My DVR is slowly dying, so I am going to have to erase all the media that I've been hoarding for the past three years. The shows I hate to lose the most are all the episodes of New York's greatest public access show ever, Media Funhouse, starring Ed Grant. However, I am going to try to post a few pop-culture tidbits from the show that I simply cannot part with.
This clip is Eric Charden singing a song titled "Pas Question?". Chances are, you've never heard of him. I know I hadn't when I watched this Media Funhouse episode featuring Charden on a French television variety show hosted by Tom Jones in 1966. The fuzz bass line is absolutely killer, and I guarantee you'll be singing along to this one in due time. That it is sung in French matters not, my friend. Trust me.
Click on the image to watch the video. Enjoy.
Meanwhile, you can catch Media Funhouse on MNN's Channel 57, Saturday nights at 1am (though technically, it's Sunday morning).
Thanks for the link. That was great. It's the first time I've ever heard him talk about Naked City at all.
ReplyDelete10/04/2009, 16:22:01
Hi Gene,
ReplyDeleteThanks much for the kind words and plug. I think the Charden clip is special in that its ratio of musical coolness/terpsichorean awkwardness is pretty equal. I still know pretty much nothing about this guy, but the song is indeed killer.
I thought of an earlier post of yours when I found this on YT: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLnAdo-Q5Hc
Thanks again,
Ed
10/04/2009, 15:57:11