Electric Prunes/Smothers Bros. Show 4/16/67

[lemurianchick]

Brian Jones hair? Check! Early Jim Morrison sweater and moves? Check! Acid-drenched lyrics? Check!

[hatmap]

The uncool bass guitarist sort of looks like the late character actor Vincent Schiavelli.

[merseymained]

@vinyljunie1980- yep, Smothers had everyone on their shows.

[JazzKeyboardist1]

i never found out why bill cosby sucker punched tommy

[flakbac]

to me this matches up with any beatles song

[cannedkitty]

Rest in piss, mark

[uniRainey]

Rest in peace Mark.

[mrkenjb]

you--dudes--were so--COOL--THEN

[vinyljunie1980]

I just love the old musical performances on the Smothers' Brothers  Comedy Hour!

[RichardHell1959]

Can we cut the first 54 seconds of this? What a dork. Couldn't even come on TV without his Mommy .....

[theplanez]

what wrong with the bass guitarist? he looks wierd...

[R0b1zzle137]

Okay, first off. the Prunes got nothing of on Doors. the Doors are on a completely different level but the Prunes did contribute to the psychedelic music and proto punk. But really if your gonna go off on your tangents about whose bettter, the answer is Love. With out Love there would be no Doors, so respect. Check them out, they are the real inventors of punk.

[cyborgTECNO]

THE FATHER OF NIRVANA OF 60S¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[fgldnglbs]

"..the future pits of America." Thanks a lot, Tommy!.

[JohnnyHacksaw]

dorkiest outfits ever!

[bananabushes]

The bass guy does some mad dancing skills around 1:03 to 1:09!

[jimlivs]

i watched smothes bros all the time i saw the WHO but the electic prunes . I heard that name. I understand why there didnt make it.how do spell gag me with a spoon.

[terrryc]

I forgot what a lousy band they were!

[cecopiteco]

great

[ysbaddaden2003]

I has been the pits lately

The future is now...

[gymer15]

I think these guys gave everybody the shits and started the term shity

[cheifguggletram]

Yeah this is pretty awful. The guy with the hat actually looks like an emo porcelain doll

[yahood66]

@WizardofFuzz, you're so RIGHT.

[soltisimba]

Nice Les Paul he is playing. That's about the best I can say for them. One hit wonders.

[kyolym]

oh looks it a little kid band from 67 trying to be a band from 64..lol

[manoddy]

FOR .....Why does everybodu always thins that those days,when there was good music invalved,that they took drugs??????????????????????Doo­rs OK,Jim whas a cofussed person,and i think that sometimes he run over himself,what made him more and more confused about what he was doing.He was gone then and sure now.But the Doors also started out whit smooth stuff trying to make the charts and what about Pink Floyd????

[WizardofFuzz]

if there is a band in the world that deserves the term "underrated", it's the Prunes. this is great psychedelia and proto-proto punk! their first two albums are amazing.

[surveyordave]

cool! not lip-syncing!

[99ontguy1]

Nice Little Bo Peep haircuts!

[jayro76]

At least you can tell this is live and not lip-synched. It's not as smooth as the studio version.

[tomloft2000]

that's screen legend Lana Turner.

[FollowersofDamu]

I'd spider fuck that bitch in the beginning

[ModGirl1966]

Get me to the world on time.

[handymandan100]

Tommy Smothers looked like Mr Rogers! I liked the intro actually. Easy to take and cute n clever... The Acid culture needed and still needs more light-heartedness

[johnsontlast]

what's marie antoinette doing on the smother's bros?

[k77jones]

acid rock.

[39penguina]

yes , the intro would have been "dorkier"

without Lana Turner.

[guyglowmore1]

clever intro. i knew a guy in the 60's in l.a. who said he was in the electric prunes. his name was tom gantz. does anyone know anything about that?

[Efrasnel]

@guyglowmore1 : Probably in the "fake" Prunes, the ones that made those religious albums. Or else an early line-up.

[Syntox]

Actually the "real" Electric Prunes did the first religious album. Both of which are horribly overlooked, in my opinion.

[Efrasnel]

@Syntox I checked the Allmusic Guide and it doesn't mention James Lowe or any of the others..Somewhere a mistake has been made then.

[Syntox]

@Efrasnel - that's strange...Kyrie Eleison I'm almost one

hundred precent certain is the orignal band, and

I recall an interview with David Axelrod where

he discussed the difficulty he had working

with the original band 'cause they weren't used

to playing in this style...interesting. I don't

claim to be all knowing on the subject though!

[christoJihad2]

@Efrasnel I know the drummer on this video and on the "Mike Douglas Show" too. He was the original drummer, Preston Ritter. He hated the lead singer and wasn't into drugs or the Sunset Strip scene. He quit the band during or after the "Mass..." He did lots of studio work after this. He was sixteen when "I Had Too Much To Dream" hit. He had a couple of books published about drumming. He was a fantastic drummer.

[BigBishop1]

could that introduction be any dorkier

[merseymain]

This show had all the best stuff. The DOUBLE of Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit and Somebody To Love was amazing

[Stretchmancando]

Moms hair dresser made a fortune doing these doos.

[riff4u]

Great sound. Many memories.

[FriendoftheGuide]

I love Tommy Smothers but I can't imagine how the Prunes got on national TV. Really bad, in every way . . .

[userboy6]

i guess being a goober is timeless lol

[corkpopfrance]

Forgot all about the v neck sweater and turtle neck dickey underneath look. Pleases the parents and reassures the kids. And for all those

for those going on and on about Jim Morrison's poems. Please read T.S.Elliot, John Ashbury, Robert Creely, Ezra Pound, Seamus Heaney, and of course William Blake, Then report back to class. The still sea will still be uninspired.

[bobdwilliams]

I work with a goober named George Lusk who still wears a dickey and sharply pointed toe boots! He's a real ladies man (that's what he tells us)

He's also a bald 56 year old crack head....i'm just sayin'

I don't know why I tell you this?

I love the Prune's music..early first gen punk. Awesome band!

[jkoff76]

I've read all of them and I still like this stuff. You also forgot Hart Crane.

[nachodaddy]

My fave Prunes tune.

[SgtSyphilis]

man the presenter seems to be higher than the prunes.

[MrKingmace]

WOW....Always wondered what is up with the hair styles in the early 60's....lots of page boy styles....the stones had it,the beatles,...etc

[reditch]

Joemgeek...... If you would know Jim Lowe or Jim Morrison you might of known for fckn sake;)!?!?!?!???!

[yoyomi]

Morrison meant his poetry to be embarrassing to all those uptight asses, but musically, he was headed towards Blues. Only 27 when he died, with a genius IQ, he was a voracious reader of philosophy, poetry and so much more. If he had lived his poetry would have evolved & matured, just like he would have. To say his poetry or their music is only for troubled 16 yr olds is showing your own ignorance. You are clueless my friend. The Doors & JM and their music will rock forever!!!

[dhlloyd68]

Wait a minute, moron. Are you talkingg about Jim Morrison of the Doors? First of all he was a great poet. Did his lyrics sometime confuse and confound? Yes. Were they perfect? Maybe not.. But he was gifted. He may have also of had one of the greatestest vioices of all time.

[Danimalization]

total Bo Didley beat there see where it all comes from? " the blues had a baby and they named it rock and roll" amen to that! thanks for the post

[dullsvillain]

Pure LSD wrapped in bubblegum! LOL coolest

[ozzyscruggs1]

Sounds amazingly like the Butthole Surfers.

[1ebric]

sound is not the best the like it better than the other video where they fake the playing, very common in the videos at that time

[beefheart67]

another rock classic

[shutdownthefed]

im going to eat a bag of shrooms and make a whole album like this

[GeorgeGeorge7]

The Bass player is a friend of mine named Mark Tuland. Now He's a SCUBA instructor.

[folkmusicgirl]

Is Mark Tuland involved in music at all?

Is he still in contact with the rest of the band or knows what they are doing now?

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

yes, him and the lead singer are doing a California 66' tour in august With Sky Saxon Of The Seeds, and the original members of Love.

[ozzyscruggs1]

or were, anyway.

[OhRick]

Sorry Peter... Sky Saxon, recently passed away, as did Arthur Lee from LOVE.

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

yeah that's pretty obvious.

It was the remaining members from Love under a new project...it was scheduled to start this week i think..

but then Sky died. do some research before you try and correct someone who already tickets.

[OhRick]

Perhaps, you should stick to your Gene Simmons obsession?

"Obvious" ...to who?

You didn't say... remaining members of LOVE... you said "Original" members. (There is no original LOVE without Arthur Lee.)

You need to understand content and context, when you post. And not immediately assume that you are being corrected.

[OhRick]

I'm a fan of both groups, who watched them numerous times on the strip. LOVE was the house-band at the Whiskey a go go! When they left, Jim Morrison and the DOORS, took their place, as house-band. The rest is history!

No research needed... I was there!

My intent was to inform, in case you hadn't heard? However, apparently, you have persecution issues?

[OhRick]

As for Sky... he passed on June 25th. You posted a day or two after that. Did your tickets say "Sky will miss the concert, due to his untimely demise?"

Obvious? Sure Peter, whatever you say.

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

Simmons?

nah, he's selfish son of a bitch bastard.

obviously if you could read, you'd see it said peter criss.

It's pretty obvious tha arthur lee is dead.

So if i say original members, it's probally the ones that aren't arthur lee!

[OhRick]

Not a KISS fan, so Simmons is the only member to me, of any recallable celebrity. Peter Criss, is not recognizable to me. So, my reading was adequate... my comprehension, as you would prefer, was deficient.

Since few people have even heard of Arthur Lee, much less LOVE... "Obvious is a stretch!

Since I knew of Lee and his passing, it's obvious to me. But to others, it wouldn't be.

Consider the use of "Remaining" members, for better clarification.

[pef286]

I had hair just like the lead singer, some color and everything. All gone.

[kokanee112]

where did it go?

[pef286]

If I knew I'd be a billionare!

[77doriella]

Ain't no one better than anyone else pea brain.

[PeterCRissKISSgod]

They are miming to the record, except for the vocals. He is actually singing.

The Doors also did this on Smothers Brothers in 1969.

[1ebric]

At the time it was very common

[chocolatcats]

I love them. KC to Preston the drummerxxxx

[hankyhoyo]

Great video. It sounds so nice and clear. Fantastic song from a pioneering band!

[robertlaberge]

Song starts at 0:52

Get Me To The World On Time appears on the album I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night).

[phillydog17]

Wasn't this Ted Nugent's group?

[robertlaberge]

No, his band was The Amboy Dukes.

[blabblab1212]

These guys are great! Very creative, top notch talent! Captured the spirit of the 1960's perfectly!

[gahrzahk]

The Doors were shit out by some AD agency that ate Electric Prunes. These guys were the tops.

[dorothhy2oli]

Look man, I like them and I love the Doors; there's no way you can sustain they were the tops. Try to think of Manzarek's keyboards and Morrison's poetry, these 2 genial ingredients are nowhere to be seen, unfortunately, in the Electric Prunes!!!

[bigdaryle]

Ray Manzarek was great, for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!

[joemgeek]

Morrisons poetry is fucking embarrassing. Why the fuck are people talking about The Doors on an Electric Prunes video. For fucks fucking sake

[77doriella]

The Smothers Brothers show always had these crap intros. Check out the Who on this show. The Prunes however are one of the greatest american bands ever and have influenced hundreds of bands. Do your homework suckers.

[JAYROX1969]

The WHO were better and more influential!!

[downhomecat]

This is horrible.

[zapspace]

Who's the lady?

[kingvidiot66]

I think that it's Lana Turner

[ausgang]

@kingvidiot66 She was damn hot!

[Afterworkinhours]

I would love too own that les paul guitar-check out the tremolo bar set up on it-looks like a bigsby. That would be worth some serious cash today.

[PAULLONDEN]

These hosts obviously went for

the great banana hoax,and actually

smoked banana peels ))

[austinstein]

these guys are the depth of a small soap dish..the Doors are the Grand Canyon

[cecopiteco]

@austinstein  w h a t ?

[cecopiteco]

@austinstein w h a t ? you mean the doors from la ? jim m ? they copied from the seeds and love... a totally overrated group in my opinion

[twochaudio]

@austinstein  get with Flo & Eddie about the Doors

[voxhammer]

@austinstein Come on man, the Doors were a great group, but they were no Electric Prunes.

[Aldebaron9]

@voxhammer  LOL

[95cooks]

I'm sorry, but try comparing these guys to the doors -- another psychedelic band. The Doors have way more depth. These guys are a little interesting though.

[joemgeek]

oh God...if by depth you mean sickeningly pretentious lyrics- then agreed! Sure the prunes suffered from overbearing management, but they will always be way, way cooler than The Doors- unless you're a 'troubled' 16 year old

[64098]

The whole album is great. Teriffic clip!

[bnzbrl]

great band

[iEatmyownboogers]

How about "Electric Douchebags"?

[austinstein]

hahahahaaa

[thirtysevenfred]

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Prunes make you shit!