My favorite TV show


It ran on ABC from September 1964 to January 1966. Hosted by Los Angeles DJ Jimmy O' Neill, the show featured the best of the top performers of the day, and lots of times it was live. The show has its own house band The Shindogs, a female back up group the Blossoms, and a male back up group the Wellingtons and well as dancers. The only people never to do this show as Bob Dylan, Otis Redding and Elvis Presley. It turns out Presley was a fan of the show and ABC tried to get him but his mangaer Tom Parker wanted $3 million dollars, so Presley never appeared on the show. Shindig was an hour long show the first season, and for the second season it was split into two half hours shows that aired twice a week. The show was cancelled to make room for Batman


Anybody dig this show besides me.

Here are some clips from the show



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzZHmHqEE7k




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3zFJfGS5E8




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga-Fpx9U-yc



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq5DcY5r-GA


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DV-5d6a5g




I'll post some more later

The show was parodied on an episode of The Flintstones as "Shinrock."

More Shindig clips



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXtNYmf4vxg




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVPJvk4t6SQ




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXJCjVJZvH0




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oj9fofFGXKc