Posted on 09/16/2006 5:58:25 PM PDT by Nita Nupress
Big River was as good as any musical that ever played on Broadway.
His show was on every week. The Roger Miller Show. It was a very long time ago. Surely others remember it and can verify I didn't dream it.
I've looked and looked for something about his weekly tv show and can't find any mention of it. I hate to say I'm wrong about it as I can still see him walking on carrying his guitar and sitting on a stool to sing a song and start the show. This is going to bug me big-time until I figure it out. I must be wrong as the people writing about him would not have left out something that important in his career.
What was wrong with mine? Did I misremember them again? Sorry.
And they still called it "Hawaiian guitar" back then, too! *Hi - wah - yan,* that is.
Mmmmm. I get all dreamy when I hear Texas State of Mind. "California's too damn far ... from you and that ole Lone Star ..."
I've told my "You're the Reason" story on FR before, but just briefly, a recap. Was on a charter bus in L.A. once full of OU Sooners going to an OU-USC football game, about that year or later. The bus driver was kind of pointing out landmarks, then said "now we're merging onto the Santa Monica Freeway ..."
An entire busload of very proper adults burst into spontaneous song: " ... sometimes makes a country girl blu-u-u-u ..." And on into the rest of "You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma." It was pretty funny at the time. Bus driver was puzzled.
Still sounds like I wasn't too far off in my *guess* of Bloody Mary mix and beer. That's tomato juice or V-8 and Tabasco.
Oh, well, I'll never have one, but if someone asks for one, I'll know what it is.
Thanks, my puter can't do video. 'Preciate it, I'm sure it's something I'd like to see.
Be sure and stop at the Collin Street Bakery for your fruitcake when you're there, lol!
I don't know those, but I'm not a full and complete Parrothead and am separated from all my Buffett CDs - 20 or 30 or so - all oldies. I will look them up.
No matter where you go in the Caribbean, a deserted island with no other inhabitants, or a ship full of tourists, Buffett will be playing 24/7.
Oh, I remember it, with the big train set (background). I loved "toy trains." He wasn't on for very long, though, and it seems like it was a summer replacement, like the Smothers Brothers and Glen Campbell were at first.
I was thinking it was a summer replacement show, but it wasn't. It just wasn't on for very long - just one season in the fall of 1966. Wonder why he liked Arthur Godfrey so much, lol.
Here:
The Roger Miller Show
Episode List
Season: 1
No. Episode Air Date Prod #
1 Bill Cosby / The Doodletown Pipers / Wes Harrison 9/12/1966
2 Jack Jones / The Geezinslaw Brothers 9/19/1966
3 Vince Edwards / Jim Kweskin Jug Band 9/26/1966
4 Peter, Paul & Mary / Casey Stengel 10/3/1966
5 Arthur Godfrey / Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber 10/10/1966
6 Liberace / Wes Harrison 10/17/1966
7 Brasil '66 / Arthur Godfrey 10/24/1966
He was one of the greats. Loved his songs.
I remember hearing King of the Road on the family car radio (AM) when I was young, then seeing him on many different TV shows throughout his career. Many on his songs take me back to another time when I listen to them today. So many memories....
The following link is to a web site that has links to many of his CDs or records that may not be easily found elsewhere on the web.
ARTIST direct
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/songs/0,,468451,00.html#more
http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/songs/0,,468451,00.html#more
It's one of those drinks that tastes better than it sounds like it has any right to. It's fairly nutritious to boot.
No, you're not dreaming it. Many of the interviewees in this book brought it up, even without being asked. Roger had his own show on NBC for one season (1966). Stories about that show are scattered all throughout the book.
The show went off the air after only one season because Roger hated it. Roy Clark's comments:
"It was awful hard to structure Roger. In fact, when you tried to structure him, you lost him. You lost his magic. And they had that show very highly produced. It was 'Roger, walk over here and stand here and look at this camera and say this. Walk over here, look at that camera and introduce this guest.' And that wasn't Roger, so he left."Roy goes on to describe how he happened to be in the studio when Roger did his last show and describes everything that happened, their conversation beforehand, etc..
(Have I mentioned that this is a MUST-READ book yet? LOL!
You may know this, but I didn't before a few months ago. Roger Miller was the one wrote that killer song that k d lang sang a few years ago, "Lock, Stock and Teardrop." Here's the sound clip for it.
I'm so glad you found this thread. Not because of the links, but it's just nice seeing you again. :-)
Will do. I usually don't like fruitcake, but Collin Street makes a mean one!
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