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Jimi Hendrix, Hear My Train A Comin'
You’d suspect on a site like mine, there would be no shortage of Jimi Hendrix material to peruse through, but alas, this is the first one I’ve got. It’s not for lack of love for the man, as in fact, I possess great quantities of the emotion for the guy. I sit firmly in the…
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The Doors, Kids in the Hall, Waiting for the Sun
The Kids in the Hall were a sketch comedy team formed in the 1980s by a group of talented and semi-demented Canadian geniuses. SNL guru, and fellow Canadian Lorne Michaels gave them a show that pushed the limits of comedy to frightening new edges of hilarity. Playing out like an uncensored SNL, the Kids…
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Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers, Why Do Fools Fall in Love, Little Bitty Pretty One
Before Michael Jackson, before Justin Bieber, there was Frankie Lymon. Well, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers to be exact. Frankie is the original rock and roll prodigy, a 13 year old backup singer from Harlem who by a stroke of fate stepped in to sing lead for his vocal group the Teenagers when original lead…
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Amy Sedaris on Letterman
Amy Sedaris is one of the funniest comedic performers of all time. I was going to say funniest female comedic performers, but I realized that’s just stupid. Her talent shouldn’t be subjugated to some gender consignment. She’s a performance genius, and if you’ve never seen “Strangers With Candy,” the mastermind show created by Amy, Paul…
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Andy Kaufman on Letterman
Many people refer to these days as the golden age of comedy. With tons of late night comedians, stand-up super stars, box office comedy blockbusters, and comedy nerds running rampant, its easy to buy into that hype. Well, it might be the case that comedy is bigger then ever, but there probably isn’t one comedian…
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David Letterman's First Late Night Show Ever
On February 1st, 1982 David Letterman launched the Late Night Show on NBC. As you can tell by its overly dramatic and irony fueled science fiction opening, Dave was far ahead of his time. Understanding David Letterman’s genius is partly based on knowing what a clear cut revolutionary comic visionary he was. Not only was…
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Conan O’Brien’s First Show
I’ve been all over the world the past few weeks, from Maine to New York, to San Francisco to Seoul, and now to Sydney. It’s been a whirl wind of adventure and excitement, but on all those long plane trips, I had to keep my mind occupied with something. Luckily I had Bill Carter’s…
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Harry Belafonte, Jump in the Line
And we’re back! I’m now halfway around the world coming to you live from Seoul, South Korea, and I’d thought to celebrate the occausion by posting one of my all time favorite movie music sequences ever! Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice was one of the most bizarre movies of the 1980s, and all one has to do…