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In the news tonight...
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...the music world mourns the death
of folk music icon Irving Steinbloom...
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...an instrumental figure
in guiding folk music...
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...from its humble beginnings in the 1950s
to its zenith in popularity in the 1960s.
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Steinbloom managed the careers
of such million-selling folk groups as...
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...The Main Street Singers,
The Folksmen...
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...and the sweethearts
of the folk music scene, Mitch and Mickey.
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Their music was the voice of a generation.
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It carried a message of peace and freedom...
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...and young people got behind
the message in a big way.
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Steinbloom is survived
by his wife and three children.
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What do you say, Mitch? It's up to you.
Are you going to be with us?
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Yes, we do. We have all three Folksmen.
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Of course, Alan, of course.
He was the first to--
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We can't imagine doing this without you.
It's as simple as that.
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We cannot conceive of doing this--
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It seemed that the only fitting tribute
to this fantastic human being--
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And I have to tell you,
my dad was really an amazing character.
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And the only fitting tribute we could
come up with was a memorial to my dad...
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...that would be a concert
that would be performed...
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...by all of the fabulous groups
and people that he used to represent.
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It's gonna be very fast. It's gonna be in
two weeks. And it had to be in Town Hall...
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...because where else could we have
such an event? It had to be Town Hall.
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And they had a hole in the schedule.
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But it's a very sudden hole...
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...and we've got two weeks
to put together this very complicated event.
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But I'm pretty organized myself.
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I've always been a very organized person.
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When I was 12, I formed the J.C.P.L.,
the Jewish Children's Polo League.
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We rode Shetland ponies instead of horses.
It was funny, my mom used to say:
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"Well, if he has to fall,
he shouldn't fall from so very high."
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She was very protective.
You could say overly protective.
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I just like to think she cared about me.
Which she did, a lot.
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And I was a member of the chess team.
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And whenever we had chess tournaments,
I had to wear a protective helmet.
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I had to wear a football helmet.
Now, who knows what she was thinking?
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Maybe she thought
we might have fallen...
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...and impaled our heads on a pointy
bishop or something, I don't know.
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Now they don't allow no frowns inside
Leave them by the door
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-There's apple brandy by the keg
-And sawdust on the floor
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So if you've got a hankering
I'll tell you where to go
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Just look for the busted neon sign
That flashes
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Ea-a-oe's
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Well, there's a puppy in the parlor
And a skillet on the stove
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Hello, Mr. Stranger Man
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-Who is that?
-Who are any of us?
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No!
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I'll take some of that.
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-Mr. Palter has an altar, I see.
-Yeah. The Palter Porch.
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-I knew you looked familiar.
-Just a little.
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I think I used to work with your kids.
A couple of young guys....
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Mark and I met at
the University of Vermont in about '61 ?
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Late '61 .
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We were both interested in folk music,
and there was a big folk music scene...
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...as there were on many colleges.
We formed The Twobadours.
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-Two. T-W-O.
-Badours.
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Because there were two of us.
That was the reasoning behind the name.
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-Mark was a bass, really, a bass singer.
-I sang way down here.
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And I was a tenor singer up there.
And so we had no lead....
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No glue. No middle, no....
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Vocalist. We went to New York
to see what was happening in the biz.
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-We were playing at a place....
-The Folk Place.
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At The Folk Place, which was a wonderful
club at the time and we ran into--
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It was the flash point.
It really was.
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Everyone-- It was Like a big magnet,
everyone went there.
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-He was singing, he was backing people up--
-I thought I was a guitar player at the time.
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If you have enough vibrato on those blue
Fender guitars, you sound Like a surf king.
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I was drawn to the folk music as well
and I wound up down at The Folk Place...
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...and met these two guys.
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I could play the guitar. I could sing right
in the middle there, mostly sang for myself.
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-Not a bad-looking gent, to boot.
-No, that's true. That didn't hurt.
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We ended up getting together
and it just kind of....
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-It clicked.
-It clicked.
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And Mr. Irving Steinbloom came down
and he signed us to Folk Town...
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-...which was the label to be on.
-Terrific Label.
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Later on we were
kind of moved down the food chain...
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...to the Folk Tone Label
which was a subsidiary.
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It was a decent Label,
they just didn't have the distribution.
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-They didn't have any distribution.
-No distribution at all.
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And the covers were printed
in two colors instead of four...
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...which I noticed was a problem.
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And they had no hole
in the center of the record--
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No, you had to provide it yourself.
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So the people complained
that you'd get this vinyl, in those days...
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-...and it's up to you to center it.
-It would teeter crazily on the spindle.
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And that was, of course, we had
no control over that aspect of it.
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They were still good records.
Good product.
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If you punched a hole in them,
you'd have a good time.
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It's scary but it's true
So do what the Good Book tells you to
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I guess it was in about 1958
in Greenwich Village.
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My partner Chuck Wiseman
and myself had gotten together...
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...with Fred Knox and Bill Weyburn.
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We were lucky to be joined by one
of the greatest talents of our generation...
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...any generation, as a matter of fact,
Ramblin' Sandy Pitnik.
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And we became the Village Folk Ensemble.
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And we were a great group. Great.
We had a good sound...
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...but I always thought we should have
something bigger, a fuller sound.
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And one night in 1960,
I'LL never forget this...
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...we were at a hootenanny and we
were jamming with the Klapper Family.
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And all of a sudden, I heard it.
The sound that I'd been thinking about.
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The harmonics were amazing.
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I thought, "Well, there's five of us,
there's four of them. It's a neuf-tet."
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And it was there, just in a moment,
it was all there.
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The neuf-tet sound.
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This thing clicked with The Klappers
too, so we joined forces...
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...and became The Main Street Singers.
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Well, 10 years and 30 albums later,
we disbanded, but we'd had a good run.
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My partner Chuck Wiseman and myself,
we called it quits too.
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I went my way and Chuck went his.
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In 1971 , after the breakup
of The Main Street Singers...
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...Chuck Wiseman moved to San Francisco
where he started a business...
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...with his two brothers.
The Three Wiseman's Sex Emporium.
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It was very successful for a year...
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...until they were sued over something
having to do with a box of benwa balls.
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No, I need you, Mitch.
I need Mitch and Mickey. Mitch and Mickey.
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That's the thing. You go together.
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I love Mickey, but without you
it's not the same. You got to think--
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I'm gonna tell you something, Mitch,
and I've never told anybody this before.
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You were Dad's favorite. Okay.
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Just deal with it. You were Dad's favorite.
I've never said this to a single soul.
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Two weeks before he died
he took me aside and he said to me:
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"Of all those ferkakte people,
I Love Mitch, he's my favorite.
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He's like a relative,
he's Like my nephew to me."
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I'm saying this because I think you'd want
to know before you make your mind up.
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Would you just think about it?
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Sounds cliche, but it's kind of a blur,
you know? They loved us.
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I guess we were, in a way, maybe easy
to Love because we represented...
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...true Love and romance
and sweetness, and....
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To be quite honest, I bought
the image as much as anyone else.
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Maybe that's why I sold it so well.
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Because it was sweet and happy...
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...and everybody, everybody
loved to hang around Mitch.
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They tried to get close to him,
but I was close to him.
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He was very smart, very intense...
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...and distant, you know?
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You'd get close to him and he'd inch back
that much further, you know.
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And you'd move in,
you know, to get inside Mitch...
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...and he'd just back off a little more.
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Just always kept you wanting to get there,
to understand him.
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Which was impossible.
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Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted
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And the fairy tales have all been told
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There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
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More precious than a pot of gold
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The phenomenon of that kiss was....
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It can't be overstated.
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It was...
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...a superb moment
in the history of folk music.
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And maybe...
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...maybe a great moment
in the history of humans.
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I'd Like to think that Mitch
would agree to do this with me.
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Because I already said yes.
And I can't do it alone, so....
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No, I didn't think this through.
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Should've talked to him beforehand,
but I haven't talked to him in so long.
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It wasn't....
We weren't talking.
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You know, those last few years....
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Okay, I'm remembering some things now,
yeah. There was lots of fighting going on.
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And I think for a while we were able...
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...to keep it on a professional level.
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But really, we were getting
some personal things out.
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I was just out of high school,
I had just started here.
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And I must say I was in awe of Mitch
and Mickey. I mean, who wasn't?
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They were here working on
When You're Next To Me...
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...which was their Last album together.
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Mickey started shouting at Mitch.
She just went off.
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She started throwing anything she could
get her hands on at Mitch. Anything.
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Music stands, microphone stands,
mikes, guitars.
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And Mitch....
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He just....
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He just snapped.
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It's time to kick on back
Toss your cares away
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Cartwheels and piggybacks
It's just that kind of day
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I'm sitting on a hill
Watching clouds at play
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Well, I've been playing
the music of The Main Street Singers...
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...my whole life, I mean,
from way back in Tampa.
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I've come to understand as an adult,
with the help of Laurie, my beautiful wife...
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...that there had been abuse in my family,
but it was mostly musical in nature.
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My father used to
lock me away in a room...
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...with nothing but the Percy Faith
recording of "Bim Bam Boom" ...
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...and then send me to bed
with nothing but dessert.
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One of the records he put me
in there with was Sunny Side Up.
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The Main Street Singers, 1968.
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I tell you, my head opened up,
my heart opened up.
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I listened to that record
over and over and over.
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I knew it right and left
and every way to Sunday.
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I feel Like I knew those people.
I wanted to be in that group so badly...
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...that at the age of 8 years old,
I went down into the basement...
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...and I made cardboard cutouts of
everybody in the group to sing with them.
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These were my friends,
and they were made out of gin boxes.
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It's odd that Laurie
came from such a different--
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Right. A completely different path.
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I was brought up in a very small town,
south of the Chicago city limits.
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Just far enough away to have been peopled
with pure, unadulterated white trash.
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And because I was one of so many children,
I don't believe that anyone noticed...
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...when I blew town at 15
and ended up in San Francisco, California.
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And it's at this point in my story
that the dark clouds part...
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...because I met a certain Mr. Wiseman,
who gave me a job in his shop.
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And before Long, he tapped me
to do some small roles...
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...in some of his short films
for more mature audiences.
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And before Long, I had landed,
if you will, some leads...
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...and then I started to do some cameos.
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Well, I was known for
doing a certain thing...
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...that many of the other girls
wouldn't do.
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Of course, I Loved to sing,
ever since I was a Little girl.
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And I learned to play the ukulele
in one of my Last films, Not So Tiny Tim.
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And based on that, my world opened up...
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...because I was invited to join the
re-formed New Main Street Singers.
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And that's where I met my man,
and before Long I was the new Mrs. Bohner.
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Ain't that something?
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-A beautiful story.
-I tell you.
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Last week you were
going to come in at 5...
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...and you never showed up.
It's okay, it's just that--
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-He's in. Mitch is in.
-Really?
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-It's unbelievable.
-Congratulations!
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-Thank you. Thank you.
-He said he would be a part of this?
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-Yes.
-He said that just now on the phone?
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-Yeah, I think he did.
-Did he put it in writing?
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I'm sorr--
I'm just looking out for you.
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Let's not rain on the parade, okay?
He's in.
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In 1974, after the breakup,
Mitch was extremely angry.
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His first solo album...
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...a Cry For Help, contained
numbers Like "If I Had A Gun" ...
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..."Anyone But You," "May She Rot in Hell."
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And this just spiraled down...
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...to the next album, Calling It Quits.
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And at that point he was in a very bad way.
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There was a lot of anger in Mitch...
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...for reasons, you know, that he had.
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I think he went too soon.
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He should have stayed longer,
because we really didn't get a grip on him.
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And his anger was unhealthy...
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...for all of us.
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-Hello, Mickey.
-Mitch.
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-How are you?
-Great.
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-It's good to see you.
-You too. So....
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-Mitch Cohen, this is my husband.
-Leonard Crabbe, very nice to meet you.
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-It's nice to meet you.
-Welcome to the house of Crabbe.
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Thank you very much.
I just checked into the hotel.
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Left my things there.
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-Good.
-Which hotel was that, then?
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I don't know the name.
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I can't remember the name,
but it's very nice.
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Are you hungry?
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-Yes.
-Good. Lunch is not quite ready.
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Maybe you'd Like to
take Mitch to see your trains?
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Oh, yes. Do you Like trains?
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I took a bus.
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No. Model trains.
Do you Like model trains?
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-Sure.
-It's a bit of a passion for me.
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I'll show you around.
It's right down here.
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-It was a 16-hour trip.
-This will be quicker than that.
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This whole area here is called Crabbe Town.
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We've got a brothel
down there above the saloon.
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And right down there, further along,
I'm thinking of building a French Quarter.
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-I've actually got a bit of French blood.
-I'd Love to see this town in the autumn.
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I think Crabbeville in autumn
would look quite magnificent.
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I would have made tiny Little leaves...
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...oak, poplar, maple, chestnut...
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...and spread them
across the town of Crabbeville.
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Magnificent.
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It's Crabbe Town, not Crabbeville.
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What is it you do, Leonard?
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For work?
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Oh, work.
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I'm in the bladder management industry.
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I sell catheters.
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I have my own distribution company.
Sure-Flo Medical Appliances.
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May have heard of it.
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It's actually named in tribute after
my mother. Her name was Florence.
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It's a growth industry, really,
because one in three people over 60...
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...either have a flaccid
or a spastic bladder...
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...so, in a sense, every 13.5 seconds,
a new incontinent is born, as it were.
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People Like you and I have
what they call "leakage problems."
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They can be running, playing tennis,
laughing, sneezing, anything.
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The good old constipation, you know?
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You have impacted fecal mass
in your rectum pushing on your bladder.
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This might make good dessert talk.
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I started playing folk clubs
in New York City...
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...and walked into one such
coffeehouse one night and there--
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-Half Moon Cafe.
-The Half Moon Cafe and--
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I was playing with my sisters,
Jocelyn, Claire, Estelle.
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We were the North Four.
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We were on-stage
and we had a horrible Little heckler.
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A Little guy, but with
the loudest voice in the world.
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And just, you know, "Take off your tops"
and "Get off the stage" ....
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"You sing Like crap! You get off the stage!"
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Very inarticulate. Rude.
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Mean. Mean Little bugger.
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ALL of a sudden, we couldn't see clear,
you got the lights on us...
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...but I see this tall, dark figure go over
and there's this intense Little...
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...something going on,
and all of a sudden, he's pummeled.
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-The crap pummeled out of him.
-I don't remember much.
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But the next thing I know,
I'm in a hospital, and the first thing I saw...
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...was a beautiful rose sitting in a vase
on the night table next to the bed.
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And I can't express...
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...what was surging through my body.
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I was consumed with an emotion...
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...that I had never felt before.
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We started singing together.
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We simply fused together...
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...in a very meaningful way.
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And before you know it, we were recording.
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-I Learned to sing with Mitch.
-And--
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So scary, so scary. But I just....
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Mitch was so strong and so smart
and knew what he wanted...
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...and I just focused on Mitch.
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You know,
I went along for the ride.
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One, two, three, and....
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-Wait. I doubled after you?
-No, with me. That's doubling.
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-You climb aboard the ferry at the same time.
-Okay, fair enough.
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One, two, three, and....
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My mama was the cold north wind
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My daddy was the son of a railroad man
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From west of hell
Where the trains don't even run
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Never heard the whistle
Of a southbound freight
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Or the humming of its driving wheel
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No, I never did no wandering
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Never did no wandering
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Never did no wandering after all
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I just, sorry, I just got a mental picture
in my mind of us on-stage in the show.
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And we weren't wearing the old stuff,
the old gear, the old....
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We're talking about the dickeys?
I think I'm on record as Mr. Anti-dickey.
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You were Mr. Drop-the-dickey.
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-It's just a very retro look.
-I'm totally available for the discussion of it.
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It sounds Like you're thinking
the image that we had...
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...was a retro image of something that
wasn't retro because we weren't retro...
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-...because we were then.
-It wasn't retro then...
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...but now, to try a retro thing,
it might just look kind of sad.
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-I mean....
-To do then now would be retro.
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To do then then
was very now-tro, if you will.
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I know we're getting emotional with things
and I know we want to give this...
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...to be a great thing for you know who,
but I'm Looking at numbers--
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For Dad. Can't you say it? For Dad.
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00:24:05,227 --> 00:24:07,593
You can't say his name, can you?
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00:24:07,762 --> 00:24:10,629
You're not the only one
that's thinking about Dad now.
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You're not the only person
going through this--
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You don't have to take everything personally.
It's not you. It's her. Forgive me.
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I'm sorry. Forgive me. Never mind.
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This isn't really just
a reunion for the folk groups.
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It's also a reunion for the Steinbloom family,
minus Dad, of course.
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-Because we never get together.
-Not really.
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-We talk. A Lot. We talk a Lot.
-We talk on the phone a Lot.
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-We don't really see each other.
-No. We don't need to.
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I moved away to North Dakota.
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I tried to get far away
to get the singing out of my head.
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I didn't care for folk music
and Dad knew that. I just didn't get it.
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00:24:50,739 --> 00:24:54,072
So I haven't kept up our ties.
That's why this is kind of nice.
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00:24:54,242 --> 00:24:56,904
Hopefully we can get
through our Little things...
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...and put on a good show for Dad.
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You Like to make amends, but you can't,
so we'll try to do it with one good--
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Music.
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00:25:08,723 --> 00:25:10,452
You okay?
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00:25:11,193 --> 00:25:14,390
Let's just hang on.
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00:25:15,530 --> 00:25:17,225
Oh, Jesus.
355
00:25:31,479 --> 00:25:34,414
My dad, Fred Knox,
was an original Main Street Singer...
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...so I grew up with this kind of music.
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00:25:39,221 --> 00:25:42,122
So I Listened to it when I was Little.
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00:25:42,290 --> 00:25:46,249
But I didn't hear much of it when
I was a teenager because I was--
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I was on the streets.
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00:25:50,365 --> 00:25:53,334
I was really rescued by
The New Main Street Singers...
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00:25:53,501 --> 00:25:57,835
...and they really
gave me a break from that...
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00:25:58,540 --> 00:26:00,735
...dark, that darkness.
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00:26:00,909 --> 00:26:03,639
And....
So I Like to give people a break now.
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00:26:03,812 --> 00:26:07,714
So when I sing, I want
to give out what was given to me.
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00:26:07,882 --> 00:26:10,908
And I want to be, you know,
a vessel of Love...
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00:26:11,086 --> 00:26:14,852
...and I want to entertain
and make people happy.
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00:26:15,023 --> 00:26:20,154
So I Look for someone out in the audience
and that's what brings me real joy.
368
00:26:20,328 --> 00:26:23,786
So when Mr. Menschell
called me in 1995, my dad died...
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...and asked me to be a part
of this band, I said:
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"Well, yeah."
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Going home
I'm going
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Go--
Going
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Go
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Going home
I'm going home
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Home
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Home
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00:27:12,681 --> 00:27:14,649
Go--
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00:27:20,322 --> 00:27:24,349
Quick plugola, I'm Mike LaFontaine, owner
and founder of Hi-Class Management.
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00:27:27,562 --> 00:27:29,723
Comic's constant companion.
380
00:27:29,898 --> 00:27:32,958
Let's start right out.
Hey, wha' happened?
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00:27:33,134 --> 00:27:38,595
As you know, back in 1970....
I starred on a series called, Wha' Happened.
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00:27:38,773 --> 00:27:41,799
Every time something would go wrong,
I'd Look at the camera and say:
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00:27:41,976 --> 00:27:44,240
"Hey, wha' happened?"
384
00:27:44,412 --> 00:27:46,972
We had fun with that
and other catch phrases.
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00:27:47,148 --> 00:27:49,548
"I got a real red wagon!"
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00:27:49,718 --> 00:27:53,210
And, "I can't do my work!"
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00:27:53,388 --> 00:27:58,325
And I believe I was the first one
to use the phrase, "I don't think so!"
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00:27:58,493 --> 00:28:02,122
It lasted a year. That's good because
that's how you establish a cult.
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00:28:04,666 --> 00:28:08,830
I was on-stage doing my shtick, "Hey,
wha' happened?" and "I can't do my work!"
390
00:28:09,003 --> 00:28:12,439
If someone would heckle me, they'd
say, "Will you be on-stage all night?"
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00:28:12,607 --> 00:28:15,940
I would say, "That's right!"
and that would crack up the audience.
392
00:28:16,111 --> 00:28:20,172
But I noticed a guy sitting down front
with a Long face, nothing got to him.
393
00:28:20,348 --> 00:28:22,111
So I said to the lady next to him:
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00:28:22,283 --> 00:28:25,980
"Hold your mirror up in front
of his nose to see if he's breathing.
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00:28:26,154 --> 00:28:29,885
To see if there's a reflection."
So he started to smile.
396
00:28:30,058 --> 00:28:34,893
After the show I go down and introduce
myself. His name is George Menschell.
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He had been with a group called
The Main Street Singers.
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00:28:38,233 --> 00:28:43,034
I was never into folk music.
I'd worked some bills with some folkies.
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00:28:43,204 --> 00:28:46,605
Put him in a cell with a long hose on him
Put him in a cell with a long hose on him
400
00:28:46,775 --> 00:28:49,369
I used to say,
"If he's got a Long enough hose...
401
00:28:49,544 --> 00:28:52,138
...he's gonna have friends
in the shower room!"
402
00:28:53,214 --> 00:28:56,775
Folk audiences hated that joke.
But I said to George, I said:
403
00:28:56,951 --> 00:28:59,749
"Seriously, you've put up
some great numbers.
404
00:28:59,921 --> 00:29:04,381
If you re-form your group, I can send
you out on the Starfish Cruise Lines.
405
00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:07,653
Together, we could make a fortune
and you will have a ball."
406
00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:13,267
They used to go out, come back, they had
a great time. Except a couple of cruises...
407
00:29:13,435 --> 00:29:16,302
...dysentery broke out on the ship.
I was not there.
408
00:29:16,471 --> 00:29:19,668
You do not want to be on a cruise ship
when dysentery breaks out...
409
00:29:19,841 --> 00:29:23,242
...and knock on the men's room door,
"Will you be coming out soon?" ...
410
00:29:23,411 --> 00:29:25,709
...and hear, "I don't think so!"
411
00:29:26,581 --> 00:29:28,879
I'm so glad to be here.
I Love the network.
412
00:29:29,050 --> 00:29:31,484
I Love what you do here.
I watch it constantly.
413
00:29:33,655 --> 00:29:37,591
That's what I wanted to start by saying.
I think you're doing a fabulous job.
414
00:29:37,759 --> 00:29:41,217
And I'm very, very happy
to be here talking with you.
415
00:29:41,396 --> 00:29:44,024
It's a perfect fit.
Our demographics are skewing older...
416
00:29:45,700 --> 00:29:48,191
...and that can be a minus
with corporate underwriters.
417
00:29:48,369 --> 00:29:51,702
In this case, it's a plus because
of the built-in fans for The Folksmen...
418
00:29:51,873 --> 00:29:54,171
...all the groups
that your dad represented.
419
00:29:54,342 --> 00:29:59,109
And, you know, I think it's gonna
do very well in the evening hours...
420
00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,840
...which is when we'd propose
to do this concert.
421
00:30:02,016 --> 00:30:06,646
If you don't mind me saying, our audience
for some of these groups is getting younger.
422
00:30:06,821 --> 00:30:09,449
Not radically younger.
Which I hope is all right.
423
00:30:09,624 --> 00:30:13,321
If we can get two dozen young people
watching in the evening hours...
424
00:30:13,495 --> 00:30:17,556
...I think people here would be happy
because we don't have much of that now.
425
00:30:17,732 --> 00:30:20,200
This is great and I want to tell you...
426
00:30:20,368 --> 00:30:25,169
...if you're not weary of hearing stories about
your dad, I want to tell you a Little story.
427
00:30:25,340 --> 00:30:30,573
A young kid by the name of Lars Olfen,
in 1966, going to a concert.
428
00:30:30,745 --> 00:30:33,578
I'm 16 years old and it was raining.
429
00:30:33,748 --> 00:30:38,378
And I got right up to the box office
and Like some kind of practical joke...
430
00:30:38,553 --> 00:30:41,647
...the door slammed shut.
Sold out, right when I got there.
431
00:30:41,823 --> 00:30:45,782
My young tears mixed with the rain,
I'm walking away and I hear a voice.
432
00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,690
"Hey, kid, over here."
And I go, "What, a scalper?
433
00:30:48,863 --> 00:30:51,764
Who is this guy? I can't afford
that kind of money for a ticket."
434
00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,561
But he looks kind of familiar
and I go over there.
435
00:30:54,736 --> 00:30:57,671
He hands me two tickets,
doesn't want a dollar.
436
00:30:57,839 --> 00:31:01,206
It's your father. Why would he do that?
437
00:31:01,409 --> 00:31:04,606
That was Dad, you know.
He was just out there, with people.
438
00:31:04,779 --> 00:31:09,341
And he was generous, he was kind and
really that's why we're doing this thing...
439
00:31:09,517 --> 00:31:12,782
...to pay back this much back
to his memory.
440
00:31:12,954 --> 00:31:16,515
The naches I'm feeling right now.
Your dad was Like mishpoche to me.
441
00:31:16,691 --> 00:31:20,422
When I heard I got these tickets to
The Folksmen, I let out a geshreeyeh...
442
00:31:20,595 --> 00:31:23,223
...and I'm running with
my friend Like a vilde chaye...
443
00:31:23,398 --> 00:31:25,923
...right into the theater,
in the front row.
444
00:31:26,100 --> 00:31:28,364
We've got the schpilkes
because we're sitting right there.
445
00:31:28,536 --> 00:31:32,370
It's a mitzvah what your dad did,
and I want to try to give that back to you.
446
00:31:32,540 --> 00:31:35,065
Okeinhoreh, I say, and God bless him.
447
00:31:37,078 --> 00:31:40,047
Where did I go up? I remember hitting a....
448
00:31:40,214 --> 00:31:42,842
We shared a song
449
00:31:43,017 --> 00:31:45,884
I think it might be on "the ravens,"
on "the ravens."
450
00:31:46,054 --> 00:31:48,579
"We shared."
I think you might stay below me on--
451
00:31:48,756 --> 00:31:50,781
Stay on: We shared
452
00:31:50,959 --> 00:31:52,551
Wandered
453
00:31:52,727 --> 00:31:57,221
Wandered through each other's secrets
454
00:31:57,398 --> 00:31:59,866
We traded
455
00:32:01,269 --> 00:32:02,634
We traded
456
00:32:02,804 --> 00:32:06,706
You're right! Mitch, you're right!
Oh, I forgot that.
457
00:32:06,874 --> 00:32:12,107
We traded an honored worth
458
00:32:16,250 --> 00:32:18,377
That's it, nice and crisp!
459
00:32:18,553 --> 00:32:20,487
That's very nice.
460
00:32:20,655 --> 00:32:24,557
Walking down to Main Street
Everybody's gonna sing
461
00:32:24,726 --> 00:32:26,216
There you go.
462
00:32:30,298 --> 00:32:33,199
What are you singing there?
You got the root on "sing"?
463
00:32:33,368 --> 00:32:34,733
You singing the root?
464
00:32:34,902 --> 00:32:38,030
No, I was singing:
Everybody's gonna sing
465
00:32:38,206 --> 00:32:40,333
Didn't I give you a sixth?
466
00:32:40,575 --> 00:32:43,169
-I don't think so.
-Tony, I give him a sixth?
467
00:32:43,344 --> 00:32:45,244
I think you were singing the sixth.
468
00:32:45,413 --> 00:32:47,973
-Can you sing me a sixth?
-Could you sing a sixth?
469
00:32:48,149 --> 00:32:50,344
-Everybody gonna sing
-Everybody gonna sing
470
00:32:50,518 --> 00:32:54,010
-Yeah, I can sing that. Sure.
-Let's try it again. One, two, three.
471
00:32:54,622 --> 00:32:56,419
What? Yeah?
472
00:32:56,591 --> 00:32:58,855
-Go ahead.
-You have a problem in the bridge?
473
00:32:59,027 --> 00:33:00,289
No, I was gonna--
474
00:33:00,461 --> 00:33:02,861
Can I switch?
Can I change out of my costume?
475
00:33:03,064 --> 00:33:05,430
Costume? Are you hot?
476
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:08,194
Yeah. But also, I mean...
477
00:33:08,369 --> 00:33:10,166
...I've been wearing it for a month.
478
00:33:10,338 --> 00:33:11,862
You know the policy.
479
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,441
We all gotta wear the uniform
until we're ready to take it off.
480
00:33:15,610 --> 00:33:18,374
You're close, I just don't think
you're quite there yet.
481
00:33:18,546 --> 00:33:21,947
You did not sing that sixth,
and I want to see you sing that sixth.
482
00:33:22,116 --> 00:33:24,482
You just wear what you have on.
You sound fine.
483
00:33:24,652 --> 00:33:28,315
Eventually you'll be able to wear
your civvies when you're singing.
484
00:33:28,589 --> 00:33:30,921
Jonathan? Hi.
485
00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:33,583
Well, I got good news and better news.
486
00:33:33,761 --> 00:33:39,461
Good news is, we're still doing the concert.
The better news is, we are going live.
487
00:33:39,634 --> 00:33:41,101
Yeah.
488
00:33:41,269 --> 00:33:45,262
I got a friend, at NO AA, so we're going up
in the Nimbus 7 Oceanographic Satellite.
489
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,739
He's got some bandwidth there,
and it's Live!
490
00:33:48,910 --> 00:33:51,811
Yeah, the corporate underwriters
wouldn't go for it, so....
491
00:33:53,681 --> 00:33:56,411
I'm excited too!
492
00:33:57,385 --> 00:33:59,649
Okay. Okay.
493
00:33:59,821 --> 00:34:01,345
Shalom.
494
00:34:01,522 --> 00:34:03,717
Folk music is in my blood.
495
00:34:04,092 --> 00:34:09,223
As a young boy, in Sweden-- I was born
there and came here at an early age...
496
00:34:09,397 --> 00:34:13,128
...but we'd go back to Sweden every
year, my family and I, in the winter...
497
00:34:13,301 --> 00:34:15,769
...which was a flip from the normal thing.
498
00:34:15,937 --> 00:34:20,135
Every Olfen kid, Lars, Sven, Pippi
and Liv, was trained on the dulcimer.
499
00:34:20,308 --> 00:34:24,870
When you could hold a rattle, you'd
hold a dulcimer. And we Learned to play.
500
00:34:25,046 --> 00:34:29,346
I had a garage band in Stockholm,
which was a challenge in its own right...
501
00:34:29,517 --> 00:34:32,111
...to keep an instrument tuned
with that temperature swing.
502
00:34:32,286 --> 00:34:35,016
There's a block warmer
for the Volvo in the garage...
503
00:34:35,189 --> 00:34:37,657
...but it's cold in there in the winter.
504
00:34:37,825 --> 00:34:40,521
So we played and I had a hit
that you might have heard of.
505
00:34:41,896 --> 00:34:45,696
Which means, "How's It Hanging, Grandma?"
and it was big on the Swedish charts.
506
00:34:45,867 --> 00:34:50,304
I got in touch with the American music.
I Loved that and thrived on that...
507
00:34:50,471 --> 00:34:53,634
...so I came here
and became part of that scene.
508
00:34:53,808 --> 00:34:58,302
I'm so happy to be here and come
full circle, airing this show on PBN.
509
00:34:58,479 --> 00:35:00,379
It's a dream come true.
510
00:35:00,548 --> 00:35:04,712
I worked the fields my father worked
511
00:35:04,886 --> 00:35:07,514
From dawn till setting sun
512
00:35:07,688 --> 00:35:08,916
Then it quiets down.
513
00:35:09,090 --> 00:35:12,719
And the skeletons of Quinto
514
00:35:12,894 --> 00:35:15,522
Call me home
515
00:35:21,536 --> 00:35:24,801
"The silver tentacles of the moon's rays
haunt me...."
516
00:35:24,972 --> 00:35:28,237
That's really getting confusing.
It's really confusing.
517
00:35:28,409 --> 00:35:32,709
It's really confusing. I'm hearing you
the same timbre, and it's cluttered.
518
00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:35,906
Maybe if I did it higher
and he did it lower--
519
00:35:36,083 --> 00:35:41,612
-If you do what you did before.
-I can't get that much higher.
520
00:35:41,789 --> 00:35:45,520
But that's-- Now it sounds
almost more Like a ventriloquist.
521
00:35:45,693 --> 00:35:49,424
Can I make the radical suggestion
that maybe this is not the best number...
522
00:35:49,597 --> 00:35:53,363
...to start with?
This is a Live television show.
523
00:35:53,534 --> 00:35:56,230
We don't want people
to reach for their remotes here.
524
00:35:56,404 --> 00:35:58,372
It's public television.
I don't think....
525
00:35:58,539 --> 00:35:59,972
-They don't have remotes.
-Yeah.
526
00:36:01,676 --> 00:36:05,544
My God, that's terrible. What do you mean
he won't come out of the room?
527
00:36:05,713 --> 00:36:09,774
Have you talked to him? Has he talked to
a doctor? Have you given him medication?
528
00:36:09,951 --> 00:36:13,182
I know he's anxious.
I'm always anxious. I come out.
529
00:36:13,354 --> 00:36:15,845
You know, I mean,
we gotta do something.
530
00:36:16,023 --> 00:36:19,117
You want me to-- You mean,
I'm supposed to talk to him?
531
00:36:19,293 --> 00:36:22,126
I Like him, I don't have that much
to say to him.
532
00:36:22,296 --> 00:36:25,390
I could be empathetic.
I'm not sure what else I could do.
533
00:36:25,566 --> 00:36:28,592
I could sit, I could try.
Anything, we have to do something.
534
00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:33,570
I'LL talk to him. I'm happy to.
I gotta get him out of there.
535
00:36:33,741 --> 00:36:38,371
We're not broadcasting from a motel room.
We gotta get him out of there.
536
00:36:39,046 --> 00:36:42,277
What's happening here?
Could you run your hand over that?
537
00:36:42,717 --> 00:36:46,380
-What are you getting?
-Well, I'm getting a bounce.
538
00:36:46,554 --> 00:36:49,045
But there's a lightness within it, as well.
539
00:36:49,223 --> 00:36:53,057
Interesting. You know, honey,
it's a very tricky color.
540
00:36:53,227 --> 00:36:57,220
Terry and I worship
an unconventional deity.
541
00:36:57,398 --> 00:37:00,390
The power of another dimension.
542
00:37:00,902 --> 00:37:05,839
Now, you're not going to read about this
dimension in a book, or in a magazine...
543
00:37:06,007 --> 00:37:07,565
...or in a newspaper...
544
00:37:07,742 --> 00:37:10,643
...because it doesn't exist anywhere...
545
00:37:10,811 --> 00:37:13,302
...except in my own mind.
546
00:37:14,148 --> 00:37:17,777
Through our ceremonies and our rituals...
547
00:37:17,952 --> 00:37:20,614
...we have witnessed firsthand...
548
00:37:20,788 --> 00:37:25,384
...the awesome
and vibratory power of color.
549
00:37:26,694 --> 00:37:29,458
We experience it as alive...
550
00:37:29,630 --> 00:37:33,259
...and constantly shaping
our experience.
551
00:37:33,434 --> 00:37:37,734
And we believe that
this saturated energy...
552
00:37:37,905 --> 00:37:42,535
...is the basis of all creation.
553
00:37:42,710 --> 00:37:47,170
We are WINC. W-I-N-C.
554
00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:51,842
Witches In Nature's Colors. WINC.
555
00:37:54,355 --> 00:37:58,724
The word "witch " may be a problem for
some of you. It has silly connotations.
556
00:37:58,893 --> 00:38:03,762
No, we do not ride around
on broomsticks and wear pointy hat--
557
00:38:03,931 --> 00:38:06,092
Well, we don't ride on broomsticks.
558
00:38:06,467 --> 00:38:08,628
This is not an occult science.
559
00:38:08,803 --> 00:38:12,967
This is not one of those crazy systems...
560
00:38:13,140 --> 00:38:15,540
...of divination and astrology.
That's hooey...
561
00:38:15,710 --> 00:38:18,645
...and you gotta have a screw loose
to go in for it.
562
00:38:18,813 --> 00:38:23,147
Our beliefs are fairly commonplace
and simple to understand.
563
00:38:23,317 --> 00:38:26,650
Humankind is simply materialized color...
564
00:38:26,821 --> 00:38:30,086
...operating on the 49th vibration.
You'd make that conclusion...
565
00:38:30,257 --> 00:38:32,782
...walking down the street
or going to the store.
566
00:38:33,995 --> 00:38:36,964
I know this is a lot of pressure
for you to be under.
567
00:38:37,131 --> 00:38:40,760
And I don't want you to feel you have
to push yourself too far. Okay?
568
00:38:40,935 --> 00:38:43,426
This is a one-day-at-a-time kind of thing.
569
00:38:43,604 --> 00:38:46,573
Don't think you have to achieve anything
right away.
570
00:38:46,741 --> 00:38:50,268
Very important to back off the pressure.
Okay?
571
00:38:50,444 --> 00:38:54,574
There's a deception here.
The audience...
572
00:38:55,216 --> 00:38:59,084
...they're expecting to see a man
who no Longer exists.
573
00:38:59,253 --> 00:39:01,778
Well, you know, that may be true.
574
00:39:03,157 --> 00:39:05,955
It might indeed be true.
575
00:39:06,127 --> 00:39:07,754
But I think what you have--
576
00:39:08,496 --> 00:39:10,862
-Oh, baby.
-Oh, baby.
577
00:39:13,401 --> 00:39:15,426
Can I--?
578
00:39:27,581 --> 00:39:29,242
Loco man
579
00:39:29,417 --> 00:39:32,477
Watching all the fish swim away
580
00:39:33,087 --> 00:39:36,454
He no work
He just sleep and play
581
00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:39,058
Sitting here on the sand
582
00:39:39,226 --> 00:39:41,660
Talking about the loco man.
583
00:39:41,829 --> 00:39:43,490
Sunny land
584
00:39:43,664 --> 00:39:47,156
Coconut coming down all the time
585
00:39:47,334 --> 00:39:49,802
Milk, she sweeter than honey wine
586
00:39:50,838 --> 00:39:53,466
Sitting here on the sand
587
00:39:56,210 --> 00:39:58,872
Sun breaks over the sprits'l yard
588
00:40:00,214 --> 00:40:04,014
Jib sheets hauling to leeward hard
589
00:40:04,185 --> 00:40:06,915
Crosstrees humming a morning hymn
590
00:40:07,488 --> 00:40:11,254
-I'm the cabin boy, call me Jim
-His name's Jim
591
00:40:11,492 --> 00:40:13,687
Fare away, fare away
Under main top sail
592
00:40:13,861 --> 00:40:17,262
To the furbelow of the wily whale
593
00:40:17,431 --> 00:40:21,265
Hold on. One second, please.
I got an idea. Very literate reference.
594
00:40:21,435 --> 00:40:25,098
Are you familiar with a book about
a pirate captain, his name is Moby Dick?
595
00:40:25,272 --> 00:40:26,967
He was chasing some big whale.
596
00:40:27,141 --> 00:40:30,474
He had a catch phrase he'd always
yell out, "There she blows!"
597
00:40:30,644 --> 00:40:34,774
If you could do that, we'd have someone
off-stage drench the group with water.
598
00:40:34,949 --> 00:40:38,407
And you could Look at the camera
and say, "Hey, wha' happened?"
599
00:40:38,586 --> 00:40:40,850
And every time,
another thing of water....
600
00:40:41,021 --> 00:40:43,956
And by the end you're all soaked,
even the ladies....
601
00:40:47,461 --> 00:40:51,329
At the end of the song you turn the
guitars over and water splashes out.
602
00:40:51,499 --> 00:40:53,490
Kerplunk!
603
00:40:53,667 --> 00:40:54,895
It's just a thought.
604
00:40:55,069 --> 00:41:00,439
Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted
605
00:41:00,608 --> 00:41:05,807
And the fairy tales have all been told
606
00:41:05,980 --> 00:41:11,509
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
607
00:41:11,685 --> 00:41:16,588
More precious than a pot of gold
608
00:41:17,124 --> 00:41:21,788
My sweet, my dear, my darling
609
00:41:21,962 --> 00:41:26,262
You're so far away from me
610
00:41:27,501 --> 00:41:32,131
Though an ocean of tears divides us
611
00:41:32,306 --> 00:41:37,471
Let the bridge of our love span the sea
612
00:41:43,350 --> 00:41:48,845
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
613
00:41:55,863 --> 00:42:02,291
More precious than a pot of gold
614
00:42:15,649 --> 00:42:18,083
We're pleased to have
the folk people here tomorrow.
615
00:42:18,252 --> 00:42:22,586
It's not something we usually do.
This is more of a classical venue.
616
00:42:22,756 --> 00:42:24,485
But it'll be a Lot of fun.
617
00:42:24,658 --> 00:42:27,320
It's Like having a carnival
come to town.
618
00:42:27,628 --> 00:42:29,528
I'm the events liaison.
619
00:42:31,031 --> 00:42:33,431
People here call me "King Larry"
or "Your Majesty" ...
620
00:42:33,601 --> 00:42:36,001
...because I do everything
that needs to be done.
621
00:42:36,170 --> 00:42:39,230
I've been up into the highest catwalk
changing light bulbs.
622
00:42:39,406 --> 00:42:42,637
I've been in the basement
changing the rat traps.
623
00:42:42,810 --> 00:42:44,334
I'm also a singer.
624
00:42:44,511 --> 00:42:47,639
I'm not a professional,
but I do Like to sing in church...
625
00:42:47,815 --> 00:42:50,978
...and, you know,
places Like juvenile halls.
626
00:42:51,151 --> 00:42:52,914
But this....
627
00:42:53,754 --> 00:42:57,121
This is the best place to sing in
New York and possibly the world.
628
00:42:57,291 --> 00:42:59,225
The acoustics are just perfect.
629
00:43:23,613 --> 00:43:26,104
-Did I miss it?
-No. It's about a mile.
630
00:43:26,282 --> 00:43:30,013
-I'm not sure if I'm going north or south.
-Where is it again?
631
00:43:30,186 --> 00:43:32,950
The guy said Midtown.
He said you can't miss it.
632
00:43:33,122 --> 00:43:36,455
-It has chrome on the front of the hotel.
-You wanna hang a Left.
633
00:43:36,626 --> 00:43:38,787
-I'm gonna make a Left.
-Try again.
634
00:43:38,961 --> 00:43:43,728
-Do you have a map?
-I have a map, but not in the car.
635
00:43:44,333 --> 00:43:47,029
Were you planning to study it later
academically, or...?
636
00:43:47,203 --> 00:43:50,969
-Is it on the way?
-Look, guys, I'LL get us here.
637
00:43:51,140 --> 00:43:53,074
Nobody's busting your chops. Yet.
638
00:43:53,242 --> 00:43:56,643
-It's just a question of time.
-Pull over and Let me drive.
639
00:43:56,813 --> 00:43:59,247
I don't want you to.
I don't know where I am.
640
00:43:59,415 --> 00:44:01,781
We're excited to be involved
with this project.
641
00:44:01,951 --> 00:44:05,045
It will be a challenge for me
because I'm not a fan of folk music.
642
00:44:07,190 --> 00:44:09,055
-Me too!
-I could care less about it.
643
00:44:09,225 --> 00:44:12,626
But that doesn't matter
in the business of public relations...
644
00:44:12,795 --> 00:44:15,093
...which is what we do.
645
00:44:15,264 --> 00:44:19,030
It matters what you think. And it
matters what we can make you think.
646
00:44:19,202 --> 00:44:20,897
What we can sell to you.
647
00:44:21,070 --> 00:44:25,871
And a product you'll Love to buy.
That's the way we Look at this concert.
648
00:44:26,042 --> 00:44:28,067
And if we can't do that, we fake it.
649
00:44:28,244 --> 00:44:30,439
That's also part of public relations.
650
00:44:30,613 --> 00:44:34,606
We're professionals here, you see.
We get ideas that help sell.
651
00:44:34,784 --> 00:44:37,617
We work together very well.
652
00:44:37,787 --> 00:44:41,746
It's almost as Like we have one brain...
653
00:44:41,924 --> 00:44:43,448
...that we share between us.
654
00:44:43,860 --> 00:44:48,820
It's Like I'LL have an idea, it will
just be a teeny, tiny Little spark...
655
00:44:48,998 --> 00:44:53,697
...and then it will get to Wally
and he'll make it a fire.
656
00:44:54,770 --> 00:44:58,467
I don't know about you,
but I'm predicting a Lot of exciting...
657
00:44:58,641 --> 00:45:01,940
...amazing things
that happen to the groups.
658
00:45:02,111 --> 00:45:06,980
Like big, Like, not just big,
but big-time stuff.
659
00:45:07,583 --> 00:45:11,417
Ladies and gentlemen, as deputy mayor,
it gives me no greater pleasure...
660
00:45:11,587 --> 00:45:14,021
...than to officially declare tomorrow...
661
00:45:14,190 --> 00:45:16,658
...Saturday, June 22...
662
00:45:16,826 --> 00:45:19,818
...Folk Music Day in the Big Apple.
663
00:45:19,996 --> 00:45:22,294
Thank you.
664
00:45:26,536 --> 00:45:29,664
Thank you very much, Your Honor,
or Your deputy Honor.
665
00:45:29,839 --> 00:45:33,104
I have two questions.
One, is New York City ready to hear...
666
00:45:33,276 --> 00:45:37,610
...a rebirth of some of the finest
folk music ever created in this city?
667
00:45:37,780 --> 00:45:39,247
Yes, I think so!
668
00:45:40,716 --> 00:45:44,277
And my second question is, where's
the real mayor? Wha' happened?
669
00:45:44,453 --> 00:45:47,115
Someone shot the mayor,
they did not shoot the deputy.
670
00:45:47,290 --> 00:45:51,556
The DA's office called. They can't find
any witnesses, so he's in the clear.
671
00:45:51,727 --> 00:45:54,696
Let me say a few words
about The New Main Street Singers.
672
00:45:54,864 --> 00:45:58,994
One of the founding members has passed
away, but he's with us tonight anyway!
673
00:45:59,168 --> 00:46:03,537
George Menschell! Come on up here
and say something, George.
674
00:46:03,706 --> 00:46:07,540
How are you? You wanna say something?
Come on, say something!
675
00:46:07,710 --> 00:46:09,371
Thank you sincerely, Your Honor...
676
00:46:09,545 --> 00:46:12,912
...which reminds me, I was at
a swingers party and a guy said to me:
677
00:46:13,082 --> 00:46:16,609
"I'd Like to meet your wife."
I said, "Your honor!"
678
00:46:16,786 --> 00:46:19,812
To paraphrase an old joke:
Knock, knock. Who's there?
679
00:46:19,989 --> 00:46:24,858
It's The New Main Street Singers!
Thank you so much.
680
00:46:27,196 --> 00:46:29,596
-Thank you. You can take this.
-Okay.
681
00:46:29,765 --> 00:46:32,757
-Thank you very much.
-Thank you.
682
00:46:34,203 --> 00:46:35,795
Don't forget to buy the CDs.
683
00:46:35,972 --> 00:46:38,372
Seeing these long lines of fans...
684
00:46:38,541 --> 00:46:41,942
...who want nothing more than
to have you sign an autograph...
685
00:46:42,111 --> 00:46:44,705
...it's Like it's 1968...
686
00:46:44,880 --> 00:46:48,247
...or '67, or '66.
687
00:46:49,785 --> 00:46:51,309
The good years.
688
00:46:51,487 --> 00:46:54,012
It's so wonderful to see the people...
689
00:46:54,190 --> 00:46:57,091
...that have enjoyed your music
all these years.
690
00:46:57,260 --> 00:46:58,750
And there's so many of them.
691
00:46:58,928 --> 00:47:02,193
And they just want to shake your hand
and say:
692
00:47:03,266 --> 00:47:05,962
"We dig what you do."
693
00:47:06,135 --> 00:47:09,002
And then there's the kids.
We're hearing, "You rock."
694
00:47:09,171 --> 00:47:13,107
"You rock me."
"You rock my world." What--?
695
00:47:13,276 --> 00:47:18,407
I was flashing back to the rush
of adrenaline we used to get...
696
00:47:18,581 --> 00:47:20,674
...arriving at the concert hall...
697
00:47:20,850 --> 00:47:24,946
...having stagehands saying,
"Good show, Mitch."
698
00:47:25,121 --> 00:47:27,555
"Good luck, Mickey, tonight."
699
00:47:27,723 --> 00:47:32,126
And we'd wait backstage,
hearing the crowd chanting.
700
00:47:32,361 --> 00:47:36,388
"Mickey, Mickey, Mitch, Mitch!"
701
00:47:36,732 --> 00:47:39,428
Walking out into the spot...
702
00:47:39,602 --> 00:47:43,698
...the sound of the crowd cheering...
703
00:47:43,873 --> 00:47:46,808
...the decibel Level.
704
00:47:49,145 --> 00:47:51,613
For me it was just watching you.
705
00:47:52,048 --> 00:47:56,109
Because I couldn't think about me
actually being up there. Watching you.
706
00:47:56,285 --> 00:47:58,879
I Look forward to that, Mitch.
707
00:47:59,055 --> 00:48:02,388
-I wonder if it'll happen tomorrow night.
-Oh, yeah.
708
00:48:02,558 --> 00:48:04,025
-And I'LL be there.
-We'll see.
709
00:48:04,193 --> 00:48:06,593
I'LL be there in the best seat in the house.
710
00:48:14,737 --> 00:48:18,036
I guess you can make money
in folk music.
711
00:48:18,207 --> 00:48:20,801
-Yeah, I guess you can.
-Yeah.
712
00:48:20,976 --> 00:48:26,209
It's usually because of acts
Like The New Main Street Singers.
713
00:48:26,382 --> 00:48:29,647
That commercial crapola.
714
00:48:31,087 --> 00:48:33,647
I'm a model train enthusiast.
715
00:48:34,290 --> 00:48:37,157
Oh, that's great!
716
00:48:38,694 --> 00:48:43,688
I've got a whole layout in my basement.
It's very much a big passion for me.
717
00:48:44,266 --> 00:48:47,235
Yeah, thank God for model trains.
718
00:48:47,403 --> 00:48:49,667
-Absolutely.
-If they didn't have model trains...
719
00:48:49,839 --> 00:48:54,276
...they wouldn't have
gotten the idea for the big trains.
720
00:48:55,478 --> 00:48:57,605
Excuse me. Hi.
721
00:48:57,780 --> 00:49:00,010
Hi, everybody. Just be a second.
722
00:49:00,182 --> 00:49:03,811
Don't want to interrupt.
We're having a great time.
723
00:49:03,986 --> 00:49:07,513
I'd Like to propose a big, big toast...
724
00:49:07,690 --> 00:49:10,250
...in honor of Dad.
725
00:49:10,426 --> 00:49:13,122
He was an amazing
and a wonderful, loving father...
726
00:49:13,662 --> 00:49:16,290
...a fantastic person in general.
727
00:49:16,465 --> 00:49:19,434
And I think anybody who even knew Dad
just for a second...
728
00:49:19,602 --> 00:49:22,628
...knew that he had an amazing hum.
729
00:49:22,805 --> 00:49:27,265
And wherever he went,
he would suddenly break into a hum.
730
00:49:27,443 --> 00:49:30,901
And anybody who heard this hum
would just be happy.
731
00:49:31,080 --> 00:49:34,811
And in honor of Dad,
I'd Like to say, Let's all pause...
732
00:49:34,984 --> 00:49:39,250
...Let's raise our glasses
and Let's hum for Dad.
733
00:49:56,605 --> 00:49:58,937
Okay, bring it down. Back up.
734
00:49:59,408 --> 00:50:02,002
Okay, bring it across. Bring it across.
735
00:50:02,178 --> 00:50:04,840
-Right on down here.
-Here, hold it.
736
00:50:07,850 --> 00:50:10,341
-So, what do you got? You got vocal?
-Vocal.
737
00:50:10,519 --> 00:50:14,455
-Some of them are already in there.
-They've been assigned directions?
738
00:50:14,623 --> 00:50:18,115
Yeah. We do this every single day.
This is just Like clockwork.
739
00:50:18,294 --> 00:50:21,058
-Those are microphones?
-Microphone stands.
740
00:50:21,230 --> 00:50:23,858
-They don't have tops on them.
-Pardon?
741
00:50:24,033 --> 00:50:28,060
They'll have tops when we're done,
don't worry. We do this every day.
742
00:50:28,237 --> 00:50:29,397
Mike heads.
743
00:50:29,572 --> 00:50:33,099
Would you call them a "mike head,"
or would it be the "mike"?
744
00:50:33,275 --> 00:50:36,540
It's called a microphone,
and you'll get them. Don't worry.
745
00:50:36,712 --> 00:50:38,703
-We really want them.
-You'll have them.
746
00:50:56,499 --> 00:51:00,833
Town hall. Tonight.
Mitch and Mickey at the Town Hall.
747
00:51:01,136 --> 00:51:05,596
Two weeks rehearsal.
That's the way to play Town Hall.
748
00:51:05,774 --> 00:51:09,301
Crazy. New phrasing. Different keys.
749
00:51:10,379 --> 00:51:12,973
But couldn't have happened
any other way.
750
00:51:13,148 --> 00:51:16,117
If we'd stayed together,
we wouldn't be at Town Hall now.
751
00:51:16,285 --> 00:51:20,381
We'd be lucky to be in Branson,
opening for The Main Street Singers.
752
00:51:20,556 --> 00:51:22,114
Nope.
753
00:51:22,291 --> 00:51:25,988
This was our crazy way of getting here.
754
00:51:27,930 --> 00:51:30,490
Well, I'm feeling very relaxed.
755
00:51:30,666 --> 00:51:33,999
Very confident. Very focused.
756
00:51:34,937 --> 00:51:38,498
You know, 35 years ago,
preparing for a concert...
757
00:51:38,674 --> 00:51:43,077
...meant playing "find the cobra"
with a hotel chambermaid.
758
00:51:43,245 --> 00:51:47,739
But tonight, I feel good.
I feel excited.
759
00:51:48,083 --> 00:51:50,984
I feel ready for whatever
the experience is...
760
00:51:51,153 --> 00:51:54,919
...that we will take with us
after the show.
761
00:51:55,090 --> 00:51:58,924
I'm sure it will be an adventure...
762
00:51:59,094 --> 00:52:02,586
...a voyage on this magnificent vessel...
763
00:52:02,765 --> 00:52:05,325
...into uncharted waters.
764
00:52:05,501 --> 00:52:08,993
What if we see sailfish jumping...
765
00:52:09,171 --> 00:52:14,939
...and flying across the magnificent orb
of a setting sun?
766
00:52:15,110 --> 00:52:17,135
I think it's impeccable.
767
00:52:17,313 --> 00:52:20,248
It says happiness, it says opening night.
768
00:52:20,416 --> 00:52:24,716
It says, "I Love folk music but I'm not
afraid of classical." It's beautiful.
769
00:52:24,887 --> 00:52:28,516
I'm a Little afraid of these
pokey things that are sticking out.
770
00:52:28,691 --> 00:52:31,285
-Apple blossoms.
-Is that what they're called?
771
00:52:31,460 --> 00:52:36,557
They're at eye height. Someone
could come over to sniff, admire...
772
00:52:36,732 --> 00:52:39,166
...and poke an eye out.
I'd Love to clip it off.
773
00:52:39,335 --> 00:52:43,101
If we could get a shape to them,
that's my basic creative issues.
774
00:52:43,272 --> 00:52:46,070
I have a health and safety issue.
Those viny things.
775
00:52:46,241 --> 00:52:49,267
They're a disaster.
They're too low, too tangy.
776
00:52:49,445 --> 00:52:52,778
They're just waiting for
an elderly person to wheel by...
777
00:52:52,948 --> 00:52:56,281
...or somebody in a walker,
or with a brace on their leg.
778
00:52:56,452 --> 00:52:59,182
A Lot of my family
is beyond old, and--
779
00:52:59,355 --> 00:53:04,224
I've got an idea. Let's get carnations
and a beer stein and put them up here.
780
00:53:04,393 --> 00:53:06,258
I don't see how that would work.
781
00:53:07,863 --> 00:53:10,127
I've adopted the practice...
782
00:53:10,299 --> 00:53:13,427
...of taking care of my skin.
783
00:53:13,602 --> 00:53:17,663
It's something, you know,
sometimes you get razzed a Little bit.
784
00:53:17,840 --> 00:53:22,971
I think Jerry was razzing me
the other day at Alan's house about it.
785
00:53:23,145 --> 00:53:25,409
He caught me in the bathroom...
786
00:53:25,581 --> 00:53:28,311
...and I did that thing where
I put my hands down fast...
787
00:53:28,484 --> 00:53:32,113
...and he said, "What are you
doing there?" But really...
788
00:53:32,287 --> 00:53:36,519
...Norwegian fishermen have used
hand cream for centuries.
789
00:53:36,692 --> 00:53:39,388
And with that regimen,
and it's a very simple one...
790
00:53:39,561 --> 00:53:43,429
...I know that when I walk out
on-stage tonight, I will-- My skin...
791
00:53:43,599 --> 00:53:46,295
...will Look its best in front
of 2000 people.
792
00:53:46,468 --> 00:53:50,962
That will give me the confidence
that will help me to play my best...
793
00:53:51,140 --> 00:53:54,303
...and sing my best and be my best...
794
00:53:54,476 --> 00:53:57,775
...and you can't put a price on that.
795
00:53:58,480 --> 00:54:01,074
-Tammy, we all set on the pre-record?
-Yeah.
796
00:54:01,984 --> 00:54:04,782
You know, I produced
a reunion show before.
797
00:54:04,953 --> 00:54:07,820
Before I came to PBN
I did the Good Times reunion.
798
00:54:07,990 --> 00:54:12,927
People wanted more close-ups. I want
to make sure we get plenty of close-ups.
799
00:54:13,095 --> 00:54:15,620
We have plenty of close-ups scheduled.
800
00:54:15,798 --> 00:54:19,461
Another great thing would be one
of those shots where you pull back...
801
00:54:19,635 --> 00:54:23,401
...to see the enormity
of the event and the venue.
802
00:54:23,572 --> 00:54:26,564
Would be a crane.
Do we have a crane standing by?
803
00:54:26,742 --> 00:54:29,108
-No, we don't have a crane.
-Wow!
804
00:54:29,278 --> 00:54:32,645
You know those swooping shots
where it goes over the audience...
805
00:54:32,815 --> 00:54:35,909
...and hammers in on a shot
of one of the musicians playing?
806
00:54:36,085 --> 00:54:37,814
-That would be great.
-It would be.
807
00:54:37,986 --> 00:54:41,649
Or when they pull back, kind of
Like a California Adventure ride...
808
00:54:41,824 --> 00:54:44,816
...where you see the whole thing,
that would be nice too.
809
00:54:44,993 --> 00:54:47,154
It would be.
810
00:54:47,996 --> 00:54:52,365
I could make some calls, if we could
get one. I don't know if it's too late.
811
00:54:52,534 --> 00:54:56,300
-ALL right, here's your giant banjo.
-It's very flat.
812
00:54:56,472 --> 00:54:58,633
It doesn't Look flat
from in the audience.
813
00:54:58,807 --> 00:55:01,537
It has basically no dimension to it.
814
00:55:01,710 --> 00:55:05,146
It's painted to Look three-dimensional.
If you go back there--
815
00:55:05,314 --> 00:55:09,751
But it's not painted on the back.
Will you Look with me for a minute?
816
00:55:09,918 --> 00:55:13,285
From the audience it will Look fine.
It Looks three-dimensional.
817
00:55:13,455 --> 00:55:14,922
Go out there and take a peek.
818
00:55:15,090 --> 00:55:18,082
Is this the real furniture
or the rehearsal furniture?
819
00:55:18,260 --> 00:55:20,353
It's not called "furniture."
It's a set.
820
00:55:20,529 --> 00:55:25,193
It's painted this way. It Looks completely
three-dimensional from the audience.
821
00:55:25,367 --> 00:55:28,564
So this is the real furniture,
and this is....
822
00:55:28,737 --> 00:55:32,104
-Is this an actual street lamp?
-I'm sure it was at one time.
823
00:55:32,274 --> 00:55:35,869
Can you have an actual
three-dimensional object...
824
00:55:36,044 --> 00:55:38,808
...that represents the thing
that it actually is, can that be next to...
825
00:55:38,981 --> 00:55:42,849
-...something that it's pretending to be?
-Yes, it's perfectly fine.
826
00:55:43,018 --> 00:55:46,977
I have no time to explain Stagecraft 101 .
This show starts in an hour.
827
00:55:47,156 --> 00:55:51,718
-Everything is exactly the way you--
-Those are Lights hanging up there?
828
00:55:51,894 --> 00:55:54,556
Those are Lights,
and that's a ceiling above us!
829
00:55:54,730 --> 00:55:57,358
-But they Look shaky.
-No, they're perfectly--
830
00:55:57,533 --> 00:56:00,001
Is that wire? I see a wire.
I see a--
831
00:56:09,978 --> 00:56:14,347
Fellas, thanks a Lot for coming
and doing this for Dad.
832
00:56:14,516 --> 00:56:16,211
Honestly, that's so beautiful.
833
00:56:16,385 --> 00:56:19,445
And thank you for the flowers,
the Little banjo.
834
00:56:19,621 --> 00:56:20,849
Did you Like that?
835
00:56:21,023 --> 00:56:24,151
We had to get rid of the lavender
because it attacked my eyes.
836
00:56:24,326 --> 00:56:27,022
-Sorry about that.
-Listen, the thought was wonderful.
837
00:56:27,196 --> 00:56:29,664
I remember you guys staying
at the house and....
838
00:56:29,832 --> 00:56:33,962
I remember you were always trying
to get a poker game started.
839
00:56:34,136 --> 00:56:39,768
You were, Like, 15 years old
with a deck of cards in your hands.
840
00:56:39,942 --> 00:56:41,239
-Penny stakes.
-Yeah.
841
00:56:41,410 --> 00:56:44,846
You always teased me with those
card games. You taught me cards.
842
00:56:45,013 --> 00:56:48,972
Yeah, we didn't know you were gonna
turn into a monster on us.
843
00:57:01,463 --> 00:57:03,397
Mitch.
844
00:57:03,565 --> 00:57:05,055
You okay?
845
00:57:05,234 --> 00:57:07,361
Yes.
846
00:57:24,720 --> 00:57:28,679
This flame, Like all flames,
represents the Light and the darkness.
847
00:57:28,857 --> 00:57:33,089
It also represents
the uncertainty of Life and its delicacy.
848
00:57:33,262 --> 00:57:35,696
It also represents a penis.
849
00:57:37,032 --> 00:57:41,332
Red, orange, yellow, green, blue
850
00:57:41,503 --> 00:57:46,497
Indigo, violet
851
00:57:47,309 --> 00:57:50,801
-Ten seconds to air.
-Roll pre-record on my count.
852
00:57:51,513 --> 00:57:52,912
Seven...
853
00:57:53,081 --> 00:57:55,811
...six, five, four...
854
00:57:56,418 --> 00:57:58,545
...three, two....
855
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,052
Roll A. Fade up on A.
856
00:58:05,394 --> 00:58:08,659
PBN New York is proud to present:
857
00:58:08,830 --> 00:58:12,596
Live from Town Hall,
Ode to Irving...
858
00:58:12,768 --> 00:58:14,895
...an evening of folk music.
859
00:58:15,070 --> 00:58:17,937
Featuring The New Main Street Singers...
860
00:58:18,106 --> 00:58:22,338
...The Folksmen and Mitch and Mickey.
861
00:58:22,511 --> 00:58:27,915
And now your host,
Mr. Jonathan Steinbloom.
862
00:58:37,459 --> 00:58:40,519
Hello, I'm Jonathan Steinbloom,
and before we begin tonight...
863
00:58:40,696 --> 00:58:43,164
...I would Like to make
a brief announcement.
864
00:58:43,332 --> 00:58:47,826
I'd Like to warn you that some of the
floral arrangements here tonight...
865
00:58:48,003 --> 00:58:50,335
...have dangerously Low-hanging vines...
866
00:58:50,505 --> 00:58:53,440
...and may be poisonous,
so please, don't eat them.
867
00:58:53,608 --> 00:58:57,806
And don't become entangled in them
or trip, please.
868
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:07,280
On behalf of the entire
Steinbloom family...
869
00:59:07,456 --> 00:59:10,892
...welcome to Ode to Irving.
870
00:59:12,828 --> 00:59:15,888
Thank you. Thank you.
871
00:59:16,465 --> 00:59:20,526
Please join all of us and give a really
warm welcome to our first group...
872
00:59:20,702 --> 00:59:22,693
...about whom Dad used to say...
873
00:59:22,871 --> 00:59:26,637
...they were the kind of infectious
that it was good to spread around.
874
00:59:26,808 --> 00:59:29,743
Ladies and gentlemen,
The New Main Street Singers.
875
00:59:49,131 --> 00:59:52,066
Thank you, New York City,
for that very warm welcome.
876
00:59:52,234 --> 00:59:55,726
Gee, I got a question.
Anybody care to hear some folk music?
877
00:59:58,840 --> 01:00:02,298
Never did no wandering
878
01:00:02,477 --> 01:00:06,208
Never did no wandering
879
01:00:06,381 --> 01:00:12,047
Never did no wandering after all
880
01:00:14,423 --> 01:00:20,293
Never did no wandering
881
01:00:27,202 --> 01:00:29,864
My mother was the cold north wind
882
01:00:30,172 --> 01:00:34,404
My daddy was the son of a railroad man
883
01:00:34,576 --> 01:00:40,310
From west of hell
Where the trains don't even run
884
01:00:40,782 --> 01:00:43,876
Never heard the whistle
Of a lonesome freight
885
01:00:44,052 --> 01:00:46,919
Or the singing of its driving wheel
886
01:00:47,089 --> 01:00:49,614
Oh, I never did no wandering
887
01:00:49,791 --> 01:00:51,691
I didn't say a word.
888
01:00:51,860 --> 01:00:53,191
I don't know.
889
01:00:54,596 --> 01:00:59,590
Never did no wandering after all
890
01:01:00,869 --> 01:01:03,497
They say the highway's just one big road
891
01:01:03,672 --> 01:01:06,937
And it goes from here to there
892
01:01:08,777 --> 01:01:12,269
You swear to God you didn't talk
to Menschell about the set?
893
01:01:12,447 --> 01:01:14,813
You didn't tell him
what we were opening with?
894
01:01:14,983 --> 01:01:18,111
I saw you talking to Terry Bohner.
Him and his blue sweater.
895
01:01:18,286 --> 01:01:20,618
I said, "Isn't it warm?"
Nothing about the set.
896
01:01:20,789 --> 01:01:23,383
Well, it's getting warmer now.
897
01:01:24,559 --> 01:01:28,461
I don't think finger-pointing
is gonna help us here. I....
898
01:01:29,030 --> 01:01:31,021
-I think it's clear what we do.
-What?
899
01:01:31,199 --> 01:01:34,828
-I'm gonna suggest we be bold.
-Yeah, Let's hear it.
900
01:01:35,003 --> 01:01:37,767
We open with "Wandering."
901
01:01:38,773 --> 01:01:42,140
Did you miss the Last couple of minutes?
They're butchering--
902
01:01:42,310 --> 01:01:45,040
-Turn it back up.
-We give the audience a choice.
903
01:01:45,213 --> 01:01:50,845
We say you can enjoy a toothpaste
commercial or hear folk music.
904
01:01:51,019 --> 01:01:54,580
They've brushed their teeth
by that time, it's not even germane.
905
01:01:54,756 --> 01:01:59,591
You can't have, especially on a folk bill,
two people doing the same song.
906
01:01:59,761 --> 01:02:02,992
That doesn't work.
They'll just be flat-out confused.
907
01:02:03,165 --> 01:02:08,068
Never did no wandering after all
908
01:02:08,236 --> 01:02:09,464
Easy now!
909
01:02:09,638 --> 01:02:12,801
Never did no wandering
910
01:02:12,974 --> 01:02:15,704
Never did no wandering
911
01:02:15,877 --> 01:02:21,281
Never did no wandering after all
912
01:02:21,449 --> 01:02:25,579
No, I never did no wandering
913
01:02:25,754 --> 01:02:29,918
After all
914
01:02:40,502 --> 01:02:43,960
Oh, boy. Thank you very much!
915
01:02:44,139 --> 01:02:47,302
That song is so fun to sing.
I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.
916
01:02:47,676 --> 01:02:51,840
Before we go a little bit further,
we'd like to introduce ourselves.
917
01:02:52,013 --> 01:02:54,447
Hi there, I'm Terry Bohner.
918
01:02:59,054 --> 01:03:01,352
I'm going out for some air.
919
01:03:01,723 --> 01:03:03,281
Are you sure you're okay?
920
01:03:03,892 --> 01:03:05,985
Yes.
921
01:03:30,385 --> 01:03:32,546
One night Mama went to fetch
Herself a sweet potato
922
01:03:32,721 --> 01:03:34,780
Fell down the cellar stairs
923
01:03:34,956 --> 01:03:36,947
Stork dropped in
While she was on the floor
924
01:03:37,125 --> 01:03:39,218
So my sister was born down there
925
01:03:39,394 --> 01:03:43,660
Daddy said this one will be nothing but a
Misery, never will be worth a damn
926
01:03:43,832 --> 01:03:46,198
But Mama just loved her
Little sweet potato baby
927
01:03:46,368 --> 01:03:48,359
With a face like a parboiled yam
928
01:03:48,536 --> 01:03:50,800
Come on, boys
Potato's in the paddy wagon
929
01:03:50,972 --> 01:03:55,204
I know you don't want to hear this,
but it's a major key, it's up-tempo...
930
01:03:55,377 --> 01:03:57,743
...we open with "Old Joe's Place."
931
01:03:57,912 --> 01:04:01,348
We go out, do the song we're
known for, get it out of the way.
932
01:04:01,516 --> 01:04:03,848
And then, hey, here's the icing
on the cake.
933
01:04:04,019 --> 01:04:06,613
-What's the icing?
-The icing's the rest of the act.
934
01:04:06,788 --> 01:04:09,757
-That's the cake.
-No, that's the dressing.
935
01:04:09,924 --> 01:04:11,915
Mom and Daddy put together
Quite a little posse
936
01:04:12,093 --> 01:04:13,924
Counting me and Jack and Cousin Will
937
01:04:14,095 --> 01:04:18,293
We all hopped into the old Chevy pickup
And we caught them at the top of the hill
938
01:04:18,466 --> 01:04:20,798
Daddy took his Remington
And shot away the lock
939
01:04:20,969 --> 01:04:23,631
For to set his little darling free
But Potato said
940
01:04:23,805 --> 01:04:27,639
Daddy, shut the goldarn door
Sheriff wants to marry me
941
01:04:27,809 --> 01:04:29,936
Let's go, boys
Potato's in the paddy wagon
942
01:04:30,111 --> 01:04:32,102
Guess we better leave her there
943
01:04:32,280 --> 01:04:34,510
Let's go, boys
Potato's in the paddy wagon
944
01:04:34,683 --> 01:04:39,017
Mama says it's more than fair
Mama says it's more than fair
945
01:04:59,074 --> 01:05:02,237
Ladies and gentlemen,
The New Main Street Singers.
946
01:05:05,980 --> 01:05:10,314
I have been watching and observing
as The New Main Street Singers....
947
01:05:12,120 --> 01:05:15,487
Boy, that's fun! That's really fun, man.
How did we sound?
948
01:05:15,657 --> 01:05:19,320
-We weren't really listening.
-We were downstairs.
949
01:05:19,494 --> 01:05:22,986
I couldn't hear so well, but, shoot,
I'm sorry you guys--
950
01:05:26,101 --> 01:05:28,865
And now, please join me in welcoming
our next three talented performers.
951
01:05:29,037 --> 01:05:32,438
Taken alone they are merely
Jerry Palter...
952
01:05:32,607 --> 01:05:35,132
...Alan's Barrows and Mark Shubb.
953
01:05:35,310 --> 01:05:37,710
But when you put them all together...
954
01:05:37,879 --> 01:05:40,575
...they spell "absolutely fantastic."
955
01:05:41,082 --> 01:05:44,745
Ladies and gentlemen, The Folksmen!
956
01:05:52,827 --> 01:05:56,820
Thank you. Yeah, it's really us.
957
01:05:56,998 --> 01:05:58,522
-Wow.
-The waiting is over.
958
01:05:58,700 --> 01:06:00,292
Long time no see.
959
01:06:00,468 --> 01:06:01,696
Can't tell you.
960
01:06:02,003 --> 01:06:05,530
Great to be back.
We'd Like to do our hit.
961
01:06:07,475 --> 01:06:09,909
You might remember it,
we hope you do.
962
01:06:16,818 --> 01:06:20,982
Whenever I'm out wandering
Chasing a rainbow dream
963
01:06:21,156 --> 01:06:25,718
I often stop and think
About a place I've never seen
964
01:06:25,894 --> 01:06:29,990
Where friendly folks can gather
And raise the rafters high
965
01:06:32,834 --> 01:06:35,064
-Hey.
-Hey, pretty Lady!
966
01:06:35,236 --> 01:06:38,000
-You guys were great.
-Wonderful crowd.
967
01:06:38,173 --> 01:06:39,572
-Have you seen Mitch?
-No.
968
01:06:39,741 --> 01:06:41,834
Okay.
969
01:06:47,248 --> 01:06:49,273
Mitch?
970
01:06:52,086 --> 01:06:53,644
Pick it!
971
01:06:56,291 --> 01:06:57,781
That's nice.
972
01:07:01,796 --> 01:07:05,664
Well, there's a puppy in the parlor
And a skillet on the stove
973
01:07:05,834 --> 01:07:07,927
And a smelly old blanket
That a Navajo wove
974
01:07:08,102 --> 01:07:09,967
There's popcorn in the popper
And a porker in the pot
975
01:07:10,138 --> 01:07:12,129
There's pie in the pantry
And the coffee's always hot
976
01:07:42,737 --> 01:07:46,503
Just look for the busted neon sign
That flashes
977
01:07:46,674 --> 01:07:50,132
Ea-a-oe's
978
01:07:50,311 --> 01:07:54,304
Well, there's a puppy in the parlor
And a skillet on the stove
979
01:07:54,482 --> 01:07:56,473
And a smelly old blanket
That a Navajo wove
980
01:07:56,651 --> 01:07:58,380
There's popcorn in the popper
And a porker in the pot
981
01:07:58,553 --> 01:08:00,646
There's pie in the pantry
And the coffee's always hot
982
01:08:00,822 --> 01:08:02,653
There's sausage in the morning
And a party every night
983
01:08:02,824 --> 01:08:04,519
There's a nurse on duty
If you don't feel right
984
01:08:04,692 --> 01:08:08,128
There's chicken on the table
But you gotta say grace
985
01:08:08,897 --> 01:08:13,925
There's always something cooking
At Old Joe's Place
986
01:08:19,874 --> 01:08:21,102
Thank you!
987
01:08:21,276 --> 01:08:23,141
-Thank you so much!
-Thank you.
988
01:08:24,512 --> 01:08:28,004
Thank you very much.
Very nice of you.
989
01:08:28,182 --> 01:08:31,174
What a great crowd.
This crowd might want to join us...
990
01:08:31,352 --> 01:08:33,877
...in a Little audience participation.
991
01:08:34,689 --> 01:08:37,954
We're not gonna be
working up here by ourselves!
992
01:08:38,226 --> 01:08:41,593
First time through, relax.
Second time, we'll put you to work.
993
01:08:41,763 --> 01:08:44,391
We'll start off with
Mr. Alan's Barrows on the banjo.
994
01:08:57,078 --> 01:08:58,636
What?
995
01:08:58,813 --> 01:09:03,113
Every morning at 5:00
The farmer jumps out of bed
996
01:09:03,284 --> 01:09:07,448
Washes up, he ties his shoes
Puts his hat upon his head
997
01:09:07,622 --> 01:09:08,953
So far, so good.
998
01:09:09,691 --> 01:09:11,625
-Ready, two.
-Two.
999
01:09:12,627 --> 01:09:15,460
-Ready, three, wide.
-Three.
1000
01:09:15,630 --> 01:09:18,656
Oh, my God. Mitch is gone.
He's just, he's gone.
1001
01:09:18,833 --> 01:09:21,393
Mitch is gone. Oh, my God.
1002
01:09:21,569 --> 01:09:24,436
Without Mitch, we got gornisht.
We have nothing.
1003
01:09:24,606 --> 01:09:27,370
Well, we're gonna go find him.
1004
01:09:29,911 --> 01:09:32,379
We'll need some chickens.
We got any chickens?
1005
01:09:32,547 --> 01:09:34,708
How about this aisle?
Beyond this aisle.
1006
01:09:34,882 --> 01:09:37,009
Just beyond the man with the big shirt.
1007
01:09:37,185 --> 01:09:41,144
I want you to be my chickens.
I want to hear your best chicken sound.
1008
01:09:41,322 --> 01:09:43,552
Pretty good. That's the ticket.
You got it.
1009
01:09:43,725 --> 01:09:46,694
Now we want to hear from
our horse people. This section.
1010
01:09:46,861 --> 01:09:51,764
Not people with a sore throat,
people who can do a believable neigh!
1011
01:09:53,768 --> 01:09:57,329
We're gonna put a saddle
on you folks. Not really.
1012
01:09:57,805 --> 01:10:00,273
Does he have a cell phone or a pager?
1013
01:10:00,441 --> 01:10:04,104
-He's wandering. He likes to wander.
-They go on in a couple of minutes!
1014
01:10:04,278 --> 01:10:07,645
-He got a Little nervous.
-I don't need this tsuris in my Life.
1015
01:10:07,815 --> 01:10:10,010
I'm sure it's fine. Let's calm down.
1016
01:10:10,184 --> 01:10:14,018
-Is there a cockfight arena near here?
-She's joking, right?
1017
01:10:14,188 --> 01:10:17,123
At least he's not lying on the ground
or anything.
1018
01:10:17,291 --> 01:10:19,953
-Why didn't someone go out with him?
-What?
1019
01:10:20,128 --> 01:10:22,653
-Can she do these songs solo?
-It's not my fault.
1020
01:10:22,830 --> 01:10:25,355
And the chickens cluck
1021
01:10:25,533 --> 01:10:28,229
The horses neigh
1022
01:10:28,403 --> 01:10:30,371
Crickets go fiddle-dee-dee
1023
01:10:31,506 --> 01:10:33,667
-Yes, they do.
-And the bullfrogs croak
1024
01:10:35,243 --> 01:10:37,177
The pigs oink, oink
1025
01:10:38,246 --> 01:10:43,411
It's a barnyard symphony
1026
01:10:43,584 --> 01:10:45,711
-Thank you so much.
-Excellent.
1027
01:10:45,887 --> 01:10:49,448
-Give yourselves a big hand.
-Give yourselves a big pat on the back.
1028
01:10:49,624 --> 01:10:51,615
Thank you very, very much for coming.
1029
01:10:51,793 --> 01:10:54,523
Thank you, Irv. Thanks for the good seats.
1030
01:10:54,696 --> 01:10:58,530
We are The Folksmen. We hope
you've had a wonderful time tonight.
1031
01:10:59,634 --> 01:11:01,261
Thank you. Good night.
1032
01:11:02,737 --> 01:11:06,696
We gotta give them more.
We have to give them more.
1033
01:11:08,776 --> 01:11:10,903
Thank you for having us back.
1034
01:11:11,079 --> 01:11:16,210
We have a song we'd Like to do
called "The Skeletons of Quinto."
1035
01:11:16,384 --> 01:11:19,876
We don't often do encores,
and this is why.
1036
01:11:21,122 --> 01:11:24,353
It has to do with a time
that I often think about...
1037
01:11:24,525 --> 01:11:29,929
...when this time of year rolls around.
A time of conflict and bloodshed.
1038
01:11:30,231 --> 01:11:32,131
The Spanish Civil War.
1039
01:11:32,300 --> 01:11:37,237
But our group historian, Mr. Mark Shubb,
knows more about that than I do.
1040
01:11:37,538 --> 01:11:39,369
Thank you very much, Alan's.
1041
01:11:39,540 --> 01:11:44,409
In the Late 1930s of the Last century,
Spain was wracked by civil war.
1042
01:11:44,579 --> 01:11:47,844
What are you doing? Mitch could be
Lying face down in a ditch!
1043
01:11:48,015 --> 01:11:51,507
-Would you consider doing both parts?
-No. I'd consider going home...
1044
01:11:51,686 --> 01:11:55,383
...bake a nice tray of Nanaimo bars,
lie in bed, watch TV.
1045
01:11:55,556 --> 01:11:57,217
That's what I Like doing!
1046
01:11:57,391 --> 01:11:59,120
Mitch, where the hell were you?
1047
01:11:59,293 --> 01:12:01,761
-Are we on?
-You've been on for five minutes.
1048
01:12:01,929 --> 01:12:04,227
It's too Late. I forgot what a selfish--
1049
01:12:04,398 --> 01:12:07,765
It just took me a while
to find a good one.
1050
01:12:10,004 --> 01:12:12,905
-That is nice.
-It's nice.
1051
01:12:17,578 --> 01:12:21,344
In the Late summer, early fall of 1938...
1052
01:12:21,849 --> 01:12:24,613
...so the story goes
behind this particular song...
1053
01:12:24,786 --> 01:12:28,119
...in the green hills
just outside the city of Bar--
1054
01:12:29,757 --> 01:12:33,022
-Good night, everybody!
-Good night. Thank you very much.
1055
01:12:46,340 --> 01:12:49,798
They're called The Folksmen,
but after tonight's performance...
1056
01:12:49,977 --> 01:12:53,208
...I think we're all going to have to
call them "The Spokesmen" ...
1057
01:12:53,381 --> 01:12:58,182
...because they sing beautifully
and they tell a fascinating story.
1058
01:12:58,352 --> 01:13:01,719
And now, Ladies and gentlemen,
I have two words for you:
1059
01:13:02,156 --> 01:13:04,818
Mitch and Mickey.
1060
01:13:12,700 --> 01:13:14,133
We Love you!
1061
01:13:26,714 --> 01:13:28,147
Thank you.
1062
01:13:28,516 --> 01:13:31,883
Thank you so much
for letting Mitch and I do this again.
1063
01:13:32,053 --> 01:13:35,648
It does not seem Like just yesterday
that Mitch and I met...
1064
01:13:35,823 --> 01:13:38,656
...and started making music together.
1065
01:13:38,826 --> 01:13:42,387
I don't know if any of you know
or would even remember...
1066
01:13:42,563 --> 01:13:45,532
...that Mitch and I met in the hospital.
1067
01:13:45,733 --> 01:13:49,396
Mitch was there
with his jaw wired shut...
1068
01:13:49,570 --> 01:13:54,007
...after defending the honor
of a girl he didn't even know.
1069
01:13:54,342 --> 01:13:56,173
Me.
1070
01:13:56,344 --> 01:13:59,939
And I, of course, was there to visit.
I felt really bad.
1071
01:14:00,114 --> 01:14:05,552
And the only way that Mitch could
communicate with me was on paper.
1072
01:14:05,720 --> 01:14:08,746
Every word of it poetry.
And if you don't mind, Mitch...
1073
01:14:08,923 --> 01:14:11,756
...I have the very first poem...
1074
01:14:11,926 --> 01:14:14,394
...that you wrote me.
1075
01:14:16,564 --> 01:14:20,364
Parched in exile
Thirsty for your smile
1076
01:14:20,534 --> 01:14:23,469
Though silenced behind
This barbed-wire mask
1077
01:14:23,638 --> 01:14:26,300
Your spirit burns through
That I might bask
1078
01:14:26,474 --> 01:14:30,205
In your cool, misty loveliness
1079
01:14:34,215 --> 01:14:37,707
I just wanted a drink of water.
1080
01:14:51,499 --> 01:14:57,563
Oh, when the veil of dreams has lifted
1081
01:14:57,872 --> 01:15:03,469
And the fairy tales have all been told
1082
01:15:03,811 --> 01:15:08,748
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
1083
01:15:08,950 --> 01:15:11,976
I know this song.
This is that really pretty one.
1084
01:15:12,153 --> 01:15:15,145
With the kiss.
Turn it up a Little bit.
1085
01:15:18,459 --> 01:15:20,586
-Remember?
-Yeah. Where they used to....
1086
01:15:20,761 --> 01:15:22,388
Yeah.
1087
01:15:24,999 --> 01:15:27,467
Wonder how they're gonna handle that.
1088
01:15:31,906 --> 01:15:38,311
-Five dollars says they do it.
-And a kiss is the oath that they swear
1089
01:15:38,612 --> 01:15:44,482
And when the veil of dreams has lifted
1090
01:15:44,652 --> 01:15:50,215
And the fairy tales have all been told
1091
01:15:50,491 --> 01:15:56,191
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
1092
01:15:56,697 --> 01:16:02,363
More precious than a pot of gold
1093
01:16:02,536 --> 01:16:07,838
My sweet, my dear, my darling
1094
01:16:08,009 --> 01:16:13,879
You're so far away from me
1095
01:16:14,048 --> 01:16:19,247
Though an ocean of tears divides us
1096
01:16:19,487 --> 01:16:25,255
-Let the bridge of our love span the sea
-Three. Twenty-two. Two.
1097
01:16:46,480 --> 01:16:48,209
Your kiss
1098
01:16:48,382 --> 01:16:54,787
There's a kiss at the end of the rainbow
1099
01:17:14,875 --> 01:17:21,110
More precious than a pot of
1100
01:17:21,982 --> 01:17:26,544
Gold
1101
01:17:32,827 --> 01:17:34,692
Thank you.
1102
01:17:35,029 --> 01:17:37,088
Thank you so much.
1103
01:17:38,399 --> 01:17:39,832
Are you okay?
1104
01:17:42,436 --> 01:17:44,836
Excuse me, sir. Sorry. Sorry.
1105
01:17:45,973 --> 01:17:47,770
Hi, everybody!
1106
01:17:49,844 --> 01:17:52,904
-Good to be back!
-Thank you.
1107
01:17:53,747 --> 01:17:55,009
Thank you again.
1108
01:17:55,883 --> 01:17:57,680
We're back!
1109
01:17:58,018 --> 01:18:00,509
-"Mighty Wind."
-"Mighty Wind" in C.
1110
01:18:01,288 --> 01:18:03,779
One in C. Here we go.
1111
01:18:05,259 --> 01:18:06,749
One, two, three.
1112
01:18:07,361 --> 01:18:12,230
As I traveled down the back roads
Of this home I love so much
1113
01:18:12,399 --> 01:18:17,200
Every carpenter and cowboy
Every lame man on a crutch
1114
01:18:17,371 --> 01:18:22,809
They're all talking about a feeling
About a taste that's in the air
1115
01:18:22,977 --> 01:18:27,209
They're all talking about this mighty wind
That's blowing everywhere
1116
01:18:27,481 --> 01:18:32,475
Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing
It's kicking up the sand
1117
01:18:32,653 --> 01:18:37,955
It's blowing out a message
To every woman, child and man
1118
01:18:38,125 --> 01:18:42,892
Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing
Cross the land and cross the sea
1119
01:18:43,130 --> 01:18:48,193
It's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing equality
1120
01:18:48,802 --> 01:18:53,330
From a lighthouse in Bar Harbor
To a bridge called Golden Gate
1121
01:18:53,507 --> 01:18:57,671
From a trawler down in Shreveport
To the shore of one Great Lake
1122
01:18:57,912 --> 01:19:03,908
There's a star on the horizon
And it's burning like a flare
1123
01:19:04,084 --> 01:19:08,418
It's lighting up this mighty wind
That's blowing everywhere
1124
01:19:08,589 --> 01:19:13,219
Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing
It's kicking up the sand
1125
01:19:13,394 --> 01:19:18,832
It's blowing out a message
To every woman, child and man
1126
01:19:18,999 --> 01:19:24,198
Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing
Cross the land and cross the sea
1127
01:19:24,371 --> 01:19:29,536
It's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing equality
1128
01:19:29,743 --> 01:19:34,544
When the blind man sees the picture
When the deaf man hears the word
1129
01:19:34,715 --> 01:19:39,209
When the fisherman stops fishing
When the hunter spares the herd
1130
01:19:39,420 --> 01:19:45,256
We'll still hear the wondrous story
Of a world where people care
1131
01:19:45,426 --> 01:19:49,795
The story of this mighty wind
That's blowing everywhere
1132
01:19:49,964 --> 01:19:54,697
Oh, a mighty wind's a-blowing
It's kicking up the sand
1133
01:19:54,868 --> 01:20:00,363
It's blowing out a message
To every woman, child and man
1134
01:20:00,541 --> 01:20:05,478
Yes, a mighty wind's a-blowing
Cross the land and cross the sea
1135
01:20:05,646 --> 01:20:09,548
It's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing equality
1136
01:20:09,750 --> 01:20:15,211
Yes, it's blowing peace and freedom
It's blowing you and me
1137
01:20:33,240 --> 01:20:35,606
So the morning after the big show
at Town Hall...
1138
01:20:35,776 --> 01:20:38,802
...the TV network executives
were crawling out of the woodwork...
1139
01:20:38,979 --> 01:20:43,075
...trying to get The New Main Street Singers
into a TV series.
1140
01:20:43,250 --> 01:20:46,845
We took some very nice meetings.
I ran over my ideas.
1141
01:20:47,021 --> 01:20:51,481
They Loved my idea
where the kids played babies.
1142
01:20:51,659 --> 01:20:54,856
You know, in diapers. And...
1143
01:20:55,029 --> 01:20:59,295
...it always makes me laugh
to see babies talk Like adults.
1144
01:21:00,267 --> 01:21:04,135
The network execs said, "Look, we're not
sitting in judgment of your ideas.
1145
01:21:04,305 --> 01:21:06,865
We Love the kids,
we wanna put them on a series."
1146
01:21:07,041 --> 01:21:10,533
And the word "judgment,"
a Light went on over my head!
1147
01:21:10,711 --> 01:21:13,236
I always thought there were
12 Supreme Court judges...
1148
01:21:13,414 --> 01:21:17,976
...but now it seems there are only nine.
I don't know if it's a budget thing or not.
1149
01:21:18,152 --> 01:21:21,747
But there's also nine
New Main Street Singers.
1150
01:21:21,922 --> 01:21:26,382
And I thought, "What if they were
the Supreme Court judges?"
1151
01:21:26,560 --> 01:21:31,793
And it was my idea to call them "The
Supreme Folk." Tying in the folk singing.
1152
01:21:31,965 --> 01:21:34,365
And here's the idea. During the day...
1153
01:21:34,702 --> 01:21:39,332
...they're handling some of the top,
most difficult cases in the land.
1154
01:21:39,540 --> 01:21:44,204
There's a Lot of tension there. And at night,
and this is what sold the networks...
1155
01:21:44,611 --> 01:21:49,605
...they Live in one big house and they
take off their robes and sing folk songs.
1156
01:21:49,783 --> 01:21:53,719
Now, maybe during the day they hear
death penalty cases, and at night...
1157
01:21:53,887 --> 01:21:57,379
...they argue about who cooks dinner
or who does...
1158
01:21:57,558 --> 01:22:01,324
...the laundry or, "Say, why don't
the Ladies bring the coffee?"
1159
01:22:01,495 --> 01:22:03,520
"And that's sexual harassment!
1160
01:22:03,697 --> 01:22:08,361
That was decided in case 126,
Johnson vs...."
1161
01:22:08,535 --> 01:22:12,027
Oh, I Like that.
The women, sexual discrimination.
1162
01:22:12,206 --> 01:22:15,266
I'm not doing much writing,
but the ideas keep popping.
1163
01:22:20,547 --> 01:22:23,641
Won't make your patients cringe
1164
01:22:24,752 --> 01:22:29,246
Sure-Flo, Sure-Flo
1165
01:22:29,923 --> 01:22:32,892
Don't leave them cold and damp
1166
01:22:33,293 --> 01:22:37,024
Use our buttocks drapes and penis clamp
1167
01:22:39,666 --> 01:22:42,066
I'm a musician again.
1168
01:22:42,236 --> 01:22:47,196
Being on-stage again with Mitch
was a great thing.
1169
01:22:48,275 --> 01:22:50,766
Oh, boy. I never thought it was possible.
1170
01:22:50,944 --> 01:22:52,912
And there we were.
1171
01:22:54,448 --> 01:22:57,781
Just wish he didn't
take things so seriously.
1172
01:22:58,152 --> 01:23:00,677
You know. That damn kiss.
1173
01:23:00,921 --> 01:23:05,221
My sister-- Well, they were all at the show,
but my sister Jocelyn said:
1174
01:23:05,392 --> 01:23:10,557
"You led him on. You shouldn't have kissed
him if you didn't wanna go all the way."
1175
01:23:11,098 --> 01:23:15,660
It was just a kiss. And it's part of--
The audience was there waiting for it.
1176
01:23:15,836 --> 01:23:17,804
And I forgot what that feels Like...
1177
01:23:17,971 --> 01:23:21,463
...where you get caught up
in the heat of the moment...
1178
01:23:21,642 --> 01:23:24,941
...and you want to give them...
1179
01:23:25,112 --> 01:23:27,342
...anything they want.
1180
01:23:28,148 --> 01:23:30,378
I think Mitch....
1181
01:23:30,584 --> 01:23:33,178
I didn't lead him on. But he...
1182
01:23:33,353 --> 01:23:36,049
...took it the wrong way, I think.
1183
01:23:37,090 --> 01:23:40,719
I've never been in better head space.
1184
01:23:41,862 --> 01:23:45,127
I'm writing poetry again.
1185
01:23:45,299 --> 01:23:51,238
I'm going through a very prolific phase.
1186
01:23:52,039 --> 01:23:58,171
Ideas are coming faster
than I can write them.
1187
01:23:58,345 --> 01:24:02,805
My one fear in getting together
with Mickey was...
1188
01:24:03,750 --> 01:24:07,413
...always that it might rekindle...
1189
01:24:09,756 --> 01:24:13,624
...feelings that she used to have for me.
1190
01:24:13,794 --> 01:24:18,231
I feel badly that she was misled...
1191
01:24:18,398 --> 01:24:23,199
...by the theatrics of the moment.
1192
01:24:24,004 --> 01:24:30,239
But I think it was a wonderful time
that we both had together.
1193
01:24:30,410 --> 01:24:35,712
I know that I will always think
of her fondly...
1194
01:24:35,883 --> 01:24:39,649
...every time I see a rose.
1195
01:24:43,156 --> 01:24:46,057
We've got some gigs here working
at the casinos.
1196
01:24:46,226 --> 01:24:51,493
It has been a time of changes,
but change is good. Change is Life.
1197
01:24:52,866 --> 01:24:57,769
It was Like a great big door
opening for me, Town Hall.
1198
01:24:57,938 --> 01:25:00,964
After that concert I realized...
1199
01:25:01,141 --> 01:25:04,372
...I wanna spend as much
of the rest of my Life as possible...
1200
01:25:04,545 --> 01:25:08,037
-...playing folk music with these gentlemen.
-Right back at you.
1201
01:25:08,215 --> 01:25:10,410
And I wanna spend all of it as a woman.
1202
01:25:11,018 --> 01:25:15,387
I came to a realization that I was, and am...
1203
01:25:15,556 --> 01:25:18,923
...a blond, female folk singer...
1204
01:25:19,092 --> 01:25:21,959
...trapped in the body of a bald,
male folk singer...
1205
01:25:22,129 --> 01:25:27,795
...and I had to Let me out or I would die.
1206
01:25:28,335 --> 01:25:30,997
When you put it that way,
it's almost poetry.
1207
01:25:31,171 --> 01:25:32,297
Almost.
1208
01:25:32,472 --> 01:25:36,704
Now they don't allow no frowns inside
Leave them by the door
1209
01:25:36,877 --> 01:25:41,177
-There's apple brandy by the keg
-And sawdust on the floor
1210
01:25:41,348 --> 01:25:45,876
So if you've got a hankering
I'll tell you where to go
1211
01:25:46,053 --> 01:25:49,250
Just look for the busted neon sign
That flashes
1212
01:25:49,423 --> 01:25:53,223
Ea-a-oe's