Mark Evanier presents Rock 'n' Roll On THE LUCY SHOW

My favorite blog is writer Mark Evanier's News From Me, which remains the working model for what I try to do here on Boppin' (Like The Hip Folks Do). Recently, Mark posted a clip from a 1965 episode of The Lucy Show in which our Lucy is on the set of a Shindig!/Hullabaloo-type pop program called Wing Ding. You can see the clip and read Mark's commentary about it here.

I was quite taken by the clip (albeit not in a 100% positive way), and I emailed Mark my thoughts about it. He then quoted my comments in his follow-up post, as seen here.

And I couldn't feel more honored. Let's hear it for Wing Ding!

POSTSCRIPT: I have now seen the episode, and it's, um...awful. But I'm glad I saw it, and it reinforces what I said about mainstream Hollywood's inability to understand rock 'n' roll in the '50s and '60s (and later).

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