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It never went away? It's a very Jack-y commercial!

A truly wonderful collection of music (and a sound premise) on a truly execrable label.

Dr. Marcel Calhoun Talks To Teenagers About Money Management

There it is. 5hank you!

Sure you can.

Wow. Saturday afternoon, 1-0 game, it's like 1968, all that's missing is Curt Gowdy, Tony Kubeck, and a buttload full of Dodge commercials.

Grasshoppers!

Clyde Tatters - Juicy Steak Dinner!!!

Are the outcomes better or just different?

This "ghost runner" thing is just wrong. Saying that now, when it worked out. But it is jive.

I knew one of the ones that actually had a good time playing with Buddy, a guy named Anthony Brock. He said he asked Buddy before his first night where he wanted the best and Buddy told him to just hit it square on, no pushing, no pulling, just dead on it. That's exactly what he gave him and there were no problems!

Buddy Feather - The Long Side Of Right

Glad I got to see him once. That was enough, but I would not trade it for anything. Courage personified. RIP.

Poor Mel Torm. He got beat at his own game. He must have told Buddy that he was a drummer too.

The Mike Nelson Bubble Noise - This Would Have Never Happened If It Was Yellow

Yes, we now can connect Tommy Dorsey directly to Joan Jett!!!

Yeah, but all bets of accuracy are off when sobriety is gone. As to why Buddy probably didn't like Torm, I would wager lunch that it had something to do with Torm's prissiness of self-satisfaction about everything he touched. Skills is one thing, and those aren't in question, but there's nobody in the "jazz" world who exudes such a total air of a smug EXPECTING you to be IMPRESSED by EVERYTHING as Mel Torm, not even Keith Jarrett, who will at least on occasion play with at least some projection of at least some humility. So...does Buddy Rich seem like the type of guy who would respond well to you expecting him to be impressed by you? LOL!!!!

This should be the stuff of legend.

My money would be on Buddy.

Lucidia Lazor - Focus You With My Love!!!

I can deal with the Mel-Tones as a group. Very good writing and execution thereof. And to that point, lesser obvious Melisms.

I don't get it. I have never liked Mel Torm in spite of his obvious skills. He has always stuck me as being quite the, as they used to say, "douche". What's today's acceptable word, dick? Something non-genitallic? Help me out here, please. I am weak. The game show clip was just because I knew of Torm from game shows a looooong time before even knowing that he was a singer, and that ineffable insufferably comes through loud and clear here. He also did the syndicated What's My Line a lot, and same thing there, maybe even worse. Besides, organ and xylophone for the house band, hey! As for the "ladies man" thing, again, such a .. prick in that clip. Not sexy at all, creepy is what it is, especially since he was intimately involved in all aspects of the production of that show. So he WANTED to do that. So yeah, fuck Mel Torm.