Oh the memories,
-----Original Message----- >From: penny1a <[email protected]> >Sent: Aug 2, 2010 10:31 PM >To: Historical Costume <[email protected]> >Subject: [h-cost] Sing-along-with-Mitch > >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 >[email protected] >http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list [email protected] http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
