Man I was there were variety shows like this still on TV today. You get a well known country music star and have a variety show with different personalities and entertainers.
The thing is, the show was broadcast _live._ the entertainers _performed,_ rather than lip-synced. The occasional flubs are all part of live performance, and when they happened, Dean was a champ at laughing them off. He laughed most heartily at his own mess-ups. If you genuinely enjoy the unmistakable energy of live performance (and it sounds like you do), you might want to try working with a local theater group. It's an absolute hoot to help create the experience you enjoy, and to extend the magic of theater to others. It's great to be part of the audience, but to be part of the performance, even if you're just working props or schlepping scenery, can be wonderful.
This is a memory for me , as i used to watch this every week with my father who passed when i was 15, it was his favorite show .. and he had many Hank Thompson records, thanks for putting this out.
Actually, Jim Henson got his start in the 50s on Washington DC television, and The Muppets already existed at this point, albeit in a much smaller capacity! Craig Shemin's got an excellent book on the topic called "Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show" if you're interested in learning more.
Rowlf was the _real_ breakout Muppet star. He showed up in the second episode of _The Jimmy Dean Show_ in September 1963 to promote National Dog Week and was so well-received, Dean invited him back. Then he just never left! I guess Dean and Henson knew each other from their days doing local shows and commercials in the DC area. It doesn't look as though they worked for the same station, though, so I'm not clear on how they met. Dean really set the standard for Muppet/human interaction. Season 1 Episode 2 is available on UA-cam. From the start, Dean is perfectly willing to play straight man to a puppet, and to perform with the puppet exactly as he would with a human ("Yer ad-libbin', Rowlf"). Except it's a talking dog.
@@mzpatintexas8329 You hit it, Miz Pat! It was in April 1964. Rowlf showed up in the second episode, and never went away -- the viewer mail was far too strong for him! When Eddy Arnold was on the show for the second time, Dean said Arnold's fan mail to the show was second only to Rowlf's. Rowlf was the first Muppet star. Previously, the Muppets had only appeared on local shows and commercials in the DC area. Dean set the bar for Muppet/human interactions, and he set it really, _really_ high.
"living fast won't hide the past, it's just to ease the pain." I wish I wrote that, what a beautiful line. used to think I was sophisticated, but this is the music my parents and grandparents were hearing on the radio in rural America. White PeopleThings. American Music.
So many people remember him mostly from the poorly-written, badly-produced _Hee Haw,_ and it's really sad. All the great talent going to waste because musicians thought it would be good to play caricatures of themselves. Have you seen the two episodes earlier in the first season of _The Jimmy Dean Show_ with Grandpa Jones? It you haven't, hasten ye and find it forthwith! Those episodes were a revelation to me. He was a crack clawhammer-style banjo player, and one heck of a showman.
Man I was there were variety shows like this still on TV today. You get a well known country music star and have a variety show with different personalities and entertainers.
The thing is, the show was broadcast _live._ the entertainers _performed,_ rather than lip-synced. The occasional flubs are all part of live performance, and when they happened, Dean was a champ at laughing them off. He laughed most heartily at his own mess-ups.
If you genuinely enjoy the unmistakable energy of live performance (and it sounds like you do), you might want to try working with a local theater group. It's an absolute hoot to help create the experience you enjoy, and to extend the magic of theater to others. It's great to be part of the audience, but to be part of the performance, even if you're just working props or schlepping scenery, can be wonderful.
Jimmy Dean Show was great and still is, great talents from yesteryears, thank you Jimmy for this blessing, Jesus bless :)
Jimmy Dean biscuit sausage, egg and cheese sandwiches; my staple food.
This is a memory for me , as i used to watch this every week with my father who passed when i was 15, it was his favorite show .. and he had many Hank Thompson records, thanks for putting this out.
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Roy Clark enjoyed his picking so much a person can't help but grin
An unknown puppeteer, named Jim Henson, got his start with Rolf, on the Jimmy Dean Show. This was before The Muppets.
Actually, Jim Henson got his start in the 50s on Washington DC television, and The Muppets already existed at this point, albeit in a much smaller capacity! Craig Shemin's got an excellent book on the topic called "Sam and Friends: The Story of Jim Henson's First Television Show" if you're interested in learning more.
Oh thanks for posting these man im gonna watch them with my kid
What an intro--and what a show! This was the US before we went woke! It was good, clean fun! Not a damn thing wrong with it!
I just love Roy Clarks playing.
That Roy Clark was talent overload.
I don't know what year this is but I'm surprised to see Jim Henson's Muppet, Rolf, on this early. This had to be early sixties.
Rowlf was the _real_ breakout Muppet star. He showed up in the second episode of _The Jimmy Dean Show_ in September 1963 to promote National Dog Week and was so well-received, Dean invited him back. Then he just never left! I guess Dean and Henson knew each other from their days doing local shows and commercials in the DC area. It doesn't look as though they worked for the same station, though, so I'm not clear on how they met.
Dean really set the standard for Muppet/human interaction. Season 1 Episode 2 is available on UA-cam. From the start, Dean is perfectly willing to play straight man to a puppet, and to perform with the puppet exactly as he would with a human ("Yer ad-libbin', Rowlf"). Except it's a talking dog.
Around 1964.. give or take.
@@mzpatintexas8329 You hit it, Miz Pat! It was in April 1964. Rowlf showed up in the second episode, and never went away -- the viewer mail was far too strong for him! When Eddy Arnold was on the show for the second time, Dean said Arnold's fan mail to the show was second only to Rowlf's.
Rowlf was the first Muppet star. Previously, the Muppets had only appeared on local shows and commercials in the DC area. Dean set the bar for Muppet/human interactions, and he set it really, _really_ high.
"living fast won't hide the past, it's just to ease the pain." I wish I wrote that, what a beautiful line. used to think I was sophisticated, but this is the music my parents and grandparents were hearing on the radio in rural America. White PeopleThings. American Music.
Jack Eagle: The father of sportscaster Ian Eagle and grandfather of sportscaster Noah Eagle. Later famous for the "Brother Dominic" Xerox ad.
Phew Clark killing it on the Fender sounds like 2 geetars
9:53pm…Thursday February 16 2023…..is there by any chance a better guitar picker than Roy Clark ?!!!!
@Rick Twomey 9:27 pm February 22, 2023...
No..
9:27pm February 22, 2043..
Still no..
Listen to some Tony Rice and see what you think.
Glen Campbell could go toe to toe with him. They were both great.
@@donaldabomb3569 come to think of it about a hundred years ago I think I saw both Roy Clark and Glen Campbell on the Hee Haw show trading licks
@@PapaCuse Yep, you sure did.
Rolf from Muppets, lol
My God! I thought Jim Henson invented Ralph AND Roy Clark!
The only thing my granny loved more than Jimmy Dean was his sausage 😫
That just don't sound right
One version of the story is that Jimmy wanted to be a pig farmer and make sausage. He only became a singer to finance his idea.
@@dwightschrute1953: Go, Granny! Go, granny! Go, granny, go!
That's what SHE said!
Jimi Hendrix greatest guitar player. I guess they never heard of Roy Clark
Both are great guitar players in their own ways...
I’ll go with Chet.
#ProudToBeAmerican #ItsOKtoBeWhite
I didn't know that roy clark was a comedian
Jimmy fired Roy cuz he was always late.
I know that I'm in the minority, on this opinion, but I never thought that Roy Clark was funny. He should have stuck to playing guitar and singing.
So many people remember him mostly from the poorly-written, badly-produced _Hee Haw,_ and it's really sad. All the great talent going to waste because musicians thought it would be good to play caricatures of themselves. Have you seen the two episodes earlier in the first season of _The Jimmy Dean Show_ with Grandpa Jones? It you haven't, hasten ye and find it forthwith! Those episodes were a revelation to me. He was a crack clawhammer-style banjo player, and one heck of a showman.