Minnie the Moocher

This is a little bit off the beaten path of my blug; but I'm gonna do it anyway. Time for me to out cartoon my buddy the Chief.



One thing I forgot to mention in the initial post; I remember seeing this cartoon when I was a kid, but I became reaquainted with Minnie the Moocher during the early 70's when I first heard the Dr. Demento show. Of course in 1979, The Blues Brothers again rekindled my interest in this song.

Lost Dion Clip

I've been hearing rumblings on the Internet about this clip for 12 years. I no longer wonder why it was a lost clip. But it is still interesting to see. It is from a film that was never released called "Ten Girls Ago."

Enjoy.

Our Record Players

I was talking the other day about the record players we had back in the day. My buddy reminded me that record companies made record players under their name. What more likely happened is a few companies made the players and put more familiar names on the outside of the outfit. Even Lionel made record players in the early 60's. Here's a picture of an RCA 45 only record player from the 50's. The guts of the machine look very much like the Decca record player my family had. Of course, after a while we had to put a bottle opener on the tone arm in order to play the records without scratching them. Sure wish I still had the old Decca.

Decca also made guitars back in the 50's.

This one's unbelievable

Here's a song from a guy who would go on to Las Veges and entertain millions.



Again enjoy.

One for All the Folks from St. Louis

My fellow St. Louisians, this is a song from a St. Louis radio legand, KXOK DJ, Nick Charles. I don't know the actual date of the record; but judging from it being on the Satelite label, that means it's an early Stax recording. Nick probably did this when he was in Memphis, before he landed on 630, KXOK.



Enjoy.

"Rock & Roll Forever Will Stand"

For the New Year, here are The Showmen:



Enjoy!

This stuff will work until I get a YouTube account going, or set up a podcast; both are in my plans for the not-to-distant future.

One of the GREATEST Cartoons of All Time

"Gimmy a ticket; gimmy a lot of tickets; I'm a splurgin'"