Uncle Creed and the Grass Roots. - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Yong Fang · 11-09-2012, 12:17 PM

I live in China, so this comes from a Chinese website called Youku. This was the Grass Roots from the early 1960's. 50 years ago. Jimmy Durante was the host of the show, which would show how long ago it was.

http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUxMzY5OTky.html

Creed has two clips of himself. First is 1:30 in the video when he sings the chorus of the song. Then he has an instrumental at 1:48. Even though Creed was about 28 then (in around 1962) he looked like the lovable, yet weird Creed, especially with the wan smile at the end.

It is the last season, and I wish (and it wont happen) that the Grass Roots appear in The Office and let Uncle Creed play. The guy was a member of a very successful 1960's rock act.

B.J. Novak (Ryan) has said that Creed Bratton the man is about the same as the character except that the real Creed is a good hearted man while Creed the character has a dark side.

Did Creed become very wealthy for being in this group? Are all the members of this group still alive?

Zoneboy · 11-09-2012, 12:30 PM

The band went through several personnel changes over the years. Lead singer Rob Grill died in 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gra...s#Band_members

IllinoisTVFan · 11-09-2012, 04:10 PM

I really liked the Grass Roots and was lucky to have seen them in concert at an oldies type benefit concert. If I recall they were originally put together to tour because of a song. This was common in the 60s where a producer would have studio musicians come in to record a song, then say the song was by a certain group, then form a band (sometimes the same band, sometimes not)to tour with the song/album.

11-09-2012, 12:17 PM	#1
Yong Fang Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 04, 2009 Location: Memphis Tennessee Posts: 3,073	Uncle Creed and the Grass Roots. I live in China, so this comes from a Chinese website called Youku. This was the Grass Roots from the early 1960's. 50 years ago. Jimmy Durante was the host of the show, which would show how long ago it was. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTUxMzY5OTky.html Creed has two clips of himself. First is 1:30 in the video when he sings the chorus of the song. Then he has an instrumental at 1:48. Even though Creed was about 28 then (in around 1962) he looked like the lovable, yet weird Creed, especially with the wan smile at the end. It is the last season, and I wish (and it wont happen) that the Grass Roots appear in The Office and let Uncle Creed play. The guy was a member of a very successful 1960's rock act. B.J. Novak (Ryan) has said that Creed Bratton the man is about the same as the character except that the real Creed is a good hearted man while Creed the character has a dark side. Did Creed become very wealthy for being in this group? Are all the members of this group still alive?

11-09-2012, 12:30 PM	#2
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11-09-2012, 04:10 PM	#3
IllinoisTVFan Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 22, 2011 Location: South of Chicago Posts: 4,072	I really liked the Grass Roots and was lucky to have seen them in concert at an oldies type benefit concert. If I recall they were originally put together to tour because of a song. This was common in the 60s where a producer would have studio musicians come in to record a song, then say the song was by a certain group, then form a band (sometimes the same band, sometimes not)to tour with the song/album.