When Alfred Hitchock met... James Brown?
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Uploaded by consumerguide on Jun 14, 2007
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An amazing panel on the golden "Mike Douglas Show." In a rare daytime talkshow appearance, the master of suspense, Alfred Hitchcock, has nominally come on to promote what might be his worst American film, "Topaz," and gets to shake hands with the three guests who are already on the panel: bestselling poet and songwriter Rod McKuen ("Seasons in the Sun," Listen to the Warm), Joan Rivers (when she was a mousy housewife comedian you could look at without wincing), and the One and Only James Brown. Yes, the two legends from completely different disciplines were on the same stage, just because the bookers decided that was the best day to get 'em both on the air. When this was re-aired, the host of the syndicated package mocked Brown for getting the name of "Psycho" wrong, and calling it "Homicidal." What the Godfather of Soul was referring to is the very Hitchcockian William Castle 1961 chiller of the same name. For more information on the Funhouse, visit: www.mediafunhouse.com
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@UncleCharlieOakley Great comment. I never even thought of that.
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thats nice. ok/
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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
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Was that Joan River nine faces ago?
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Impayable Hitchock !...
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This was painful. I love James! I'm glad Hitchcook took it like such a G.
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@Coachramsies Yes he was a master of suspence as well as comedy.
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Are you sure Hitchcock knew?
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Awesome vid! R.I.P. Legends James Brown & Alfred Hitchcock.
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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.
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How gentlemanly of the great Hitchcock not to embarrass the great James Brown about getting "Homicidal" confused with "Psycho." Classy.
UncleCharlieOakley 3 years ago 36
Hitchcock is a funny ass dude for an old guy
Coachramsies 2 years ago 17