When Alfred Hitchock met... James Brown?

[Bastard471]

thats nice. ok/

[doctornoooo]

more than anything I suspect what made Hitch make Psycho were his own TV

shows makes you wonder without them and all the publicity he was getting and the cheapo insights they were giving him........after all the Hammer stuff was all in color and the Castle stuff so campy and bad Hitch was likely never able to sit through the Castle stuff no he said I can use my TV crews and churn out something for a liitle do re mi

[misterdirtyknees]

Was that Joan River nine faces ago?

[AMEDEBOUT]

Impayable Hitchock !...

[SomethingWitty1987]

This was painful. I love James! I'm glad Hitchcook took it like such a G.

[MZVIRB]

Are you sure Hitchcock knew?

[UncleCharlieOakley]

Understood. But it wasn't just Castle; it was the output of Hammer and American-International that impressed him. Low budgets, huge profits. But the film that really influenced his decision to make "Psycho" and how to promote it was Henri-George Clouzot's "Les Diaboliques" released in 1955.

[BraunMachine05]

Awesome vid! R.I.P. Legends James Brown & Alfred Hitchcock.

[geekentertainmenttv]

hitchcock is genius! what a great way to respond. thanks so much for posting!

[Elric33239]

The Classic Mike Douglas Show Mix! Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Rod McEuen, Joan Rivers and James Brown! Talk about the makings of a funky cocktail party! Loved that show! Thanks for posting!

[tuxguys]

I'm with you. And this show aired, five days a week, early afternoon in most markets, which meant its audience (at that time) was housewives, and kids home sick from school.

(Which meant, at that time, that kids home sick from school were getting a better education than those that actually went to school.)

[Elric33239]

In my case, I was one of those kids who ran home from school to watch it and my grandmother was enjoying it with me while my mother was at work. Same principle really.

[tuxguys]

I did the exact same thing to catch the last 20 minutes or so of a show called "Who Do You Trust," starring a very funny skinny guy named Johnny Carson.

[Elric33239]

That was a game show that Johnny did after "Carson's Cellar" was cancelled, wasn't it? I saw videotaped clips of both shows on a Carson retrospective ("American Masters?") on one of my local PBS stations. Classic!

[tuxguys]

Yes. It was based (a lot, actually) on Groucho's show, "You Bet Your Life," and it was the first pairing of Carson and McMahon. When Jack Paar walked off the "Tonight" show, NBC searched for 6 months for a suitable replacement, settled on Carson because of "WDYT," and Carson insisted that McMahon come with him. The rest is HISTORY.

[arlichar11]

he should a told him i didnt make a movie called homicidal...youll have to ask the guy who did lol..... its not like it was a hard word to rember or not an obscure movie.. my goodness ... and what a silly question... that doesnt even matter !

[danolson68]

That was Joan Rivers sitting next to Brown.

[Coachramsies]

Hitchcock is a funny ass dude for an old guy

[JustJokingYou]

@Coachramsies Yes he was a master of suspence as well as comedy.

[kmarhet]

Hitchcock - what a brain ! Wow - didn't even correct Brown about the name of the film...........

[findjustin]

what an idiot

[billheartyface]

who?

[findjustin]

james brown

[billheartyface]

well, in that case, go fuck your mother.

[findjustin]

suck my cock, bitch

[billheartyface]

now THATS rude!

[blinkzone1]

awesome clip

[hamtrak]

Hitchcocks like.....Huh?

[UncleCharlieOakley]

How gentlemanly of the great Hitchcock not to embarrass the great James Brown about getting "Homicidal" confused with "Psycho." Classy.

[sutjas16]

@UncleCharlieOakley homicidal actually was inspired by psycho and the man who made homicidal also inspired hitchcock to make psycho.

[UncleCharlieOakley]

@sutjas16 "Homicidal" was actually ripped-off from "Psycho." 'The man who made "Homicidal" (William Castle) did not "inspire" Hitchcock to make "Psycho." What inspired Hitchcock to make "Psycho" was that he was looking to make something different and he thought the novel by Robert Bloch that he thought might make a good shocker. He saw that low-budget horror movies made lots of money and thought, "What if somebody GOOD made a horror movie?" Hitchcock made history. Castle is a footnote.

[sutjas16]

@UncleCharlieOakley

I know that homicidal was a rip off of psycho i'm saying before william castle made it hitchcock was inspired by his other movies in the way he made bad movies look good. he said if he can make a movie on such a low budget seem good then maybe he can make a movie on a low budget that actually IS good.

[roryphelan]

@UncleCharlieOakley Great comment. I never even thought of that.

[poirotgrl]

Can somebody tell me what in the hell James said?! I heard something about a wig.....

[jm3s]

he might have been the hardest working man in showbusiness but i wouldn't fancy his chances in a movie quiz

[stuartgardner]

Thanks for posting this; I'd never seen it. I can't tell whether Hitchcock caught the fact that Brown was asking about the William Castle film; perhaps he misheard Brown and thought he was asking about the moment near the end of Psycho when John Gavin grabs Perkins and the wig falls off. At any rate, thanks again for sharing this.