mention of Jamie. Hopefully an upload in a couple days. (end)
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In my haste, among other typos, I incorrectly gave the LN date. They appeared on September 20, not 10, 1982. The show aired on September 30.
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