On Wednesday, March 28, 2012 2:23:25 PM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Probably. My favorite thing about the show was Edd Kalehoff's theme music > with the out-of-control fiddle. > > This was the creation of Barry Sand, the man who thought he saved the > David Letterman morning show (even though it got cancelled), although > Merrill Markoe probably deserved more of the credit. He initially produced > "Late Night," but I believe Dave got him taken off for Robert "Morty" > Morton. In between, Sand was NBC's man-on-set for "SCTV" (who I assumed > was ignored by the "SCTV" gang) and after Letterman and before "Wilton > North" he got NBC to license the "House Party" title from Art Linkletter > and John Guedel for an unsuccessful syndicated daytime talk show hosted by > Steve Doocy, the future "Fox and Friends" dimwit. After "Wilton North," he > disappeared. > > This SCTV fan site has posted scans of Spy Magazines' devastating 1990 profile/expose of Sand. It's still great reading after all these years. It was the article that hooked me on Spy. (And I must admit that it was hearing Howard Stern praise the article on his radio show that prompted me to seek out the magazine for the first time.) http://www.sctvguide.ca/features/sand.htm -Tim
-- 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
