On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Dave Sikula<[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sep 5, 5:26 pm, "Kevin M." <[email protected]> wrote: >> The episode hosted by Ray Charles in 1977 stands as a terrific episode >> from beginning to end. Of course, you have to be a fan of Ray Charles >> to really appreciate it, but I am. Even in the "glory years," some >> episodes had long, humorless sections. This episode was consistently >> good. The send up of Ray's hit "What'd I Say" by "The Young >> Caucasians" was decades ahead of "The New Main Street Singers" from "A >> Mighty Wind." > > Good lord, Kevin and I agree on something! This was a fabulous > episode, with plenty of Charles, plenty of good sketches -- plenty of > good sketches with Charles. One for the archives. > > Thanks, Kevin.
Best news of all: The DVDs have no copy protection, so I was able to import clips of the show onto my computer for use in the History of Pop Music lesson I give every year (our school has new Smart Boards, which are basically giant, fancy touch screens, that allow me to do a boatload of multimedia -- I've created emulators of a '50s style jukebox, an 8-track tape deck, and an early TV remote control all on the Smart Board). I finally have a good clip of Ray Charles other than his appearance in "The Blues Brothers." -- Kevin M. (RPCV) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
