I loved this series too. But there's one episode in particular that I'd like to know more about. It concerned the issue of drug-abuse and starred, I believe, Robert Stack.
Anyway, this particular episode had a lot of interesting incidental music after the style of Jefferson Airplane's `White Rabbit', and I wonder if it was especially written for the show or drawn from bands of the day. I've never heard any of it since. Any clues?
"High On A Rainbow" w/ Robert Stack, Van Johnson, June Allyson, Veronica Cartwright. No clue as to the group who performed, maybe "The Poor"?
Songs might be titled "Fourth Street", "Don't Let Me Out Of Your Mind's Eye"
There was one episode of the series that was a totally, hallcuinogenic trip...I think the idea was to show what being on acid was like. It may have had Sammy Davis Jr. in it...not sure, I was sorta young at the time.
Any jogs of the memory?
It’s a 2-part episode entitled, “I Love You Billy Baker”. Sammy Davis plays a Las Vegas superstar involved in a murder. The Producers were trying to re-create the success of Season 2’s “A Hard Case of the Blues” which featured Sharon Farrell in a magnificent tour de force performance as (essentially) Janis Joplin. “Blues" is often cited as the best episode of the series. “Billy Baker” doesn’t even come close. In fact, it’s pretty silly. However, it does feature Davis (as the character Billy Baker) jumping on stage and joining famous Las Vegas stars live in performance, notably Ike and Tina Turner. Are you familiar with the Season 3 episode entitled “A Sister from Napoli”? Geraldine Page plays a nun. Apparently the producers sent the script to Bette Davis first and her response became something of an underground legend. Allegedly she rejected the script, scrawling on the cover, "I ain’t playin’ no f*/*kin’ nun. Send this sh/*t to Helen Hayes!!!”
shareThanks for the great info, at least now I can look for stills and clips on the Web.
Geez, I don't remember the tribute to Janis Joplin at all...whatsoever! Sounds good. Yeah, if you remember the times, the media was always on our case for experimenting with drugs, yet they allowed the filmmakers to ape the French New Wave and do other experiments using cinema.
Oh well, I survived.
Thanks for the interest people. I've been able to track down `The Poor`on `i-Tunes' (there's more than one) but none of the tracks listed ring a bell. The line `don't let me out of your mind's eye' was one I remember from the programme. I've tried that on `Lyricsbox' and drawn a blank there. Don't recollect Sammy Davis at all, but others do. Maybe I missed that one. I remember a little of the `Janis Joplin' episode, though I didn't realise it was losely based upon her at the time. There's a couple of old vinyl `experts' at the local flea-market and they've come up short too. Ah-well; not to worry.
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I believe Sammy Davis, along with the rest of the "Rat Pack", were featured in "I Love You Billy Baker"..........I remember "The Name of The Game" from one of the Green Bay, Wisconsin channels were it was run as "The Early Show", along with "Night Gallery" segments and just about every other old Universal program, during the eighties.
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