My TouchPad Today: Required (Sinatra) Viewing

Another in a series of posts about using the TouchPad as a TV Wayback Machine...

In 1967 Frank Sinatra and Antonio Carlos Jobim did a television special medley of several songs they had recently recorded for the aptly titled album Francis Albert Sinatra & Antonio Carlos Jobim.

 

The songs:

• Quiet Nights Of Quiet Stars
• Change Partners
• I Concentrate on You
• The Girl from Ipanema

 

I had the Reprise record album and the corresponding cassette version around 1981'ish and played them constantly... particularly on my Sony Walkman when bike riding around Fresh Pond in Cambridge, MA on summer evenings to relax after work.

 

I purchased the CD (still on the Reprise label) in the early 90's and ripped mp3's of it for myself around 2002.

 

Amazon has current mp3's of the album that are available from the Frank Sinatra Enterprises label.

 

 

I remember most of the Sinatra television specials, but, for some reason, I have no recollection of seeing this collaboration at any time until -- using my TouchPad -- I came across it recently on YouTube.

 

A classic album and a classic television performance... perfect for the TouchPad Wayback Machine!

 

 

 

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My TouchPad Today: More About the TP as a TV Wayback Machine

After finishing last week's post about using the TouchPad as a wayback machine and giving a number of YouTube links to some good TV history, I realized that I forgot a trio that should be near the top of any wayback list...

• Steve Allen
• Ernie Kovacs
• Jack Paar

How the hell did I forget these guys the first time around?


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My TouchPad Today: TP - A TV Wayback Machine

A couple of times a month, I find myself trolling YouTube late on a Friday or Saturday night for old television clips or interviews/remembrances about the history of the medium.

Most of these trips down my memory lane take place on my laptop or the Roku box attached to my TV. In the last few months, however, the TouchPad has crept into the mix of my conveyances.

The TP is a great vehicle (with headphones - remember, this is a late night activity) for use as your personal wayback machine.

My last trip took me to a great series of clips with Bill Marx (Harpo's son) and Dick Cavett chatting about the Marx Brothers.

If you have the opportunity or inclination to take one of these trips, here are some points of interest for your itinerary...

• Sid Caesar
• Your Show of Shows
• Imogene Coca
• Carl Reiner
• Howie Morris
• Mel Brooks
• Dick Cavett
• Archive of American Television
  
  

Is your passport up-to-date?


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