Generation Gap!!!! Tonight at the dinner table, Mom, my husband, and I were talking about Mitch Miller's death and our memories of his TV show, "Sing-along-with-Mitch." We were just a chattering. Our 27 y.o. son, Andy, was dead silent. I asked Andy, "You have no idea who we are talking about." He nodded his head. So here it is for the younger generation.
A L-OOOOOO-N-G time ago, people only had one TV with 3 stations (if they were lucky) and the entire family sat down and TV watched together after dinner. The time was 1961-1966 and a show came on called "Sing-along-with-Mitch." Mitch was an big band leader and the songs were Americana. The song words appeared on the screen with a bouncing ball. The entire family sang the songs with the show. Think of early karaoke. Video all from one show: Part 1: <blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk&feature=related> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dY9gtYeHhk&feature=related Part 2: <blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWf51mj9pA&NR=1> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaWf51mj9pA&NR=1 Part 3: <blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFWOr3FDJI8&feature=related> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFWOr3FDJI8&feature=related Part 4: <blocked::http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ5GwzvkN-k&feature=related> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZ5GwzvkN-k&feature=...related My costume notes: Costume designer for the show wwas by Sal Anthony. Mitch Miller was very noted for his VanDyke beard. Here is a video from Sing-along-with-Mitch that features 1960s versions of 1900s, 1910s, & 1920s costumes: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tiru-04z9w <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tiru-04z9w&feature=related> &feature=related The 1910s men's costumes in George Burns number are pretty good. Penny Ladnier Owner, The Costume Gallery Websites <http://www.costumegallery.com/> www.costumegallery.com 14 websites of fashion, textiles, & costume history _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
