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Title: Tom Snyder RIP Post by: naum on July 31, 2007, 01:18:51 PM Dead at 71, was my absolute favorite show (NBC "Tomorrow", where Conan O'Brien airs now, and followed Johnny Carson for years) from junior high through college… …in an era before the internets, before cable TV really permeated America, it was one of few venues where one could be treated to the likes of the Clash, PiL, the Tubes, Plasmatics, etc.…
Some youTube viewing dredged these clips up: Best of "Tomorrow Show", including clips of Charles Manson, a young Bono, etc.… http://youtube.com/watch?v=EiSEbyhAR0k Johnny Rotten/PiL http://youtube.com/watch?v=_BZ2UoBZzEI The Clash http://youtube.com/watch?v=ijiazWlawUY Plasmatics http://youtube.com/watch?v=S3SkClb-xlY Charles Manson http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZpTDVYd_K9s Couldn't locate the clip when the Tubes appeared, probably my favorite episode ever… He kind of faded away after Letterman took his slot, doing some talk radio gigs and eventually coming back to late night TV but by that time, it was a different realm and I don't even think I caught his return… http://hemingwayslounge.blogspot.com/2007/07/goodbye-to-broadcast-legend.html |