I meant to mention this before, but got side-tracked. Back in November, I had the chance to see the "Paul Lynde Halloween Special" from 1976.
It really was beyond all words. It was everything you might remember from a 1970's variety show, but turned up to 11.
To get a glipse of the mind-blowing nature of the show, here is my description of the final number:
Imagine a 1970's disco party, hosted by Paul Lynde (the guy from Hollywood Squares, if that doesn't ring a bell, imagine Roger the Alien from American Dad, only a person), with the Wicked Witch of the West from the Wizard of Oz (the actual actress in actual costume), and Witchie-Poo from H.R. Puffenstuff (actual actress in actual costume), helped out by Tim Conway, Billy Bardy (professional movie midget) and Betty White. Music is provided by Florence Henderson from the Brady Bunch singiing a song, and, of course, by KISS (yes, KISS) in full make-up.
For anybody else that's curious, you can find this whole thing on youtube.
ReplyDeleteThe Roger from American Dad reference makes me laugh, because I spent most of the last couple days watching pretty much the entire series on Netflix.