Buddy Hackett, Nancy Wilson, Hurricane Smith, and mime Marcel Marceau meet and greet Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show, featuring performances by Doc Severinsen's band during the commercial breaks.
I was still only 8 when this aired and so it was way past my bedtime, but I and my older siblings fell in love with the song What Would You Say and were dying to see what this guy with an odd voice singing this old fashioned tune looked like. I begged my mom to let me stay up with them to see it and she finally relented. Alas, I fell asleep before he appeared, I was so disappointed the next day! And so I never got to see it until it eventually got posted on RU-vid some years back. What a great memory from childhood!
Also I'm reading the book by Johnny's manager lawyer fixer etc and boy oh boy johnny is a bastard. His wife was cheating with frank gifford and johnny was cheating too.
Hurricane Smith did excellent work as an engineer on The Beatles albums and produced Pink Floyd on several albums but his singing here sounded like he was a contestant on the 1970s Gong Show. Maybe here he was nervous, maybe it was from him singing live , or he had jet lag but he sounded off key and out of sorts.
6:52 please somebody tell me they know the name of this score!! I've heard it in a couple other episodes but nobody knows. My absolute favorite of the show/band. I considered emailing Doc Severinson through his website but couldn't figure out how. I don't even know if it's his song/if he would remember. If anyone knows or knows even where to find the sheet music it would be incredibly appreciated.
