No, I haven't unearthed some unknown Scopitone,or even figured out who that guy is that sang "High Boots" (and if you tell me "Mr. Eraserhead", I'll hit you). But while I was watching the 1st season of "Lost" on dvd last night and the "Hurley"
character is flipping around on the TV in a flashback, I noticed some
funny stock footage, and when I rewound and looked at it again I
realized, "it's a Scopitone!". I immediately recognized it as "For You" by Freddie Bell and Roberta Linn.
Dunno who snuck that in there, but it's pretty cool. It's just the
video, not the music, the music is just a square dance call (guess they
probably don't have to pay royalties for that).
Lost, by the
way, is a really great show. Genuinely original plot twists, great
scripting, acting and casting. The music is exceptionally good. I was
sceptical about it at 1st (as much as I love TV I realize that most of
it sucks), but I'm not any more. It's definitely worth renting the 1st
season (we got it from Netflix) and getting caught up.
Here's the clip from Lost and the Freddie Bell and Roberta Linn Scopitone.
Lost Scopitone.mov
For You-Freddie Bell & Roberta Linn (Scopitone).mov
Buy "Scopitone Guys, Scopitone Gals"
Wow, nice catch on identifying that clip. Wonder if it really has some deeper meaning...
Posted by: Lost Blog | October 23, 2005 at 10:13 PM
This season's 'Every Body Hates Hurley' they used a song by the The Uniques called My Conversation.
I guess that clip was from a commercial on the TV in that scene.
Posted by: Hurley | December 11, 2005 at 08:41 AM