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[47yesican]

I Loved Watching "Famous" Dance!

Where are you Famous??

[CJLinOHIO]

the second two songs really suck I give them both a 12 ( 6 each)

[hankaaron1961]

I give this YouTube Clip a 92- cause its got a good beat.

[MsTexas73]

June (or is it Jean)...promply got up on the riser with her partner and cut a rug to "Mame"...kudos to the couple right below them on the floor also.

[fromthesidelines]

"Rango" (by Earle Hagen and Ben Raleigh) was a good theme [a sly nod to the themes from "RAWHIDE" and "High Noon"]- but neither the song and the series, starring Tim Conway, was a hit.

[sixroute]

One think I miss about the move from Philly is the way the kids danced. Awful dancing in CA, but the girls were much more attractive.

[coolwafferman]

@sixroute I like watching old American Bandstand clips. I even posted one myself, but I really don't like the dancing that much from the late 60's into the early 70's. Everyone seem to barely dance, and was looking into the camera more than really dancing. The dancing by the mid 70's into the disco era on up was the best. Even Dick Clark said he liked the disco era the best because he liked how the dancers were creative.

[MsTexas73]

@sixroute I agree the Philly kids danced better on AB than MOST of the LA kids. There were a few standouts.

[sexymama1966]

it would have been a 60..:)

[Anglynn74]

omg that's hilarious, making em dance to Rango of all things, they can't be serious!!!

[40906]

Thanks for posting this. I really enjoyed.

[briwolfe1]

I didn't realize that the kids were in the bleachers in those days.

In the 70s and 80s during this segment they were already on the dance floor.

Fun to see these clips (albeit the few we've seen).

As hip as Herb Alpert was playing "Mame" after being tortured by Frankie Laine seems a bit of a stretch.

Yikes!

[briwolfe1]

I didn't realize that the kids were in the bleachers in those days.

In the 70s and 80s during this segment they were already on the dance floor.

Fun to see these clips (albeit the few we've seen).

[mattratt512]

i don't see how you can dance to rango. kinda sad really.

[landrykkb]

I know it'll never happen,but what I'd give to meet Dick Clark,the man that's seen it al come and go in the music industry from fashions to the cassette tape.

[entertainme3000]

Yeah you can't dance to something with a western sound. How awful!

[kub73158]

The WordD-"You're Gonna Make Me" is a great and very cool song.

The girl "dancing" on the top stage above definitely should not have been up there.

[mrob75]

Poor kids being forced to attempt to dance to Rango! This is hilarious!

[leggierephil]

Interesting.From what I can gather Wordd was a new iteration of that same band (penthouse 5), which fizzled out shortly after this song in 67. does the penthouse 5 version sound very different.

[leggierephil]

Actually the Wordd song is really good. Seems like classic golden nuggets era garage. anyone know much about that band?

[BroScottsdale]

Wow, how did you get this before video? I'm actually one of the dancers here, pretty trippy. i would love to see more if you have them 66-69 were my years on the show.

[carking8604]

Cool, which dancer?

[BroScottsdale]

I'm in this many times; more in the second half. I'm in the last frame, the guy with the black glasses just before the commercial.

[carking8604]

Haha. I'm a big bandstand fan. I recognize you from another couple episodes from '67.

[BroScottsdale]

Thanks, I was also "rubberneck Don" of the 60's on one of the anniversary shows. Famous Hooks was always ranked #1. Are the Museum of TV & Radio links available somewhere? I'd be all over those shows as well. I am surprised any of this wound up on youtube as it was waaaay back.

[justJunya]

Occasionally I envision myself on my deathbed, looking back on my life, and concluding:

"I rated it 85 - it had a good beat, and you can dance to it."

The show logo says "AB 67". Artists with debut albums released in 1967: The Doors, Grateful Dead, Velvet Underground, Janet Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie. Also released in 1967: Beatle's "Sgt. Pepper", Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love". Yet, AB67 plays "Herbie" Alpert's Mame and "Rango". The show had become eerily out of touch...

[sandwhichcass]

Im Pretty sure this eposide Aired in January of 1967, and probably was flimed in late 1966

[scottbaino]

You're right! This is from the January 7, 1967 episode.

[BroScottsdale]

How does one know these things? and where might more footage from 67-69 be available for viewing?

[scottbaino]

I saw this episode at the Museum of TV & Radio. There were also ones from March 1968 and September 1969. By and large, it's hard to find any of these on the Net as Dick Clark holds the copyrights.

[leggierephil]

There's a great video on Youtube under the name "top ten" from this period. you're pretty prominent in it as well.

[BroScottsdale]

Yes sir, I caught that one. I appreciate hearing about these, as I thought they were deeply tucked inside Dick Clark's vaults. I was on from the end of 66 through the 69 shows. So seeing even these ones again is pretty awesome for me.

[edkollin]

@justJunya You read my mind. Ok it a pop show but you had the Monkees, The Associations, The Foundations that year. Poor kids

[shoot1st]

"Mame" sounds like the theme song from Matlock...