Martin Short's Jerry Lewis screaming at bandleader
Dr. Mabuse
across a hilarious recording of Paul Anka reaming out his band in the
1970s, I think in Vegas. I happened to be reading Ace of Spades, and
I guess this has long been an in-joke on that blog, but they provided
the link for people who hadn't heard it yet, at
http://www.noisetank.com/integrity/ . It reminded me SO much of 'Jerry
Lewis Live on the Champs-Elysees' where he humiliates his bandleader
for missing a cue. Anka even says, "You like your job?" in that same
nasty way. I wonder if this could have been an inspiration for that
really bad-tempered tirade? Even the fact that Anka is (or was)
Canadian made me suspicious that Short might have been thinking about
him when he did that bit. I have to say, there's a Paul Anka Drive
just a mile or so from where I live, and I just can't feel the same way
about it anymore. Not that I ever was a fan; didn't he sing "Havin' My
Baby"? (shudders...)
Wanda
Justin Pate
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period of time. Btw, that line sounds like the good title for a song: "The
Guys Get Shirts (That's Just The Fuckin' Way It Is)".
quincywagstaff
Omagawd! This is the best thing I've heard in a long time. Didn't
Short do Anka on the Maudlin anniversary show, singing special lyrics
to the Carson theme (another of Paul's stellar compositions)?
Lola
Jerry Lewis tirade was a blend of Jerry Lewis and Paul Anka. Just too
funny.
And yes, unfortunately the ever-so-greasy Paul Anka did sing "Havin My
Baby" -- blach. Feh. Fooya.
Periodically I would confuse Paul Anka and Neil Sedaka, how's that for
not paying attention?
But back to Martin's Jerry Lewis thing -- if you are right (and I
really think you are, the similarities are too strong), it's one more
example of how the SCTV cast layered characters. They were brilliant,
and surprisingly topical without being overtly topical, and that's
probably why the shows hold up so well. When it's commentary about
character, that remains timeless -- when it's commentary about current
events, well, the events aren't current after 30 years, ya know?
So I can envision Martin saying "what if I make Jerry Lewis have Paul
Anka's nasty disposition?" And then running with it.
LOla
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Lola wrote:
> Wanda, this is hilarious. I bet you're right, that Martin Short's
> Jerry Lewis tirade was a blend of Jerry Lewis and Paul Anka. Just
too
> funny.
Jerry is legendary for his tirades against the production staff of the
MDA telethon. Most years it seems he would scream at the floor
producer or bandleader for screwing something up.
I'll have to look for it online, but I once heard a couple radio DJ's
playing a tirade by Miles Davis where he cusses out a white crowd at a
club he was performing in.
There is another great on-stage tirade by Elvis, near the end of his
life, where he is slurring his words and talking about how he won an
award from a Narcotics Officers Enforcement Association. He then goes
on to dispell rumors that he missed a show because he was "strung out
on heroin" and how he'll rip out the tongue of whomever started that
rumor about him. I'm sure it has to be online someplace.
Here's audio of Barry White trying to read commercial copy that is a
scream as he gets more upset as the recording session continues:
http://www.campchaos.com/show.php?iID=794
There is another great audio clip outtake by Casey Kasem when he was
doing the top 40 radio show and he had to read a death dedication to a
dog and he goes on a profane rant. I'll dig it up and post a link
here.
Here's another favorite, a sound clip of Linda McCartney singing backup
vocals on Hey Jude in concert, where somebody who was running the
soundboard isolated her singing and ran tape on it:
http://www.twistedunicorn.com/sounds/pages/lindamccartney.html
Paul Morris
end when he says "don't make a maniac out of me".
PM
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Lulu
> I find it amusing that anybody can stay that angry for such an extended
> period of time. Btw, that line sounds like the good title for a song: "The
> Guys Get Shirts (That's Just The Fuckin' Way It Is)".
>
What I never understand is where do they find these incredibly desperate
people who put up with this crap? No amount of money on earth is worth
putting up with abuse from sleazebags. Is their self-esteem that low
that they really think they can't possibly make a living without being
screamed at and berated? Or do they think this is a normal
boss-employee relationship? Somebody help me here, because I truly find
it bewildering.
-Lulu
Lola
rarely spoke to him, only to his assistants. Every six weeks, there
would be a new assistant because the previous one would have quit in
frustration because of the actor's noted temper tantrums. Had another
client with more money than brains or taste, and on a huge trip to
Greece and Turkey, they had a screaming fit at the Acropolis, throwing
water bottles at one another (reported back to me by the guide. I was
so embarrassed that I'd sent these people there) -- and when they came
back to the States, they wanted me to be fired because they'd had a
fight with each other! I was flabbergasted.
There seems to be any number of people with "new money" and with more
money than they can spend that think they have a right to mistreat
people. And unfortunately, there comes a level of bullying that makes
people on the receiving end just so terrified that they put up with it.
It's a form of insanity, actually, and quite sad.
AndrewJ
lot of them are available on a series of CDs titled CELEBRITIES AT
THEIR WORST.
John Candy once did Orson Welles on SCTV, pretentiously yelling at his
fellow actors, "I wouldn't direct any living actor like this in
Shakespeare!" -- that's taken almost verbatim from a famous 1970s
bootleg recording of Welles recording a voiceover for frozen food.
quincywagstaff
Musicians need to work. Keeping a regular gig is often preferable to
scrounging for sessions. This sort of star behavior is so common as to
be ordinary. Just another job requirement you put up with, like, say,
a dress code or a long commute. Such are the miraculous long-term
effects of certain powders and pills. God help us all.
Trevor Stenson
"Paul Morris" <p...@palookaville.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Thanks for this. Most excellent. The funniest bit has to be just before the
> end when he says "don't make a maniac out of me".
>
> PM
>
That is the best version of Anka's "It's time to cry" that I've ever
heard!
TS