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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:23,106 --> 00:00:25,316 None of this should have happened. 2 00:00:26,443 --> 00:00:28,069 I shouldn't know about it. 3 00:00:29,654 --> 00:00:31,990 This stuff is bizarre and hilarious. 4 00:00:32,073 --> 00:00:34,367 Those are only the beginning layers. 5 00:00:35,618 --> 00:00:37,996 We were not supposed to hear these songs. 6 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:41,082 We were not supposed to see these productions. 7 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:45,295 It was supposed to be all thrown away and forgotten. 8 00:00:45,378 --> 00:00:49,674 But we played a trick on history, and we saved it. 9 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:09,402 ♪ Shows with songs And dance and humor ♪ 10 00:01:09,486 --> 00:01:12,363 ♪ They made salesmen want to sell ♪ 11 00:01:12,822 --> 00:01:15,784 ♪ It wasn't for you, consumer ♪ 12 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:19,913 ♪ You might say, "What the hell?" ♪ 13 00:01:19,996 --> 00:01:23,124 ♪ A hidden world of showbiz ♪ 14 00:01:23,208 --> 00:01:26,169 ♪ Sequins and CEOs ♪ 15 00:01:26,252 --> 00:01:29,005 ♪ Profits and sales With top hats and tails ♪ 16 00:01:29,088 --> 00:01:31,049 ♪ Corporate music ♪ 17 00:01:31,132 --> 00:01:36,346 ♪ Corporate musical shows ♪ 18 00:01:36,429 --> 00:01:37,782 We've never heard of those! 19 00:01:37,806 --> 00:01:39,891 Well, hang on 'cause... 20 00:01:39,974 --> 00:01:42,268 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 21 00:01:43,144 --> 00:01:46,856 ♪ You're off the rails for shows about sales ♪ 22 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:49,859 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 23 00:01:49,943 --> 00:01:53,446 ♪ Soon you're itchin' To sell a new kitchen ♪ 24 00:01:54,948 --> 00:01:58,076 ♪ They put the dazzle in diesel ♪ 25 00:01:58,159 --> 00:02:01,412 ♪ They add the ooh to shampoo ♪ 26 00:02:01,496 --> 00:02:04,833 ♪ When you see what These two worlds can do ♪ 27 00:02:04,916 --> 00:02:06,793 ♪ It'll change ♪ 28 00:02:06,876 --> 00:02:12,090 ♪ Change your life ♪ 29 00:02:25,311 --> 00:02:29,023 ♪ But now this secret world is fading ♪ 30 00:02:29,107 --> 00:02:32,152 ♪ Soon it will slip away ♪ 31 00:02:32,235 --> 00:02:35,446 ♪ The grooves with that sound Still wait to be found ♪ 32 00:02:35,530 --> 00:02:37,115 ♪ And the records ♪ 33 00:02:37,198 --> 00:02:42,036 ♪ The records will guide the way ♪ 34 00:03:11,441 --> 00:03:18,156 ♪ It'll change his life ♪ 35 00:03:25,455 --> 00:03:26,873 Hey, Todd. How's it going? 36 00:03:26,956 --> 00:03:29,167 - Sir. - Is it a bloodbath? 37 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:31,961 He cut a decent amount, but we put in some saves 38 00:03:32,045 --> 00:03:34,565 - and some new, uh, Patriots jokes. - Okay. All right. 39 00:03:34,589 --> 00:03:36,047 So right now, three elements? 40 00:03:36,090 --> 00:03:38,676 - Uh, yeah, closing on Cher. - Okay. 41 00:03:38,760 --> 00:03:40,094 Okay. 42 00:03:40,178 --> 00:03:42,096 And does Cher require a special cue? 43 00:03:42,180 --> 00:03:44,408 Or is it just from off the previous stage joke? 44 00:03:44,432 --> 00:03:46,160 She's just cued off the Kim Kardashian joke. 45 00:03:46,184 --> 00:03:48,937 "Wound clear around her ass." Okay. 46 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:53,816 I feel like industrial musicals kind of chose me. 47 00:03:53,900 --> 00:03:55,985 It just kind of crossed my path, 48 00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:57,987 and I seemed to be the right person 49 00:03:58,071 --> 00:04:01,115 at the right time in history to latch onto this. 50 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:05,203 The joke preceding that is, uh, one you have on your page 51 00:04:05,286 --> 00:04:07,497 about Kim Kardashian, uh... 52 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:09,874 "Big line for the... For the book. 53 00:04:09,958 --> 00:04:12,043 Uh, the line wound clear around her ass." 54 00:04:12,126 --> 00:04:13,544 I like your tie. 55 00:04:13,628 --> 00:04:15,004 Yep. 56 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:16,815 So I'm gonna double and triple-check that, 57 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:19,550 but that seems to be where we landed. 58 00:04:19,634 --> 00:04:21,344 All right, thank you. 59 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,471 From the heart of Broadway, 60 00:04:23,554 --> 00:04:26,391 broadcasting across the nation and around the world, 61 00:04:26,474 --> 00:04:30,395 it's the Late Show with David Letterman. 62 00:04:30,478 --> 00:04:32,814 Steve kind of is the voice of the show. 63 00:04:32,897 --> 00:04:35,209 Uh, I mean, obviously Dave is the voice of the show, 64 00:04:35,233 --> 00:04:38,486 but Steve has been around as a writer longer than anybody else. 65 00:04:38,569 --> 00:04:43,950 I consider Steve to be the last vestige 66 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:48,579 of the heyday of late-night talk show television writers. 67 00:04:48,663 --> 00:04:52,166 There are precious few of these men and women who can do this. 68 00:04:52,250 --> 00:04:54,210 - All right. - Do we just have him 69 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:55,646 - groan a little bit, like... - Yeah. 70 00:04:55,670 --> 00:04:57,022 Should we put that line earlier on? 71 00:04:57,046 --> 00:04:58,565 'Cause I think that's funny that he has 72 00:04:58,589 --> 00:05:00,049 - a compound fracture. - Sure. 73 00:05:00,133 --> 00:05:01,568 When you're a comedy writer, 74 00:05:01,592 --> 00:05:04,679 you become so calloused to so much out there, 75 00:05:04,762 --> 00:05:07,199 'cause we're so immersed in pop culture and comedy 76 00:05:07,223 --> 00:05:09,851 that it takes a lot to entertain us. 77 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,729 We become hard laughs. 78 00:05:13,688 --> 00:05:18,526 But with Steve, he's already, you know, way left of center. 79 00:05:19,277 --> 00:05:22,613 ♪ Pull out the organs They must be inspected ♪ 80 00:05:23,281 --> 00:05:25,700 ♪ No sign of disease can be detected ♪ 81 00:05:27,327 --> 00:05:30,371 ♪ Gizzards, livers, necks and hearts ♪ 82 00:05:30,955 --> 00:05:34,709 ♪ Are set aside as the giblet parts ♪ 83 00:05:34,792 --> 00:05:39,297 ♪ The abdominal cavity gets a cleaning ♪ 84 00:05:39,380 --> 00:05:42,884 ♪ The carcass then must pass a screening ♪ 85 00:05:43,676 --> 00:05:47,055 ♪ On Thanksgiving, let's all sing ♪ 86 00:05:47,138 --> 00:05:50,058 ♪ Of industrial turkey processing ♪ 87 00:05:51,893 --> 00:05:53,644 ♪ Gobble, gobble, gobble, gobble ♪ 88 00:05:53,728 --> 00:05:57,648 Steve always takes it in a way that we... 89 00:05:57,732 --> 00:05:59,441 You know, you just could never do. 90 00:06:06,324 --> 00:06:10,703 After decades of writing comedy and working in comedy, 91 00:06:10,787 --> 00:06:13,873 I do think that many of the receptors in my brain 92 00:06:13,956 --> 00:06:19,337 that would allow me to enjoy comedy like civilians, I would call them, 93 00:06:19,420 --> 00:06:21,255 have been burned out. 94 00:06:22,131 --> 00:06:24,735 People around me will be roaring with laughter at something, 95 00:06:24,759 --> 00:06:27,595 and I'll just be nodding politely. 96 00:06:28,262 --> 00:06:30,389 For me, now, to find anything that makes me 97 00:06:30,473 --> 00:06:33,267 burst out laughing is somewhat rare. 98 00:06:34,393 --> 00:06:37,063 That's just Bob's head on a stock-photo guy's body. 99 00:06:39,899 --> 00:06:41,400 It makes perfect sense 100 00:06:41,484 --> 00:06:43,653 that Steve would be enamored with something 101 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:45,947 - called The Bathrooms Are Coming! - Yeah. 102 00:06:46,030 --> 00:06:47,674 - Isn't that the name of it? Okay. - Yeah. 103 00:06:47,698 --> 00:06:49,843 I had been hearing The Bathrooms Are Coming! 104 00:06:49,867 --> 00:06:51,202 As long as I can remember, 105 00:06:51,285 --> 00:06:53,222 but I didn't actually know what it was. 106 00:06:53,246 --> 00:06:54,848 I thought he had just kind of made it up. 107 00:06:54,872 --> 00:06:56,308 - I thought he made it up, too. - And, like, 108 00:06:56,332 --> 00:06:57,768 it was this thing in our family. 109 00:06:57,792 --> 00:07:00,054 Now, here's something that nobody cares about. 110 00:07:00,253 --> 00:07:02,255 Sorry. Back up. 111 00:07:02,338 --> 00:07:04,108 Here's something that most people don't know about. 112 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:07,343 Um, and... And he's just turning it into this huge thing. 113 00:07:07,426 --> 00:07:10,263 I found out that it was part of a bigger thing later. 114 00:07:10,346 --> 00:07:11,502 Yeah, that was a shock. 115 00:07:11,889 --> 00:07:16,144 So, how does a cynical comedy writer with comedy damage 116 00:07:16,227 --> 00:07:17,812 get emotionally involved 117 00:07:17,895 --> 00:07:21,649 with people who wrote musicals about ball bearings 118 00:07:21,732 --> 00:07:24,152 and light bulbs and bathtubs? 119 00:07:24,235 --> 00:07:28,656 It began really very accidentally and randomly. 120 00:07:28,739 --> 00:07:31,033 Here we go! 121 00:07:31,117 --> 00:07:36,539 ♪ Dave's Record Collection ♪ 122 00:07:36,622 --> 00:07:38,416 Perfect. Oh, good. 123 00:07:38,499 --> 00:07:40,936 Uh, here we have an album, it's called Number One Hard. 124 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:42,753 Now, this is a musical. 125 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:49,218 Please don't make up your own jokes. 126 00:07:52,180 --> 00:07:55,516 Number One Hard. It's a musical about the Canadian grain industry, 127 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:56,702 and we'll be hearing a song 128 00:07:56,726 --> 00:07:59,645 from this album entitled "Wheat." 129 00:07:59,729 --> 00:08:03,858 ♪ Wheat, wheat, wheat, wheat Wheat, wheat, wheat ♪ 130 00:08:03,941 --> 00:08:07,737 ♪ Wheat makes your life complete ♪ 131 00:08:07,820 --> 00:08:09,864 ♪ Wheat, wheat, wheat, wheat ♪ 132 00:08:09,947 --> 00:08:11,824 ♪ Wheat, wheat, wheat ♪ 133 00:08:11,908 --> 00:08:13,993 ♪ It makes our life complete ♪ 134 00:08:14,076 --> 00:08:15,328 ♪ Hey, hey, hey, hey ♪ 135 00:08:19,373 --> 00:08:21,584 I didn't really collect any records 136 00:08:21,667 --> 00:08:23,336 before the Letterman show, 137 00:08:23,419 --> 00:08:25,671 but it became my job to look for records 138 00:08:25,755 --> 00:08:28,132 for "Dave's Record Collection." 139 00:08:28,216 --> 00:08:29,610 It's a comedy bit we do on the show. 140 00:08:29,634 --> 00:08:31,219 We find unintentionally funny 141 00:08:31,302 --> 00:08:32,946 and weird records, and make jokes about 'em. 142 00:08:32,970 --> 00:08:35,681 I'm a bad bird. 143 00:08:37,767 --> 00:08:39,620 Bloopers, I probably would not have gotten, 144 00:08:39,644 --> 00:08:42,063 'cause that's already trying to be funny. 145 00:08:42,146 --> 00:08:44,232 The best stuff for "Record Collection" 146 00:08:44,315 --> 00:08:47,693 was the stuff that was unintentionally hilarious. 147 00:08:49,487 --> 00:08:51,948 But then I started finding 148 00:08:52,031 --> 00:08:55,117 these mysterious corporate souvenir records 149 00:08:55,201 --> 00:08:57,370 marked on the labels 150 00:08:57,453 --> 00:09:00,289 "Not for commercial use," "Not for broadcast," 151 00:09:00,373 --> 00:09:02,041 "Souvenir use only." 152 00:09:02,124 --> 00:09:05,503 And I had no idea what I was finding. 153 00:09:05,586 --> 00:09:07,272 I just thought, you know, "This is something 154 00:09:07,296 --> 00:09:09,048 we can make fun of right away." 155 00:09:09,131 --> 00:09:11,008 ♪ My insurance man ♪ 156 00:09:11,092 --> 00:09:12,969 ♪ The man we rely on ♪ 157 00:09:13,052 --> 00:09:14,804 ♪ My insurance man ♪ 158 00:09:14,887 --> 00:09:16,556 ♪ The best of them all ♪ 159 00:09:16,639 --> 00:09:19,058 ♪ Who serves all coverage needs ♪ 160 00:09:19,141 --> 00:09:21,018 ♪ That's why he succeeds ♪ 161 00:09:21,102 --> 00:09:23,980 ♪ My insurance man, is that what they... ♪ 162 00:09:25,231 --> 00:09:27,459 Hey. It's amazing, it's actually more annoying 163 00:09:27,483 --> 00:09:29,695 - than my insurance man. - Yes, you're right. 164 00:09:32,780 --> 00:09:36,075 It seemed like, "This is too easy." 165 00:09:36,158 --> 00:09:38,536 Some big faceless corporation 166 00:09:38,619 --> 00:09:41,372 trying to put on a musical like a Broadway show. 167 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:43,416 How pathetic. 168 00:09:43,499 --> 00:09:45,418 A whole musical about diesel engines 169 00:09:45,501 --> 00:09:48,421 or Oldsmobiles or sneakers. 170 00:09:48,504 --> 00:09:50,423 Thank you, comedy gods, 171 00:09:50,506 --> 00:09:52,425 because this is hilarious. 172 00:09:54,093 --> 00:09:55,511 These weren't jingles. 173 00:09:55,595 --> 00:09:57,513 These weren't commercials. 174 00:09:57,597 --> 00:10:02,268 This was a full-fledged Broadway-style musical show 175 00:10:02,351 --> 00:10:05,688 for a private audience of people within the company. 176 00:10:05,771 --> 00:10:07,565 You did it, and we are here today 177 00:10:07,648 --> 00:10:09,984 to pay tribute to you. 178 00:10:10,067 --> 00:10:12,945 Some were live recordings, 179 00:10:13,029 --> 00:10:15,990 and you hear audience going, "Whoo-hoo!" 180 00:10:16,073 --> 00:10:19,118 And sometimes you'll see a letter tucked inside. 181 00:10:19,201 --> 00:10:23,164 "Here's the souvenir of the fun we had last May." 182 00:10:23,247 --> 00:10:26,667 You just think, "Well, that's kind of sad, isn't it?" 183 00:10:26,751 --> 00:10:28,919 What kind of people worked on this stuff? 184 00:10:29,003 --> 00:10:32,214 I mean, that must be the strangest dead end 185 00:10:32,298 --> 00:10:34,735 of show business that anyone's ever wandered into. 186 00:10:34,759 --> 00:10:36,135 Do you get out of that? 187 00:10:38,387 --> 00:10:40,407 I thought, probably something wrong with me 188 00:10:40,431 --> 00:10:42,784 that I keep wanting to listen to My Insurance Man 189 00:10:42,808 --> 00:10:45,269 and Diesel Dazzle in my off hours. 190 00:10:58,074 --> 00:11:02,244 ♪ They've got features To talk about ♪ 191 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,872 ♪ Features to remember ♪ 192 00:11:04,955 --> 00:11:07,041 ♪ General Electric ♪ 193 00:11:07,124 --> 00:11:10,127 ♪ Refrigerators and freezers... ♪ 194 00:11:10,211 --> 00:11:13,381 I didn't really know anything about musical theater, 195 00:11:13,464 --> 00:11:16,027 but I was pretty sure it wasn't supposed to be this. 196 00:11:17,385 --> 00:11:19,970 ♪ Twenty-two slices of bread ♪ 197 00:11:20,054 --> 00:11:23,557 ♪ A crust on either end ♪ 198 00:11:23,641 --> 00:11:26,560 ♪ Cookbook's the name of this bread ♪ 199 00:11:26,644 --> 00:11:30,106 ♪ Baked while you sleep, my friend ♪ 200 00:11:30,189 --> 00:11:33,359 ♪ Twenty-two slices Of fine white bread... ♪ 201 00:11:33,442 --> 00:11:35,170 What shouldn't you write a musical about? 202 00:11:35,194 --> 00:11:38,114 Let's write it, and let's make it really good, 203 00:11:38,197 --> 00:11:40,366 and let's not tell anyone about it. 204 00:11:42,701 --> 00:11:46,080 ♪ The dishwasher And the disposal ♪ 205 00:11:46,163 --> 00:11:48,916 ♪ They're moving up ♪ 206 00:11:48,999 --> 00:11:50,811 ♪ The dishwasher and the disposal... ♪ 207 00:11:50,835 --> 00:11:52,294 I had no hobbies. 208 00:11:52,378 --> 00:11:55,172 I barely had any friends outside the show. 209 00:11:55,256 --> 00:11:57,150 "I just thought, "Wouldn't it be great 210 00:11:57,174 --> 00:11:59,593 if there were, like, dozens of these records?" 211 00:11:59,677 --> 00:12:02,012 - ♪ Go, go, go... ♪ - I don't really care 212 00:12:02,096 --> 00:12:03,615 about the rest of "Record Collection." 213 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:05,850 I just want to find more of these things. 214 00:12:05,933 --> 00:12:10,062 ♪ There's a new world opening up ♪ 215 00:12:10,146 --> 00:12:13,107 ♪ There's a new world opening up ♪ 216 00:12:13,190 --> 00:12:15,818 ♪ There's a new world opening up ♪ 217 00:12:15,901 --> 00:12:18,195 ♪ For the likes of me and you... ♪ 218 00:12:18,279 --> 00:12:20,382 Do you know if you ever have souvenir records 219 00:12:20,406 --> 00:12:23,033 from company conventions or sales meetings? 220 00:12:23,534 --> 00:12:25,804 That kind of stuff is definitely gonna be a challenge. 221 00:12:25,828 --> 00:12:28,831 Um, not off the top of my head. 222 00:12:28,914 --> 00:12:30,749 Does that ring a bell? 223 00:12:30,833 --> 00:12:32,394 No, you never saw something like that? 224 00:12:32,418 --> 00:12:33,687 - No, sorry, that's... - All right. 225 00:12:33,711 --> 00:12:34,712 That's crazy. 226 00:12:34,795 --> 00:12:35,981 Could I give you my card? 227 00:12:36,005 --> 00:12:37,548 Can I give you a card? 228 00:12:37,631 --> 00:12:38,900 Hey, can I give you a card in case 229 00:12:38,924 --> 00:12:40,193 - you ever see them? - Oh, please, yeah. 230 00:12:40,217 --> 00:12:42,028 I'd, uh, make it worth your while if it's, uh... 231 00:12:42,052 --> 00:12:44,614 - It's one I don't have for my collection. - Will do. 232 00:12:44,638 --> 00:12:47,266 ♪ One thing's sure, you'll find pure ♪ 233 00:12:47,349 --> 00:12:48,767 ♪ Xerox spoken here ♪ 234 00:12:48,851 --> 00:12:50,769 No one else cared about this stuff. 235 00:12:50,853 --> 00:12:52,521 No one else was looking for it, 236 00:12:52,605 --> 00:12:54,565 with a couple specific exceptions. 237 00:12:54,648 --> 00:12:59,028 I think the first one I consciously got was this one. 238 00:12:59,111 --> 00:13:01,280 And, man, I was hooked. 239 00:13:01,906 --> 00:13:03,532 At that time, 20 years ago, 240 00:13:03,616 --> 00:13:05,826 there was less Internet involvement. 241 00:13:05,910 --> 00:13:07,953 It was canvassing record stores 242 00:13:08,037 --> 00:13:11,040 and cold-faxing record stores around the country. 243 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:13,250 I spent years trying to find other versions 244 00:13:13,334 --> 00:13:14,668 of this kind of thing. 245 00:13:14,752 --> 00:13:16,229 And then eBay came, and it was... 246 00:13:16,253 --> 00:13:18,547 It was like a wonder of miracles. Here we go. 247 00:13:18,631 --> 00:13:21,926 ♪ We're on our way to a brand-new day ♪ 248 00:13:22,009 --> 00:13:23,677 ♪ And we reiterate... ♪ 249 00:13:23,761 --> 00:13:26,072 But every time I found one, which was still pretty rare, 250 00:13:26,096 --> 00:13:27,806 I was always outbid. 251 00:13:27,890 --> 00:13:30,935 Always outbid by the same guy. 252 00:13:32,394 --> 00:13:34,456 He just bought the same one three times in a row. 253 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:35,888 I can't get near this stuff. 254 00:13:37,316 --> 00:13:39,377 I think I only had the Arrow shirt record. 255 00:13:39,443 --> 00:13:41,529 And then another mutual friend 256 00:13:41,612 --> 00:13:43,924 and connoisseur of the incredibly strange said, 257 00:13:43,989 --> 00:13:45,884 "Yeah, yeah, I know that Arrow shirt record." 258 00:13:45,908 --> 00:13:47,969 I mean, there's somebody who really knows about that stuff. 259 00:13:47,993 --> 00:13:49,495 "You need to meet this guy." 260 00:13:49,578 --> 00:13:51,223 And then I realized my competitor's name 261 00:13:51,247 --> 00:13:53,832 was PantsSteve on eBay. 262 00:13:53,916 --> 00:13:56,168 There was nobody as serious as Steve. 263 00:13:56,252 --> 00:13:58,546 ♪ There's a new day coming our way ♪ 264 00:13:58,629 --> 00:14:00,548 ♪ There's a new day... ♪ 265 00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:02,967 There are records that I know are out there 266 00:14:03,050 --> 00:14:06,053 that I do not have yet, and that... It's a little painful. 267 00:14:06,136 --> 00:14:07,721 I should have them all. 268 00:14:07,805 --> 00:14:09,848 I will have them all eventually. 269 00:14:13,185 --> 00:14:14,871 Thank you very much, and good evening. 270 00:14:14,895 --> 00:14:17,415 I am happy to be with you tonight for this great event 271 00:14:17,439 --> 00:14:19,334 in the life of Cities Service Oil Company. 272 00:14:19,358 --> 00:14:22,486 This closed-circuit telecast is going to 10,000 273 00:14:22,570 --> 00:14:25,739 of you Cities Service people in one private meeting. 274 00:14:25,823 --> 00:14:29,285 Now, let's put on your "zoom" glasses, 275 00:14:29,368 --> 00:14:31,620 because everything's coming up Citgo. 276 00:14:35,708 --> 00:14:39,003 ♪ Coming soon, wait and see ♪ 277 00:14:39,086 --> 00:14:42,506 ♪ Cities Service is off on a spree ♪ 278 00:14:42,590 --> 00:14:45,593 ♪ Brightening up, tightening up ♪ 279 00:14:45,676 --> 00:14:48,304 ♪ Yes, sir, everything's ♪ 280 00:14:48,387 --> 00:14:51,307 ♪ Coming up Citgo ♪ 281 00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:54,619 - ♪ Brand-new sign ♪ - ♪ Brand-new sign ♪ 282 00:14:54,643 --> 00:14:56,788 - ♪ Watch it shine ♪ - ♪ Watch it shine... ♪ 283 00:14:56,812 --> 00:14:59,815 What about that Frigidaire song? It's pretty good. 284 00:14:59,899 --> 00:15:01,525 Yeah, I don't think I know that. 285 00:15:01,609 --> 00:15:06,280 It's got a nice '60s, punchy, sort of a Walter Marks kind of feel to it. 286 00:15:06,363 --> 00:15:08,490 Put Payoff Punch in Your Selling. 287 00:15:08,574 --> 00:15:10,200 - Wow. - It's a Frigidaire show. 288 00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:13,138 Great. No, I've never even... I don't think you've mentioned that one. 289 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:16,582 $6. Nice score. 290 00:15:16,665 --> 00:15:17,958 Let's see. 291 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,585 Music to Spell... Oh. 292 00:15:24,048 --> 00:15:26,884 ♪ We can put payoff punch In our selling ♪ 293 00:15:26,967 --> 00:15:28,677 ♪ With the power of Frigidaire ♪ 294 00:15:28,761 --> 00:15:31,513 ♪ Yes, we can put payoff punch In our selling ♪ 295 00:15:31,597 --> 00:15:33,807 ♪ Of a thing that we all can share ♪ 296 00:15:33,891 --> 00:15:35,935 ♪ Join in our happy bunch ♪ 297 00:15:36,018 --> 00:15:38,562 ♪ That is telling a story beyond compare ♪ 298 00:15:38,646 --> 00:15:41,565 ♪ We can put payoff punch in our selling ♪ 299 00:15:41,649 --> 00:15:43,359 ♪ With the power of Frigidaire ♪ 300 00:15:43,442 --> 00:15:47,696 ♪ Come on and spread the word To every sales creator ♪ 301 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:52,701 ♪ Get the news in each new refrigerator ♪ 302 00:15:52,785 --> 00:15:53,786 Take that up. 303 00:15:53,869 --> 00:15:55,454 ♪ See the freezers ♪ 304 00:15:55,537 --> 00:15:57,206 ♪ That are pleasers there... ♪ 305 00:15:57,289 --> 00:16:00,000 I am 97% sure that is Michael Brown. 306 00:16:00,084 --> 00:16:01,460 - Really? - Absolutely. 307 00:16:01,543 --> 00:16:03,355 Well, is that... Does it sound like, uh, 308 00:16:03,379 --> 00:16:05,440 - another track that he wrote? - It sounds like 309 00:16:05,464 --> 00:16:07,800 seven of his songs were put in a blender. 310 00:16:07,883 --> 00:16:10,177 Oh, wow. The reason I think I suggested, 311 00:16:10,260 --> 00:16:12,513 - um, Walter Marks... - Mmm-hmm. 312 00:16:12,596 --> 00:16:15,557 ...is because it's a Kerbowie NPO production. 313 00:16:15,641 --> 00:16:17,077 Uh-huh. But, uh, Michael Brown did 314 00:16:17,101 --> 00:16:18,203 - the '64 Dodge show. - Did he? 315 00:16:18,227 --> 00:16:20,580 - Which is Kerbowie as well. Oh, yes. - Yes, it is. 316 00:16:20,604 --> 00:16:25,359 Steve Young was my mentor. 317 00:16:25,442 --> 00:16:28,946 He started the canon, and I added to it. 318 00:16:29,029 --> 00:16:30,924 And this is always one of my favorites, too. 319 00:16:30,948 --> 00:16:32,199 That's pretty scarce. 320 00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:34,076 The Johnson & Johnson, uh, 321 00:16:34,159 --> 00:16:36,286 sunscreen musical of 1978... 322 00:16:36,370 --> 00:16:37,913 - Yeah. - With that classic... 323 00:16:37,997 --> 00:16:39,808 Actually, there's a few good songs in here, 324 00:16:39,832 --> 00:16:41,267 but Hot Promotions, that's pretty good. 325 00:16:41,291 --> 00:16:42,727 Yeah that's one I always excerpt. 326 00:16:42,751 --> 00:16:44,270 That is... That is really a terrific... 327 00:16:44,294 --> 00:16:46,088 ♪ Hotter than hot ♪ 328 00:16:46,171 --> 00:16:48,048 ♪ Is what you've got ♪ 329 00:16:48,132 --> 00:16:51,593 ♪ The hottest-selling Sunscreen under the sun ♪ 330 00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,363 - ♪ Hotter than hot ♪ - There we go. 331 00:16:53,387 --> 00:16:54,930 ♪ Is what you've got ♪ 332 00:16:55,014 --> 00:16:56,932 That's how we know we're having fun. 333 00:16:57,016 --> 00:16:58,934 ♪ The hottest-selling sunscreen ♪ 334 00:16:59,018 --> 00:17:01,437 ♪ To make you number one ♪ 335 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:02,604 7UP. 336 00:17:02,688 --> 00:17:04,648 One of the worst shows I've ever seen. 337 00:17:04,732 --> 00:17:06,835 - This one I love. Lipton on the Move. - Oh, yeah. 338 00:17:06,859 --> 00:17:09,045 - I think I first heard that at your place. - Mmm-hmm. 339 00:17:09,069 --> 00:17:10,588 And that song, um, is it the... 340 00:17:10,612 --> 00:17:11,965 - Salesman Sonata? - Salesman Sonata. 341 00:17:11,989 --> 00:17:13,258 - Yeah, great. - That's pretty good. 342 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:14,992 The guy's voice is just terrific. 343 00:17:15,075 --> 00:17:17,828 ♪ Oh, you've got this big Fantastic presentation ♪ 344 00:17:17,911 --> 00:17:19,431 - ♪ Yeah! ♪ - ♪ You've rehearsed it ♪ 345 00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:22,082 ♪ And you know it's gonna sell... ♪ 346 00:17:22,166 --> 00:17:25,044 We communicated, you know, 347 00:17:25,127 --> 00:17:27,421 once a day for eight years. 348 00:17:28,922 --> 00:17:32,176 Sharing little tidbits of information. 349 00:17:32,259 --> 00:17:36,722 Every new one that we find is a puzzle piece added to 350 00:17:36,805 --> 00:17:38,515 a very large jigsaw puzzle 351 00:17:38,599 --> 00:17:40,452 where we still can't quite make out what 352 00:17:40,476 --> 00:17:42,746 - the overall picture is supposed to be. - It's true. 353 00:17:42,770 --> 00:17:45,397 But... But we're assembling some version 354 00:17:45,481 --> 00:17:48,067 of a picture of America in the 20th century 355 00:17:48,150 --> 00:17:50,069 that had never quite been seen before. 356 00:17:54,782 --> 00:17:59,244 ♪ Allowances are The root of all goodness ♪ 357 00:17:59,328 --> 00:18:02,748 ♪ They're what you grocers adore ♪ 358 00:18:02,831 --> 00:18:08,253 ♪ So Purina comes To you with bigger ones ♪ 359 00:18:08,337 --> 00:18:11,840 ♪ Than ever before ♪ 360 00:18:11,924 --> 00:18:13,967 ♪ That's the way to work ♪ 361 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:16,386 ♪ These payments from Purina ♪ 362 00:18:16,470 --> 00:18:20,224 ♪ That's the way to fatten your till ♪ 363 00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:21,809 ♪ Get extra turn ♪ 364 00:18:21,892 --> 00:18:24,978 ♪ As more consumers come through ♪ 365 00:18:25,062 --> 00:18:28,982 ♪ Naturally there's profit in there, too ♪ 366 00:18:29,066 --> 00:18:33,987 ♪ From the extra margins that accrue ♪ 367 00:18:34,071 --> 00:18:38,784 - ♪ Gee whiz, what a deal ♪ - ♪ Gee whiz, what a deal ♪ 368 00:18:38,867 --> 00:18:40,869 ♪ It's spectacular! ♪ 369 00:18:44,456 --> 00:18:46,458 Here we go. 370 00:18:47,668 --> 00:18:50,337 - Hi, Steve. - Hello, Melody. 371 00:18:50,420 --> 00:18:52,923 - How are you? - I'm good. How are you? 372 00:18:53,006 --> 00:18:54,901 I'm good. I'm just trying to see you here. 373 00:18:54,925 --> 00:18:56,402 - All right. Oh, here. - There you are! 374 00:18:56,426 --> 00:18:58,971 Let me try that... A little of that. 375 00:18:59,054 --> 00:19:00,782 Where Steve took it into a different level 376 00:19:00,806 --> 00:19:02,075 was that he was contacting 377 00:19:02,099 --> 00:19:04,017 people who were actually in the shows. 378 00:19:04,101 --> 00:19:05,644 Maybe they'll talk to me, 379 00:19:05,727 --> 00:19:08,730 and maybe they'll say, "Oh, sure, 380 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:10,333 I have a closet full of records 381 00:19:10,357 --> 00:19:12,526 I'd be glad to... To fix you up with." 382 00:19:12,609 --> 00:19:14,862 It just blew me away when I heard from you. 383 00:19:14,945 --> 00:19:16,673 - Mmm-hmm. - And then, when you sent that 384 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:18,782 Purina Dog Chow film... 385 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:21,243 I mean, I just about fell over. 386 00:19:21,326 --> 00:19:24,371 I didn't even remember that they had filmed that. 387 00:19:24,454 --> 00:19:28,375 You don't have any, uh, records or tapes or videotapes 388 00:19:28,458 --> 00:19:30,919 or anything from your industrial stuff? 389 00:19:31,003 --> 00:19:33,130 You know, I don't think I do. 390 00:19:33,213 --> 00:19:35,316 - Mmm. - I mean, it's been a long time ago. 391 00:19:35,340 --> 00:19:37,318 Well, I've got some names I can toss out. 392 00:19:37,342 --> 00:19:39,028 - See if they shake anything loose. - Okay. 393 00:19:39,052 --> 00:19:40,637 Uh, Sheldon Harnick? 394 00:19:40,721 --> 00:19:43,140 Yes, of course. I did an industrial with him. 395 00:19:43,223 --> 00:19:45,267 - Really? - I forget what it was. 396 00:19:45,350 --> 00:19:49,521 I had grown up not really caring about Broadway musicals. 397 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:52,608 So these records had names and credits on them, 398 00:19:52,691 --> 00:19:55,110 but I didn't recognize names. 399 00:19:55,194 --> 00:19:56,987 A friend of mine had to say, 400 00:19:57,070 --> 00:19:59,239 "Do you realize who these people are? 401 00:19:59,323 --> 00:20:03,785 Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock wrote Fiddler on the Roof." 402 00:20:03,869 --> 00:20:05,889 "John Kander and Fred Ebb, they're famous. 403 00:20:05,913 --> 00:20:10,542 They... They did Cabaret. They did Chicago." 404 00:20:10,626 --> 00:20:14,213 So many performers and writers, choreographers 405 00:20:14,296 --> 00:20:16,590 have this stuff in their background. 406 00:20:16,673 --> 00:20:21,220 Bob Fosse, Bob Newhart, Chita Rivera, 407 00:20:21,303 --> 00:20:25,432 Florence Henderson, Martin Short, Susan Stroman. 408 00:20:26,683 --> 00:20:29,728 These are people who have changed American culture. 409 00:20:30,395 --> 00:20:32,856 That's, I think, when it started to feel like 410 00:20:32,940 --> 00:20:34,834 I've found some sort of treasure trove here 411 00:20:34,858 --> 00:20:38,528 that we weren't supposed to know about at all. 412 00:20:38,612 --> 00:20:40,673 Everybody else has been told, "This is not for you, 413 00:20:40,697 --> 00:20:42,449 and you can safely ignore it." 414 00:20:42,532 --> 00:20:46,453 But something in me, maybe it's comedy damage, 415 00:20:46,578 --> 00:20:48,488 said, "That's where I want to go now." 416 00:20:52,167 --> 00:20:53,877 Hi. 417 00:20:53,961 --> 00:20:54,962 Hi. 418 00:20:55,045 --> 00:20:56,463 - Hello. - Oh. 419 00:20:56,546 --> 00:20:59,341 - Well, hi, Steve. - Hello, Florence. 420 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:01,236 - Hello, Sheldon. - Welcome to casa mia. 421 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:02,469 Ah, thank you. 422 00:21:02,552 --> 00:21:04,554 I brought some memorabilia. 423 00:21:04,638 --> 00:21:07,015 - This is from the early 1970s... - Oh, my God. 424 00:21:07,099 --> 00:21:08,701 - Hello, Hank. - Good to see you. 425 00:21:08,725 --> 00:21:12,604 It was almost like having a door open to a secret society a little bit. 426 00:21:12,688 --> 00:21:15,649 The general public had no knowledge of what was going on 427 00:21:15,732 --> 00:21:17,710 unless you were at one of these sales meetings. 428 00:21:17,734 --> 00:21:20,296 They were never publicized. There was no advertising. 429 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:22,781 There were no tickets sold or anything like that. 430 00:21:22,864 --> 00:21:24,825 It was like we were CIA agents. 431 00:21:24,908 --> 00:21:27,202 You'd travel all over. 432 00:21:27,286 --> 00:21:29,246 Great hotels, great salary. 433 00:21:29,329 --> 00:21:30,872 It was a dream job. 434 00:21:30,956 --> 00:21:33,333 It was great if you could get one, 435 00:21:33,417 --> 00:21:34,960 and there were a lot of them. 436 00:21:35,043 --> 00:21:36,878 I did them for Shell gasoline. 437 00:21:36,962 --> 00:21:38,380 The Buick show. 438 00:21:38,463 --> 00:21:40,257 The Ford tractor show. 439 00:21:40,340 --> 00:21:42,009 York air conditioners, 440 00:21:42,092 --> 00:21:43,444 American Standard air conditioners, 441 00:21:43,468 --> 00:21:45,012 General Electric. 442 00:21:45,095 --> 00:21:46,888 I did Dodge, Cadillac, 443 00:21:46,972 --> 00:21:49,057 RCA, McDonald's. 444 00:21:49,141 --> 00:21:50,642 - Burger King. - Ragu. 445 00:21:50,726 --> 00:21:51,727 And Nabisco. 446 00:21:51,810 --> 00:21:55,272 At one point, I did a big industrial show for Maidenform. 447 00:21:55,355 --> 00:21:59,318 The 75th anniversary of the Ford Motor Company comes to mind 448 00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:01,069 as one of the most extravagant. 449 00:22:01,153 --> 00:22:03,447 I'm partial, but I think the ones we did, 450 00:22:03,530 --> 00:22:05,407 the Oldsmobile industrial shows, 451 00:22:05,490 --> 00:22:07,909 were by far the best. 452 00:22:07,993 --> 00:22:10,329 I got your number through Melody. 453 00:22:10,412 --> 00:22:12,432 Now, did you know some of the other Chicago people? 454 00:22:12,456 --> 00:22:13,957 Oh, yes. 455 00:22:14,041 --> 00:22:15,667 The more I looked, 456 00:22:15,751 --> 00:22:18,545 the more it just opened up and got broader and deeper. 457 00:22:18,628 --> 00:22:21,673 How about Sandi Freeman of the legendary show, 458 00:22:21,757 --> 00:22:23,192 - The Bathrooms Are Coming!? - Yes. 459 00:22:23,216 --> 00:22:26,053 Oh, she was on the Pure Oil tour with me. 460 00:22:26,136 --> 00:22:28,096 - She moved away. - I started to suspect 461 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,766 that there were thousands of other shows. 462 00:22:31,349 --> 00:22:33,769 So, what else was out there, 463 00:22:33,852 --> 00:22:35,687 and just how far does this go? 464 00:22:35,771 --> 00:22:38,988 You uncovered a whole new world that was going on in those days. 465 00:22:39,066 --> 00:22:40,984 Yes, and it's still unfolding. 466 00:22:45,405 --> 00:22:47,991 Everywhere throughout the civilized world, 467 00:22:48,075 --> 00:22:50,452 people know this street. 468 00:22:50,535 --> 00:22:53,663 Broadway, USA, the longest street in the world. 469 00:22:54,456 --> 00:22:56,708 But Broadway is a street of many moods, 470 00:22:56,792 --> 00:22:58,602 and we're going to see most of them. 471 00:23:03,590 --> 00:23:06,555 When I arrived in New York, I wanted to be Richard Rodgers. 472 00:23:07,761 --> 00:23:10,156 But when I got there, I found there already was one. 473 00:23:10,180 --> 00:23:11,556 And he was very active. 474 00:23:12,724 --> 00:23:15,328 Yeah, I came along at what they call the Golden Age. 475 00:23:15,352 --> 00:23:17,270 And that was when there was... 476 00:23:17,354 --> 00:23:19,439 Every single theater had a... 477 00:23:19,523 --> 00:23:20,816 A hit in it. 478 00:23:21,942 --> 00:23:25,362 Theater was something I knew absolutely nothing about, 479 00:23:25,445 --> 00:23:27,840 but a friend loaned me a copy of Finian's Rainbow. 480 00:23:27,864 --> 00:23:32,410 I listened to it, and I thought those lyrics were so clever. 481 00:23:32,786 --> 00:23:34,955 That is what I want to do with my life. 482 00:23:35,831 --> 00:23:38,291 So, your first awareness 483 00:23:38,375 --> 00:23:40,812 that there was something called an industrial show 484 00:23:40,836 --> 00:23:42,480 was after you had gotten to New York 485 00:23:42,504 --> 00:23:46,049 and you were trying to break into the songwriting business. 486 00:23:46,133 --> 00:23:50,178 Yeah. By that time, I had placed songs in revues. 487 00:23:50,262 --> 00:23:53,098 I don't think that I'd had a book musical yet, 488 00:23:53,181 --> 00:23:57,602 but I was broke and that's where the industrials came in. 489 00:23:57,686 --> 00:24:01,148 ♪ Money, money, money, money, money ♪ 490 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:03,191 ♪ Paychecks come to quite a sum ♪ 491 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:04,651 ♪ Money, money ♪ 492 00:24:04,734 --> 00:24:07,070 ♪ If you're gonna get this plum ♪ 493 00:24:07,154 --> 00:24:09,823 - ♪ Money, money ♪ - ♪ You gotta shake it loose ♪ 494 00:24:09,906 --> 00:24:11,324 ♪ You gotta shake it loose ♪ 495 00:24:11,408 --> 00:24:14,035 ♪ You gotta shake, shake, shake it loose ♪ 496 00:24:17,873 --> 00:24:20,792 During that period of '50s, '60s and '70s, 497 00:24:21,042 --> 00:24:23,086 there was this enormous 498 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:25,297 optimism in the United States. 499 00:24:25,839 --> 00:24:29,176 And the industrial shows represented that optimism. 500 00:24:31,261 --> 00:24:33,805 America came out of World War II, 501 00:24:33,889 --> 00:24:35,557 and we just kept right on going. 502 00:24:37,851 --> 00:24:39,829 Tomorrow's gonna be better than yesterday, 503 00:24:39,853 --> 00:24:41,563 and everybody felt that. 504 00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:45,775 It looks like an ordinary day in the USA, 505 00:24:45,859 --> 00:24:49,613 but in the city of Flint, Michigan, all is excitement. 506 00:24:49,696 --> 00:24:51,615 For on this day, 507 00:24:51,698 --> 00:24:56,578 General Motors is building its 50 millionth car. 508 00:24:56,661 --> 00:24:58,914 No one has ever come close to that before, 509 00:24:59,915 --> 00:25:02,709 so no wonder celebration is in the very air. 510 00:25:04,336 --> 00:25:06,504 Now, I know that your district managers 511 00:25:06,588 --> 00:25:08,840 already told you something about our 512 00:25:08,924 --> 00:25:12,093 August-September-October sales drive, 513 00:25:12,594 --> 00:25:16,556 but the details of this program are so startling 514 00:25:16,640 --> 00:25:19,351 that we thought our entire selling organization 515 00:25:19,434 --> 00:25:22,145 would like to be together to hear about them. 516 00:25:22,229 --> 00:25:24,731 ♪ Honolulu's waiting For you, Firestone ♪ 517 00:25:24,814 --> 00:25:27,234 ♪ Honolulu's celebrating Firestone ♪ 518 00:25:27,317 --> 00:25:29,361 ♪ Win a prize, come to paradise ♪ 519 00:25:29,444 --> 00:25:31,988 ♪ Have a happy, happy, happy time ♪ 520 00:25:32,072 --> 00:25:34,634 ♪ There'll be music like You never heard before... ♪ 521 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,052 During a certain time frame, 522 00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:39,079 it was very popular for business people 523 00:25:39,162 --> 00:25:40,747 to hold an annual meeting 524 00:25:40,830 --> 00:25:43,291 where they would bring in their salespeople. 525 00:25:43,375 --> 00:25:45,377 - ♪ You can be the one ♪ - ♪ All yours ♪ 526 00:25:45,460 --> 00:25:46,920 ♪ You can have the fun... ♪ 527 00:25:47,003 --> 00:25:51,049 Over 1,000 salespeople will spend the next four days learning more know-how 528 00:25:51,132 --> 00:25:53,718 from top sales executives in the industry. 529 00:25:53,802 --> 00:25:57,013 So I say to you, go out and sell Tupperware. 530 00:25:57,931 --> 00:25:59,724 But also sell America. 531 00:26:01,559 --> 00:26:03,061 The executives wanted 532 00:26:03,144 --> 00:26:06,690 to introduce new products to all their salesmen. 533 00:26:06,773 --> 00:26:11,987 So they combined education with entertainment. 534 00:26:13,196 --> 00:26:14,739 There are going to be cars, 535 00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:16,950 singing, dancing, 536 00:26:17,033 --> 00:26:18,743 movies and more cars. 537 00:26:19,536 --> 00:26:22,372 To me, all I can think of is a hotel banquet room, 538 00:26:22,455 --> 00:26:26,042 and they're clearing the plates and the half-eaten roast beef, 539 00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:28,962 and the cigarette butts are being taken away, and... 540 00:26:29,045 --> 00:26:32,173 And there may be, uh, Baked Alaska for dessert, 541 00:26:32,257 --> 00:26:34,551 and then the house lights dim, and then... 542 00:26:34,634 --> 00:26:38,138 Shh. Your attention, please. 543 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,558 Your A.B. Dick Company pacemaker sales meeting... 544 00:26:41,766 --> 00:26:43,852 ♪ Is about to begin ♪ 545 00:26:49,899 --> 00:26:52,152 ♪ Detroit Diesel is dazzling ♪ 546 00:26:52,235 --> 00:26:53,653 ♪ Diesel is dazzling ♪ 547 00:26:53,737 --> 00:26:55,238 ♪ Diesel is dazzling now ♪ 548 00:26:55,322 --> 00:26:57,324 ♪ Detroit Diesel is dazzling ♪ 549 00:26:57,407 --> 00:26:58,992 ♪ Diesel is dazzling ♪ 550 00:26:59,075 --> 00:27:01,119 ♪ Diesel is dazzling now ♪ 551 00:27:01,202 --> 00:27:05,623 ♪ We're here to celebrate The wonderful past years ♪ 552 00:27:05,707 --> 00:27:08,710 ♪ Been moving fast ♪ 553 00:27:08,793 --> 00:27:11,963 ♪ These last years ♪ 554 00:27:12,047 --> 00:27:15,342 ♪ Now that we're a company That they must watch ♪ 555 00:27:16,760 --> 00:27:18,303 ♪ Just watch ♪ 556 00:27:18,386 --> 00:27:20,472 ♪ Detroit Diesel dazzle ♪ 557 00:27:21,639 --> 00:27:23,725 ♪ Our competition knows ♪ 558 00:27:23,808 --> 00:27:26,019 ♪ Who's having the last laugh ♪ 559 00:27:26,102 --> 00:27:29,147 ♪ As our profits climb ♪ 560 00:27:29,230 --> 00:27:31,983 ♪ Right off the graph ♪ 561 00:27:32,067 --> 00:27:35,862 ♪ And when they see They'll never stop it or stall it ♪ 562 00:27:37,030 --> 00:27:38,490 ♪ They'll call it ♪ 563 00:27:38,573 --> 00:27:40,950 ♪ Detroit Diesel dazzle ♪ 564 00:27:41,034 --> 00:27:44,537 ♪ Dazzling sales, dazzling growth... ♪ 565 00:27:44,621 --> 00:27:46,623 How much money are we talking about 566 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:48,208 to put on one of these? 567 00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:49,709 They spent a lot of money. 568 00:27:49,793 --> 00:27:51,544 The first Chevrolet show I did, 569 00:27:51,628 --> 00:27:53,755 uh, the budget for that was three million. 570 00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:55,775 You can compare that, for instance, 571 00:27:55,799 --> 00:27:57,884 to what it cost to put My Fair Lady on 572 00:27:57,967 --> 00:28:03,807 that same month in 1956, which was $446,000. 573 00:28:03,890 --> 00:28:05,266 So the amount of money 574 00:28:05,350 --> 00:28:07,203 being spent on the real Broadway musicals 575 00:28:07,227 --> 00:28:12,190 is being dwarfed by the amount of money spent over decades 576 00:28:12,273 --> 00:28:13,942 on the industrial shows. 577 00:28:14,025 --> 00:28:16,319 At the time, yes, absolutely. 578 00:28:16,403 --> 00:28:18,214 - Yeah. - So, real Broadway is this little tip 579 00:28:18,238 --> 00:28:19,465 sticking above the water. 580 00:28:19,489 --> 00:28:22,951 Industrials are the eight-ninths of the iceberg under water. 581 00:28:23,034 --> 00:28:26,830 Certainly, in terms of money spent on live shows, yeah. 582 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:29,958 ♪ They're setting the pace ♪ 583 00:28:30,041 --> 00:28:31,668 ♪ Yes, setting the pace ♪ 584 00:28:31,751 --> 00:28:33,670 ♪ They're setting the pace ♪ 585 00:28:33,753 --> 00:28:35,547 ♪ For the world... ♪ 586 00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,216 In the '50s, you had the car companies 587 00:28:38,299 --> 00:28:39,551 and appliance companies. 588 00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:43,096 But by the '60s, it turned into a flood. 589 00:28:43,179 --> 00:28:45,223 Everybody was doing these things. 590 00:28:45,306 --> 00:28:47,100 Giant companies, tiny companies, 591 00:28:47,183 --> 00:28:50,645 cast of 40 people, cast of two people and one piano. 592 00:28:50,729 --> 00:28:53,898 You get shows for weird products 593 00:28:53,982 --> 00:28:57,777 like plastic wrap for butchers, floor tile, 594 00:28:57,861 --> 00:29:00,697 car key blanks, roller bearings. 595 00:29:00,780 --> 00:29:02,323 Anything can be a musical. 596 00:29:05,702 --> 00:29:08,747 ♪ In polyester Who's got the bester? ♪ 597 00:29:08,830 --> 00:29:11,124 ♪ In polyester, the texturized kind ♪ 598 00:29:11,207 --> 00:29:13,835 ♪ May we suggester who leads the rester ♪ 599 00:29:13,918 --> 00:29:16,963 ♪ In polyester, the Milliken kind ♪ 600 00:29:17,046 --> 00:29:21,426 ♪ What would the world be like Without great spark plugs? ♪ 601 00:29:21,509 --> 00:29:25,096 ♪ Gloom and misery ♪ 602 00:29:25,180 --> 00:29:29,309 ♪ But just as long as there's a Champion ♪ 603 00:29:29,392 --> 00:29:32,353 ♪ It will never be... ♪ 604 00:29:32,437 --> 00:29:34,355 ♪ We're gonna show the world ♪ 605 00:29:34,439 --> 00:29:36,191 ♪ Just who's-a the boss ♪ 606 00:29:36,274 --> 00:29:37,817 ♪ 'Cause all across the land ♪ 607 00:29:37,901 --> 00:29:40,153 ♪ There's a cry for new sauce ♪ 608 00:29:40,236 --> 00:29:42,655 ♪ The sauce, the sauce ♪ 609 00:29:42,739 --> 00:29:46,493 ♪ Nothing shakes the kingdom ♪ 610 00:29:46,576 --> 00:29:51,039 ♪ The kingdom of Ragu ♪ 611 00:29:52,749 --> 00:29:54,834 So, over the course of several decades, 612 00:29:54,918 --> 00:29:58,630 there were thousands of shows being done around the country. 613 00:29:58,713 --> 00:30:01,424 Many were song parody shows 614 00:30:01,508 --> 00:30:04,135 based on preexisting material. 615 00:30:04,219 --> 00:30:08,056 But my favorite writers were the original music and lyric people. 616 00:30:08,139 --> 00:30:11,351 Hank Beebe, Michael Brown, Sid Siegel. 617 00:30:11,434 --> 00:30:13,895 That's what I was really looking for. 618 00:30:13,978 --> 00:30:16,123 - It says Care-A-Van. - That was supposed to be 619 00:30:16,147 --> 00:30:18,691 some crazy thing with hippies and appliances. 620 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:23,321 But there was no centralized bureau of information 621 00:30:23,404 --> 00:30:24,739 that I could draw upon. 622 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:28,117 The Library of Congress has corporate films, 623 00:30:28,201 --> 00:30:30,578 but within that, there's thousands of them, 624 00:30:30,662 --> 00:30:33,289 and very few would actually be of interest to me. 625 00:30:33,373 --> 00:30:37,669 You understand why they needed a musical, 626 00:30:38,211 --> 00:30:39,546 because, oh, my God. 627 00:30:41,214 --> 00:30:43,925 ♪ It's a great big Beautiful morning ♪ 628 00:30:44,008 --> 00:30:47,011 - ♪ At the start of... ♪ - That's Michael Brown music. 629 00:30:47,095 --> 00:30:49,347 That's Michael Brown music. 630 00:30:49,430 --> 00:30:51,683 That's Michael Brown. That's Michael Brown! 631 00:30:53,476 --> 00:30:55,788 "Starring Michael Brown." "Written by Michael Brown." 632 00:30:55,812 --> 00:30:59,899 Oh, my. Oh, my. Oh, my. 633 00:30:59,983 --> 00:31:02,485 That is an exciting find. 634 00:31:02,569 --> 00:31:05,989 Who knows who's ever looked at this in the last 50 years? 635 00:31:06,072 --> 00:31:08,533 ♪ Come on along and find a treasure ♪ 636 00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:11,327 ♪ Much nearer than the rainbow's end ♪ 637 00:31:11,411 --> 00:31:12,638 - There he is. - ♪ Come on along ♪ 638 00:31:12,662 --> 00:31:14,914 ♪ And try the pleasure ♪ 639 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:16,892 ♪ Finding your heart's desire, My friend... ♪ 640 00:31:16,916 --> 00:31:19,019 He wrote his own lyrics. He wrote his own music. 641 00:31:19,043 --> 00:31:20,712 He directed his own shows. 642 00:31:20,795 --> 00:31:22,398 He quite often starred in his shows. 643 00:31:22,422 --> 00:31:25,842 He was just this all-around showman, 644 00:31:25,925 --> 00:31:27,927 not shying away from 645 00:31:28,011 --> 00:31:30,513 the human emotion element in these things 646 00:31:30,597 --> 00:31:32,324 and the hope for a better tomorrow. 647 00:31:32,348 --> 00:31:35,768 ♪ Good morning, Kemmerer ♪ 648 00:31:35,852 --> 00:31:38,521 ♪ Good morning ♪ 649 00:31:40,106 --> 00:31:43,026 ♪ It is 6:00 a.m. ♪ 650 00:31:43,109 --> 00:31:46,112 ♪ And no one's come ♪ 651 00:31:48,531 --> 00:31:50,742 ♪ I've swept the sidewalk ♪ 652 00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:54,203 ♪ Twenty times this morning ♪ 653 00:31:56,247 --> 00:31:58,666 ♪ My heart is beating ♪ 654 00:31:58,750 --> 00:32:02,295 ♪ Louder than a drum ♪ 655 00:32:02,378 --> 00:32:04,380 Historians didn't really know about it. 656 00:32:04,464 --> 00:32:06,382 ♪ Won't you come? ♪ 657 00:32:06,466 --> 00:32:08,593 Music people didn't really know about it. 658 00:32:08,676 --> 00:32:11,429 - ♪ Won't you come? ♪ - No one knew what it was. 659 00:32:11,512 --> 00:32:12,907 No one cared. No one wanted it. 660 00:32:12,931 --> 00:32:14,849 ♪ Won't you come? ♪ 661 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,518 There are many records in my collection 662 00:32:17,602 --> 00:32:19,580 that are the single known copy of a show. 663 00:32:19,604 --> 00:32:22,148 It's that close to having disappeared forever. 664 00:32:23,441 --> 00:32:27,445 ♪ Please come ♪ 665 00:32:28,321 --> 00:32:32,867 This is a record I've never heard, I've never seen. 666 00:32:32,951 --> 00:32:35,161 I didn't even know it existed. 667 00:32:35,244 --> 00:32:39,082 Now I'm gonna see if we have a great new masterwork. 668 00:32:39,165 --> 00:32:40,792 Here we go. 669 00:32:48,716 --> 00:32:53,638 ♪ Who else but Whirlpool Could ever be ♪ 670 00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:57,350 ♪ First of all in the industry ♪ 671 00:32:57,433 --> 00:33:01,104 ♪ First with the products That serve so well ♪ 672 00:33:01,187 --> 00:33:03,022 ♪ First with the features ♪ 673 00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:05,024 ♪ That sell, sell, sell... ♪ 674 00:33:05,108 --> 00:33:07,110 I don't know a lot of other dads 675 00:33:07,193 --> 00:33:09,129 who sit in front of their record collection 676 00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:11,990 just sitting there for hours and hours and hours 677 00:33:12,073 --> 00:33:16,160 just listening to these records that, like, only he knows about. 678 00:33:17,662 --> 00:33:19,706 No lyrics about Whirlpool appliances? 679 00:33:22,333 --> 00:33:23,942 All right, let's go. Here we go. 680 00:33:24,002 --> 00:33:26,230 ♪ She only buys one When she finally buys... ♪ 681 00:33:26,254 --> 00:33:29,632 I don't think I've ever been able to express to myself 682 00:33:29,716 --> 00:33:32,969 what I'm trying to do with collecting this stuff. 683 00:33:33,052 --> 00:33:36,848 ♪ Just one... ♪ 684 00:33:36,931 --> 00:33:40,143 I remember just as a... A snapshot of how, 685 00:33:40,226 --> 00:33:42,478 in the early '90s, I was in New York, 686 00:33:42,562 --> 00:33:44,147 I was working at the show. 687 00:33:44,230 --> 00:33:47,483 There was two weeks off in August. 688 00:33:47,567 --> 00:33:49,152 My wife was working. 689 00:33:49,235 --> 00:33:51,904 We didn't have kids yet. 690 00:33:51,988 --> 00:33:54,258 After a couple days, I ran out of things to do. 691 00:33:54,282 --> 00:33:56,909 I literally didn't have any interests. 692 00:33:57,452 --> 00:34:00,747 I just went to a bar and just drank like four drinks 693 00:34:00,830 --> 00:34:02,474 and came home, and the room was spinning, 694 00:34:02,498 --> 00:34:05,043 and I passed out, and that's all I had to do. 695 00:34:05,126 --> 00:34:07,462 ♪ Just one... ♪ 696 00:34:07,545 --> 00:34:09,589 Cut to two years later, and I'm finding 697 00:34:09,672 --> 00:34:13,259 the first industrial show souvenir album. 698 00:34:13,342 --> 00:34:16,345 ♪ Just one ♪ 699 00:34:16,429 --> 00:34:17,805 ♪ For only one... ♪ 700 00:34:17,889 --> 00:34:21,559 If no one else in the world liked or cared about industrial musicals, 701 00:34:21,642 --> 00:34:24,062 I would still just want them for myself, 702 00:34:24,145 --> 00:34:26,731 even if I was the only one cackling with glee 703 00:34:26,814 --> 00:34:30,359 over a particularly good air conditioner selling song. 704 00:34:30,443 --> 00:34:33,112 ♪ First at any price... ♪ 705 00:34:33,196 --> 00:34:34,781 And then I would also think, 706 00:34:34,864 --> 00:34:38,034 maybe not this year, maybe not in ten years, 707 00:34:38,117 --> 00:34:41,704 someday there's gonna be somebody with the weird, uh, 708 00:34:41,788 --> 00:34:44,165 psychological makeup that I have, 709 00:34:44,248 --> 00:34:46,626 more or less, who's gonna like this also. 710 00:34:46,709 --> 00:34:50,755 ♪ Just one ♪ 711 00:34:54,217 --> 00:34:56,052 - Hello, Don. - Hey. 712 00:34:56,135 --> 00:35:00,306 Don Bolles is well-known from the punk-rock world, 713 00:35:00,389 --> 00:35:02,934 but, uh, he's also a very advanced collector 714 00:35:03,017 --> 00:35:06,187 of weird records of all sorts, including industrials. 715 00:35:08,189 --> 00:35:10,191 - Cool. - We record vocals in here. 716 00:35:11,943 --> 00:35:13,903 I met him at the Rose Bowl Flea Market, 717 00:35:13,986 --> 00:35:16,256 and he was selling records with somebody, and I said, 718 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,176 "Do you have anything with this kind of corporate musical thing?" 719 00:35:19,200 --> 00:35:21,178 And you ask that question a hundred times, 720 00:35:21,202 --> 00:35:24,122 you think people are never gonna understand what you say, 721 00:35:24,205 --> 00:35:26,100 and then he immediately says, "Oh, yeah, sure. 722 00:35:26,124 --> 00:35:28,644 I got the Listerine show. I got the Life magazine show. 723 00:35:28,668 --> 00:35:30,312 I think I got the Westinghouse show." 724 00:35:30,336 --> 00:35:32,630 I said, "You and I need to be friends." 725 00:35:32,713 --> 00:35:34,173 This is Chez Bolles. 726 00:35:34,257 --> 00:35:36,175 - Indeed. Come on in. - All right. 727 00:35:36,259 --> 00:35:39,262 - Mi hovel, su hovel. - Oh, merci. 728 00:35:39,345 --> 00:35:41,973 Here's my collection of "lost pet" flyers. 729 00:35:43,391 --> 00:35:44,827 Do you find many of the pets? 730 00:35:44,851 --> 00:35:47,854 Uh, no, mostly just the flyers. 731 00:35:47,937 --> 00:35:49,313 Here's a pretty good one. 732 00:35:49,397 --> 00:35:51,190 - It's okay. - Yeah. 733 00:35:51,274 --> 00:35:53,484 If you like that sub-subgenre. 734 00:35:53,568 --> 00:35:54,795 I wanted to show you this. 735 00:35:54,819 --> 00:35:56,463 I don't know if you know this record. 736 00:35:56,487 --> 00:35:58,447 Mead Johnson. I don't have that one. 737 00:35:58,531 --> 00:35:59,949 It's a real good one. 738 00:36:00,032 --> 00:36:02,577 ♪ Pharmaceutical men and women ♪ 739 00:36:02,660 --> 00:36:05,204 - Oh, really? - ♪ Rise up to hear the call ♪ 740 00:36:05,288 --> 00:36:07,498 "Rise up to hear the call." 741 00:36:07,582 --> 00:36:09,333 Well, I want one of those. 742 00:36:09,417 --> 00:36:11,252 - And here. - All right. 743 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:12,628 May I hold that? 744 00:36:12,712 --> 00:36:14,505 This is the pièce de résistance. 745 00:36:14,589 --> 00:36:17,466 That's right. We think this is the only known copy 746 00:36:17,550 --> 00:36:19,719 confirmed in the world at this point. 747 00:36:19,802 --> 00:36:22,805 There was a rumor that one had been snapped up 748 00:36:22,889 --> 00:36:24,473 by a Japanese collector. 749 00:36:24,557 --> 00:36:26,184 - ♪ Growing ♪ - So here you go. 750 00:36:26,267 --> 00:36:28,162 All right. So you know I've wanted this one 751 00:36:28,186 --> 00:36:29,496 - for a long time. - Oh, yeah. 752 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,081 Yes, and you've copied it for me. 753 00:36:31,105 --> 00:36:33,024 And I feel bad, you know, not, uh... 754 00:36:33,107 --> 00:36:35,401 Not just handing it over to you outright. 755 00:36:35,484 --> 00:36:37,195 Well, someday I will find it. 756 00:36:37,278 --> 00:36:40,865 There are records that I've looked for for a dozen years and then found. 757 00:36:40,948 --> 00:36:42,241 If I find it, you know, 758 00:36:42,325 --> 00:36:44,219 you're getting whatever copy is more scratched up. 759 00:36:44,243 --> 00:36:45,703 Okay. 760 00:36:45,786 --> 00:36:47,639 ♪ We bring power To millions and millions ♪ 761 00:36:47,663 --> 00:36:49,266 ♪ We've the expertise and resources ♪ 762 00:36:49,290 --> 00:36:51,209 ♪ To control electrical forces ♪ 763 00:36:51,292 --> 00:36:52,978 ♪ We provide the power the world uses ♪ 764 00:36:53,002 --> 00:36:54,921 ♪ Store, convert, we even make fuses ♪ 765 00:36:55,004 --> 00:36:58,716 ♪ We're that corporation You know as Gould... ♪ 766 00:36:58,799 --> 00:37:01,469 I wish I could do more trades with Steve, 767 00:37:01,552 --> 00:37:03,763 but I don't find enough stuff. 768 00:37:03,846 --> 00:37:05,848 If I actually blundered into 'em, 769 00:37:05,932 --> 00:37:08,577 it usually means they're the ones that are relatively, 770 00:37:08,601 --> 00:37:11,145 if you can even use the word, "common," 771 00:37:11,229 --> 00:37:12,647 by the standards of this. 772 00:37:12,730 --> 00:37:14,607 And Steve not only has one copy, 773 00:37:14,690 --> 00:37:17,526 he may be sitting on a closet full of them, 774 00:37:17,610 --> 00:37:19,070 that wicked hoarder. 775 00:37:19,153 --> 00:37:21,197 Jell-O, this is only the second copy 776 00:37:21,280 --> 00:37:22,907 of this record I have ever seen. 777 00:37:22,990 --> 00:37:24,700 Really? 778 00:37:24,784 --> 00:37:28,788 I might have to talk to you, uh, about some sort of trade. 779 00:37:28,871 --> 00:37:30,265 - Uh-oh. - Because this is... 780 00:37:30,289 --> 00:37:32,291 He's coming to collect his debt. 781 00:37:32,375 --> 00:37:33,810 - Yeah, well... - He warned me. 782 00:37:33,834 --> 00:37:35,854 "Here, you can have the Bathroom record." Then he goes, 783 00:37:35,878 --> 00:37:37,856 - "Someday you're gonna owe me." - That's right. 784 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:41,259 It's hard to top The Bathrooms Are Coming! 785 00:37:41,342 --> 00:37:43,344 I mean, because it's the '60s, 786 00:37:43,427 --> 00:37:47,265 it even starts out with a song about revolution, 787 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:50,768 but it's all a revolution in plumbing fixtures. 788 00:37:50,851 --> 00:37:52,603 And, you know, you're the new... 789 00:37:52,687 --> 00:37:55,815 You're the new Paul Revere, the new Samuel Adams. 790 00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:59,694 You're crossing the Delaware to better toilets. 791 00:38:01,404 --> 00:38:04,198 ♪ It's revolution ♪ 792 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,993 ♪ Bathroom revolution ♪ 793 00:38:07,076 --> 00:38:09,495 ♪ Hurry now, the bathrooms are coming ♪ 794 00:38:09,578 --> 00:38:12,873 ♪ The bathrooms are coming your way... ♪ 795 00:38:12,957 --> 00:38:15,251 The Bathrooms pretty much 796 00:38:15,334 --> 00:38:18,754 is perfection on vinyl, I must say. 797 00:38:18,838 --> 00:38:21,674 ♪ Get behind American Standard ♪ 798 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:23,926 ♪ American Standard today... ♪ 799 00:38:24,010 --> 00:38:26,804 The album cover has all these wonderful vignettes 800 00:38:26,887 --> 00:38:29,682 of mysterious moments from the show, 801 00:38:29,765 --> 00:38:32,143 and for years, I'd been saying, 802 00:38:32,226 --> 00:38:35,771 "Oh, I wish I knew what that caveman toilet thing was." 803 00:38:35,855 --> 00:38:37,732 "Or, "I wish I knew what was going on 804 00:38:37,815 --> 00:38:40,818 with this hillbilly with his jug of moonshine." 805 00:38:40,901 --> 00:38:42,528 I guess we'll never know. 806 00:38:43,321 --> 00:38:45,590 There were a lot of cast members who I couldn't find. 807 00:38:45,614 --> 00:38:48,117 And the composer, Sid Siegel, I couldn't find. 808 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,703 Sport noticed on YouTube once 809 00:38:50,786 --> 00:38:53,289 somebody had put up the song "My Bathroom." 810 00:38:53,372 --> 00:38:56,417 But one of the comments was, "Oh, my aunt sang that." 811 00:38:56,500 --> 00:38:58,252 That's what broke it open. 812 00:38:59,920 --> 00:39:01,797 So I'm talking suddenly to Patt, 813 00:39:01,881 --> 00:39:05,426 one of the cast members from The Bathrooms Are Coming! 814 00:39:05,926 --> 00:39:08,387 She e-mailed me at one point and said, 815 00:39:08,471 --> 00:39:10,848 "I didn't want to tell you until I was sure, 816 00:39:10,931 --> 00:39:13,559 but I went and looked through a lot of stuff, 817 00:39:13,642 --> 00:39:16,270 and I do have a 16-millimeter film 818 00:39:16,354 --> 00:39:18,773 of The Bathrooms Are Coming! Show." 819 00:39:20,691 --> 00:39:22,443 This was a bolt out of the blue. 820 00:39:22,526 --> 00:39:25,391 I could not have even dared to hope that there was a film. 821 00:39:26,072 --> 00:39:30,659 I put the DVD into the player with trembling hands. 822 00:39:30,743 --> 00:39:34,747 After all this time, questions were going to be answered. 823 00:39:34,830 --> 00:39:36,499 ♪ My bathroom ♪ 824 00:39:37,625 --> 00:39:39,794 ♪ My bathroom ♪ 825 00:39:41,504 --> 00:39:46,634 ♪ Is my very special room ♪ 826 00:39:46,717 --> 00:39:51,472 ♪ Where I primp and fuss and groom ♪ 827 00:39:51,555 --> 00:39:54,558 ♪ Where I can get ♪ 828 00:39:54,642 --> 00:39:57,895 ♪ Away from all ♪ 829 00:39:57,978 --> 00:40:03,067 ♪ And really feel in bloom ♪ 830 00:40:03,150 --> 00:40:08,656 ♪ I'm free, I'm free ♪ 831 00:40:08,739 --> 00:40:12,034 ♪ I've closed out the world ♪ 832 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:14,870 ♪ I'm free ♪ 833 00:40:14,954 --> 00:40:20,459 ♪ I'm free, I'm free ♪ 834 00:40:20,543 --> 00:40:22,378 ♪ Now at last ♪ 835 00:40:22,461 --> 00:40:29,301 ♪ I can really be me ♪ 836 00:40:29,385 --> 00:40:33,389 ♪ In my bathroom ♪ 837 00:40:33,472 --> 00:40:37,143 ♪ My bathroom ♪ 838 00:40:37,226 --> 00:40:43,399 ♪ Is much more than it may seem ♪ 839 00:40:43,482 --> 00:40:48,779 ♪ Where I wash and where I cream ♪ 840 00:40:48,863 --> 00:40:54,243 ♪ A special place where I can stay ♪ 841 00:40:54,326 --> 00:40:59,248 ♪ And cream and dream and dream ♪ 842 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:01,584 ♪ And dream ♪ 843 00:41:01,667 --> 00:41:06,505 ♪ Dream ♪ 844 00:41:09,800 --> 00:41:12,511 The film, it's a... It's a mess. 845 00:41:12,595 --> 00:41:15,890 Well, I mean, I love it. It's at the far horizon 846 00:41:15,973 --> 00:41:18,559 where the usual adjectives of "good" and "bad" 847 00:41:18,642 --> 00:41:20,352 don't even apply anymore. 848 00:41:20,436 --> 00:41:22,897 That sweet spot where I can't tell anymore. 849 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:24,732 "Is this the best thing ever, 850 00:41:24,815 --> 00:41:26,650 or is this the worst thing ever?" 851 00:41:26,734 --> 00:41:28,611 Now, that's a good place to be. 852 00:41:28,694 --> 00:41:30,529 Come on, Femma, come alive. 853 00:41:30,613 --> 00:41:32,364 Lead a revolution for us. 854 00:41:33,449 --> 00:41:36,911 What do urinals and doctors' wash bowls have to do with us? 855 00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:41,457 What do I look like, a piano tuner? 856 00:41:41,540 --> 00:41:42,750 I'm a plumber. 857 00:41:47,755 --> 00:41:50,883 Today, I finally get to meet Patt Stanton Gjonola 858 00:41:50,966 --> 00:41:52,593 from The Bathrooms Are Coming! 859 00:41:52,676 --> 00:41:54,762 It's like a summit meeting, a... 860 00:41:54,845 --> 00:41:58,265 I don't... I don't know how I'm a somebody at a summit meeting. 861 00:41:58,349 --> 00:42:01,560 That's usually... Presidents. 862 00:42:03,270 --> 00:42:05,689 I don't even know what Patt looks like now. 863 00:42:05,773 --> 00:42:09,151 I have this vision of her from 45 years ago, 864 00:42:09,235 --> 00:42:11,654 and I'm trying to update it in my head. 865 00:42:11,737 --> 00:42:14,532 ♪ No more will we be contented... ♪ 866 00:42:14,615 --> 00:42:17,243 I'm sure I will, uh, get the idea 867 00:42:17,326 --> 00:42:20,204 once I get down there and there's a woman 868 00:42:20,287 --> 00:42:22,432 sort of looking attentively in my direction. 869 00:42:22,456 --> 00:42:24,833 ♪ This is the time, the time for change ♪ 870 00:42:24,917 --> 00:42:28,170 ♪ We've gone and made a vow ♪ 871 00:42:28,254 --> 00:42:31,215 ♪ We want a bathroom really new ♪ 872 00:42:31,298 --> 00:42:34,593 ♪ Must be a woman's dream come true ♪ 873 00:42:34,677 --> 00:42:37,680 ♪ It's a big job you've got to do ♪ 874 00:42:37,763 --> 00:42:40,558 ♪ The time for change ♪ 875 00:42:40,641 --> 00:42:44,603 ♪ Is now ♪ 876 00:42:50,150 --> 00:42:52,653 Excuse me. Are you Patt? 877 00:42:52,736 --> 00:42:54,405 I'm Patt. Are you Steve? 878 00:42:54,488 --> 00:42:56,198 - Yes. - Sandi. 879 00:42:57,491 --> 00:42:59,076 - What? - Yes. 880 00:42:59,159 --> 00:43:01,078 - I got a twofer? - Hello, my friend. 881 00:43:01,161 --> 00:43:03,998 - Hello. Oh, my God. - We've got a surprise for you. 882 00:43:04,081 --> 00:43:06,208 Wow! Sandi. 883 00:43:06,292 --> 00:43:07,960 - So good to meet you. - Sandra. 884 00:43:08,043 --> 00:43:10,522 - Ah, you can call me Sandi. - All right, just for one night, 885 00:43:10,546 --> 00:43:12,190 - you're Sandi again. - You have to call her Sandi. 886 00:43:12,214 --> 00:43:13,900 - You have to call her Sandi. - Oh, my goodness. 887 00:43:13,924 --> 00:43:15,759 Well, that is a stunning reveal. 888 00:43:15,843 --> 00:43:18,012 I've gotta say, you girls know your showbiz 889 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:20,514 and how to spring a surprise on the audience. 890 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,850 - That was all Patt's idea. - Oh, my gosh. 891 00:43:22,933 --> 00:43:25,227 Well, this is a historic occasion. 892 00:43:25,311 --> 00:43:27,438 Sandi, oh, my God. 893 00:43:27,521 --> 00:43:29,523 ♪ Proximatics ♪ 894 00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:32,735 ♪ It's the latest way to get things done ♪ 895 00:43:32,818 --> 00:43:34,987 ♪ And it's fun ♪ 896 00:43:35,070 --> 00:43:37,406 ♪ Proximatics ♪ 897 00:43:37,489 --> 00:43:39,783 ♪ Soon will be the way of life ♪ 898 00:43:39,867 --> 00:43:42,578 ♪ It's gonna come ♪ 899 00:43:42,661 --> 00:43:45,456 ♪ All you have to do is get near ♪ 900 00:43:45,539 --> 00:43:47,249 ♪ That's true, just like that ♪ 901 00:43:47,333 --> 00:43:49,376 ♪ You'll pop your toast ♪ 902 00:43:50,586 --> 00:43:52,421 ♪ Get a little close ♪ 903 00:43:52,504 --> 00:43:54,298 ♪ Just a little close ♪ 904 00:43:54,381 --> 00:43:57,134 ♪ Very soon you'll cook his roast ♪ 905 00:44:00,137 --> 00:44:01,597 Steve, you're nuts. 906 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:04,391 ♪ All you do is get a little near... ♪ 907 00:44:04,475 --> 00:44:06,185 Did you have any inkling 908 00:44:06,268 --> 00:44:08,312 that someday this would come up again? 909 00:44:08,395 --> 00:44:11,732 No. No, never. 910 00:44:11,815 --> 00:44:14,753 I think we knew that we weren't gonna become stars doing this. 911 00:44:14,777 --> 00:44:15,819 Right. 912 00:44:15,903 --> 00:44:18,089 You know, but it was, uh, just a wonderful way 913 00:44:18,113 --> 00:44:20,532 to pay the rent and to 914 00:44:20,616 --> 00:44:22,761 - continue doing what we loved. - Do what we loved, yeah. 915 00:44:22,785 --> 00:44:24,554 Well, I will correct you on one point. 916 00:44:24,578 --> 00:44:27,247 Forty-five years later, you are stars. 917 00:44:28,666 --> 00:44:30,417 But getting to The Bathrooms, 918 00:44:30,501 --> 00:44:33,837 I know one huge thing that resulted 919 00:44:33,921 --> 00:44:36,340 from The Bathrooms Are Coming! For you is... 920 00:44:36,423 --> 00:44:38,759 I met my husband on that show. Yes. 921 00:44:38,842 --> 00:44:40,010 The caveman. 922 00:44:40,094 --> 00:44:42,680 Yes. Yes. 923 00:44:42,763 --> 00:44:45,683 Yes, I chased him until he caught me. 924 00:44:45,766 --> 00:44:48,018 You marry him, what, like a year and a half 925 00:44:48,102 --> 00:44:49,579 - after The Bathrooms Are Coming!? - Yes. 926 00:44:49,603 --> 00:44:51,081 - Dave Shelley. - Dave Shelley was 927 00:44:51,105 --> 00:44:52,773 my husband's best man. 928 00:44:52,856 --> 00:44:54,626 At your wedding, at which you danced to... 929 00:44:54,650 --> 00:44:55,734 Yes. 930 00:44:55,818 --> 00:44:59,446 ♪ My bathroom, my bathroom ♪ 931 00:45:01,073 --> 00:45:03,158 Just, like, I could not have imagined 932 00:45:03,242 --> 00:45:07,413 a more, uh, thrilling detail in my little world. 933 00:45:07,496 --> 00:45:09,289 ♪ They said It couldn't be done ♪ 934 00:45:09,373 --> 00:45:10,833 ♪ Said it couldn't be done ♪ 935 00:45:10,916 --> 00:45:13,460 ♪ With Ultra Bath We went ahead and did it ♪ 936 00:45:13,544 --> 00:45:15,254 ♪ They said it couldn't be done ♪ 937 00:45:15,337 --> 00:45:17,172 ♪ Said it couldn't be done ♪ 938 00:45:17,256 --> 00:45:19,842 ♪ With Spectra 70 we went and did it... ♪ 939 00:45:20,426 --> 00:45:23,220 Now we are heading up to Buffalo Grove 940 00:45:23,303 --> 00:45:26,265 to track down the elusive Sid Siegel. 941 00:45:26,723 --> 00:45:30,185 I had tried to find Sid many times over the years. 942 00:45:30,269 --> 00:45:31,830 I thought I had missed my chance. 943 00:45:31,854 --> 00:45:34,773 I thought he was gone, but what a delightful surprise 944 00:45:34,857 --> 00:45:38,360 a few months ago to find Patt, and then Patt says, 945 00:45:38,444 --> 00:45:40,203 "Oh, yeah, Sid, yeah, he's around." 946 00:45:40,279 --> 00:45:42,739 ♪ This is your lucky day... ♪ 947 00:45:42,823 --> 00:45:45,033 The man who put pen to paper 948 00:45:45,117 --> 00:45:49,121 and wrote the immortal lines, "My bathroom, 949 00:45:49,204 --> 00:45:53,208 my bathroom is a private kind of place." 950 00:45:53,292 --> 00:45:55,127 The impossible dream has happened. 951 00:45:55,210 --> 00:45:58,589 I found the master, and I'm on the phone with him, 952 00:45:58,672 --> 00:46:01,675 and he's telling me he did 250 industrials. 953 00:46:02,176 --> 00:46:05,888 He seemed mildly pleased to hear from me, 954 00:46:05,971 --> 00:46:07,931 but he didn't seem thrilled or excited. 955 00:46:09,725 --> 00:46:11,894 They say, "Don't meet your heroes." 956 00:46:11,977 --> 00:46:13,395 What if we just don't click? 957 00:46:13,479 --> 00:46:16,023 ♪ The lucky one is... ♪ 958 00:46:16,106 --> 00:46:18,001 Oh, my God, I hope this is gonna be good. 959 00:46:18,025 --> 00:46:19,526 What has he got in there 960 00:46:19,610 --> 00:46:22,237 that I can't get anyplace else on this planet? 961 00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:24,031 ♪ You! ♪ 962 00:46:29,536 --> 00:46:31,538 - Steve? - Sid? 963 00:46:33,415 --> 00:46:34,708 Hello. 964 00:46:34,791 --> 00:46:37,211 You like my... You like my, uh... 965 00:46:37,294 --> 00:46:39,838 - Door... Door chime? - I do. That was charming. 966 00:46:39,922 --> 00:46:42,424 Hello, Sid. Pleasure to meet you at last. 967 00:46:42,508 --> 00:46:44,968 - Yeah, at last. - Yes, here we are. 968 00:46:45,052 --> 00:46:48,013 - May I come in? - Yes. Who's she? 969 00:46:48,096 --> 00:46:51,266 - Well, those are our documentary people. - Oh. 970 00:46:51,350 --> 00:46:55,771 Were you surprised when this 45-year-old production 971 00:46:55,854 --> 00:46:58,148 that you had just done and moved past 972 00:46:58,232 --> 00:47:00,877 seemed to be catching on as this underground favorite? 973 00:47:00,901 --> 00:47:03,153 Yes, I discovered it was on the Internet 974 00:47:03,237 --> 00:47:05,256 - and was very surprised. - Uh-huh. Mmm-hmm. 975 00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,200 Everyone laughed about the bathroom. 976 00:47:08,283 --> 00:47:10,470 They thought it was gonna be, "Isn't that funny?" 977 00:47:10,494 --> 00:47:11,952 But it was nothing like that. 978 00:47:12,579 --> 00:47:16,041 It was all about new fixtures for the bathroom. 979 00:47:16,124 --> 00:47:17,668 I want it all changed. 980 00:47:17,751 --> 00:47:19,437 It doesn't do what a bathroom should do. 981 00:47:19,461 --> 00:47:22,506 It, uh... It's unsafe, it's inconvenient 982 00:47:22,589 --> 00:47:24,299 and it's ugly. 983 00:47:24,383 --> 00:47:26,552 When you hear it years later 984 00:47:26,635 --> 00:47:29,263 and you're just somebody from the outside world, 985 00:47:29,346 --> 00:47:30,722 not in the business, 986 00:47:30,806 --> 00:47:33,308 - it just seems crazy. - Right. 987 00:47:33,392 --> 00:47:36,061 Is there any show that you worked on over the years 988 00:47:36,144 --> 00:47:37,622 that you recall as a particularly good one? 989 00:47:37,646 --> 00:47:38,647 Oh, yes. 990 00:47:38,730 --> 00:47:41,775 IGA, International Harvester. 991 00:47:41,858 --> 00:47:45,487 Two Hardee's shows I did were very good 992 00:47:45,571 --> 00:47:48,365 with Tony Randall and a big cast. 993 00:47:48,448 --> 00:47:51,118 ♪ You're a family with pride ♪ 994 00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:54,788 ♪ You're a family who's sharing ♪ 995 00:47:54,871 --> 00:47:58,041 ♪ Always doing your part Reaching out with your heart ♪ 996 00:47:58,125 --> 00:48:01,920 ♪ Serving people and caring ♪ 997 00:48:02,004 --> 00:48:05,299 ♪ And you love what you're doing ♪ 998 00:48:05,382 --> 00:48:09,970 ♪ All for Hardee's, you get things done ♪ 999 00:48:10,053 --> 00:48:15,058 ♪ You're a family and look How far you have come... ♪ 1000 00:48:15,142 --> 00:48:18,312 Some of these melodies and tunes seem so primal 1001 00:48:18,395 --> 00:48:20,856 and durable that you wonder, 1002 00:48:20,939 --> 00:48:23,233 if they had had different lyrics 1003 00:48:23,317 --> 00:48:25,736 that were not about a certain company or product, 1004 00:48:25,819 --> 00:48:29,573 would everyone in America know this man and his work right now? 1005 00:48:29,656 --> 00:48:31,283 ♪ If you want a bathroom ♪ 1006 00:48:31,366 --> 00:48:33,327 ♪ We'll give you a bathroom ♪ 1007 00:48:33,410 --> 00:48:35,329 ♪ We're here to serve ♪ 1008 00:48:35,412 --> 00:48:37,414 - That was it. - ♪ Here to serve ♪ 1009 00:48:37,497 --> 00:48:39,207 ♪ A pink one, a blue one ♪ 1010 00:48:39,291 --> 00:48:41,335 ♪ A tan one, a new one ♪ 1011 00:48:41,418 --> 00:48:45,172 ♪ We're here to serve, here to serve ♪ 1012 00:48:45,255 --> 00:48:47,090 ♪ Our shelves are all full ♪ 1013 00:48:47,174 --> 00:48:48,967 ♪ Yes, we're ready ♪ 1014 00:48:49,051 --> 00:48:51,887 ♪ The line doesn't change, But it's steady ♪ 1015 00:48:53,221 --> 00:48:55,390 ♪ We're the distributors ♪ 1016 00:48:55,474 --> 00:48:58,393 ♪ Kindly distributors, give us praise ♪ 1017 00:48:58,477 --> 00:49:02,773 ♪ We carry our customers 90 days ♪ 1018 00:49:02,856 --> 00:49:08,403 ♪ We may be conservative, but it pays ♪ 1019 00:49:13,575 --> 00:49:15,869 Well, that's quite a treat to be able to sit 1020 00:49:15,952 --> 00:49:18,914 in the room with you and have you play those songs 1021 00:49:18,997 --> 00:49:21,333 and let me bellow the lyrics, 1022 00:49:21,416 --> 00:49:23,102 which I've been singing to myself for, 1023 00:49:23,126 --> 00:49:25,545 I don't know, 18 or 20 years now 1024 00:49:25,629 --> 00:49:27,923 as I go about my daily life. 1025 00:49:28,006 --> 00:49:30,634 They're just so darn catchy. What have you done? 1026 00:49:30,717 --> 00:49:32,636 - My biggest fan. - That's right. 1027 00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:35,013 ♪ If the patient gets bloody ♪ 1028 00:49:35,097 --> 00:49:37,766 ♪ Real bloody ♪ 1029 00:49:37,849 --> 00:49:40,060 ♪ Surg-O-Pak is the way ♪ 1030 00:49:40,143 --> 00:49:42,187 ♪ If I mess up the cover ♪ 1031 00:49:42,270 --> 00:49:44,439 ♪ We'll get another ♪ 1032 00:49:44,523 --> 00:49:46,983 ♪We throw the old ones away ♪ 1033 00:49:47,067 --> 00:49:52,155 ♪ We never enjoyed our operation more ♪ 1034 00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:55,158 ♪ Every complication more ♪ 1035 00:49:55,242 --> 00:49:59,830 ♪ Love that modern Surg-O-Pak way... ♪ 1036 00:49:59,913 --> 00:50:02,541 The cleverness of the writing 1037 00:50:02,624 --> 00:50:06,294 to incorporate this thing that you're selling 1038 00:50:06,378 --> 00:50:07,838 and being clever enough 1039 00:50:07,921 --> 00:50:10,257 to make it a part of their lives 1040 00:50:10,340 --> 00:50:12,634 and show it in ways 1041 00:50:12,718 --> 00:50:15,345 that they would never dream of seeing it. 1042 00:50:15,429 --> 00:50:18,890 - ♪ Stunning... ♪ - With humor, with sex appeal. 1043 00:50:18,974 --> 00:50:23,145 I mean, you can make the product come alive. 1044 00:50:23,228 --> 00:50:26,606 ♪ How can we demonstrate its versatility ♪ 1045 00:50:38,118 --> 00:50:41,329 Hank Beebe, with his late partner Bill Heyer, 1046 00:50:41,413 --> 00:50:42,789 wrote what I think are 1047 00:50:42,873 --> 00:50:44,875 some of the very finest of these shows. 1048 00:50:44,958 --> 00:50:47,043 The lyrics and the music 1049 00:50:47,127 --> 00:50:49,296 just, uh, just spoke to me. 1050 00:50:49,379 --> 00:50:50,606 When you write something, 1051 00:50:50,630 --> 00:50:53,300 sometimes it just is fun to write. 1052 00:50:53,383 --> 00:50:55,427 Other times, it's... It's pulling teeth. 1053 00:50:55,510 --> 00:50:57,220 But we had to make it work. 1054 00:50:57,304 --> 00:51:00,807 The silicone number is a good example. 1055 00:51:00,891 --> 00:51:05,020 Silicones had something like 180 uses, 1056 00:51:05,103 --> 00:51:07,105 and they wanted 'em all in there. 1057 00:51:07,189 --> 00:51:08,899 ♪ First let's see What we can see ♪ 1058 00:51:08,982 --> 00:51:11,568 ♪ About the many uses of RTV ♪ 1059 00:51:11,651 --> 00:51:13,546 ♪ The furniture molding That you see here ♪ 1060 00:51:13,570 --> 00:51:15,832 ♪ Would not have been Possible in yesteryear ♪ 1061 00:51:15,864 --> 00:51:19,659 ♪ But now with RTV, We've got those molds down cold ♪ 1062 00:51:19,743 --> 00:51:24,206 ♪ And vinyl shoes can also use A perfect mold ♪ 1063 00:51:24,289 --> 00:51:25,832 ♪ Silicones are just a must ♪ 1064 00:51:25,916 --> 00:51:28,210 ♪ They're also used on the lunar dust ♪ 1065 00:51:28,293 --> 00:51:32,214 ♪ When man walked on the moon Picking up stones ♪ 1066 00:51:32,297 --> 00:51:36,676 ♪ The soles of his boots Were made of silicones ♪ 1067 00:51:36,760 --> 00:51:38,654 ♪ As a construction sealant It's really worth noting ♪ 1068 00:51:38,678 --> 00:51:41,032 ♪ For industrial roofs It's weatherproof coating ♪ 1069 00:51:41,056 --> 00:51:44,684 ♪ It works on the tops Of the big sports domes ♪ 1070 00:51:44,768 --> 00:51:48,897 ♪ For sealing and for caulking In motor homes ♪ 1071 00:51:48,980 --> 00:51:51,125 ♪ Insulates the transformer On your TV set ♪ 1072 00:51:51,149 --> 00:51:53,252 ♪ Makes custom ski boots The best you can get ♪ 1073 00:51:53,276 --> 00:51:54,921 ♪ It's the coating on your waistband ♪ 1074 00:51:54,945 --> 00:51:57,197 ♪ To make your waistband hold... ♪ 1075 00:51:57,280 --> 00:52:00,158 It went on for, oh, I don't know, five, six minutes, 1076 00:52:00,242 --> 00:52:01,409 something like that. 1077 00:52:01,493 --> 00:52:03,846 - Uh, five minutes and 55 seconds. - Five minutes. 1078 00:52:03,870 --> 00:52:06,122 Ah, there you go. 1079 00:52:06,206 --> 00:52:08,917 Once you started doing industrial shows, 1080 00:52:09,000 --> 00:52:11,586 and these producers 1081 00:52:11,670 --> 00:52:14,214 and production companies found out 1082 00:52:14,297 --> 00:52:16,925 that you could handle all of this material, 1083 00:52:17,008 --> 00:52:19,427 - then you worked a lot. A lot. - Mmm-hmm. 1084 00:52:19,511 --> 00:52:22,472 Must've been surreal to just do this stuff 1085 00:52:22,556 --> 00:52:25,267 that you maybe have half of an understanding 1086 00:52:25,350 --> 00:52:26,869 of what you're even talking about. 1087 00:52:26,893 --> 00:52:28,603 Sometimes no understanding. 1088 00:52:28,687 --> 00:52:32,232 Uh, perfect example, the John Deere tractor company. 1089 00:52:32,315 --> 00:52:36,236 I had a long speech that I had to give about liquid manure. 1090 00:52:38,822 --> 00:52:41,259 And so I learned a little bit about a lot of things. 1091 00:52:41,283 --> 00:52:42,677 - Mmm-hmm. - Dangerous, dangerous. 1092 00:52:42,701 --> 00:52:44,202 I remember one song was... 1093 00:52:44,286 --> 00:52:48,081 ♪ I'd rather be a Fury Than a Ford ♪ 1094 00:52:48,164 --> 00:52:50,876 And through dry ice and dancing girls, 1095 00:52:50,959 --> 00:52:55,297 the new Fury would come out and... 1096 00:52:55,380 --> 00:52:56,983 And I remember Andrea Martin and I doing... 1097 00:52:57,007 --> 00:52:58,734 ♪ Molded bucket seats Power at your feet ♪ 1098 00:52:58,758 --> 00:53:00,552 ♪ Chrysler ♪ 1099 00:53:00,635 --> 00:53:02,905 Oh, or Andrea and I did another Spanish number. 1100 00:53:02,929 --> 00:53:05,473 ♪ Festival nights With the moon shining bright ♪ 1101 00:53:05,557 --> 00:53:07,267 ♪ That's Cordoba ♪ 1102 00:53:07,350 --> 00:53:09,561 I was dancing around like a monkey. 1103 00:53:09,644 --> 00:53:13,189 But what was exciting about it was because you got paid more money 1104 00:53:13,273 --> 00:53:16,026 than you'd ever gotten paid as a performer, 1105 00:53:16,109 --> 00:53:18,129 and, you know, you'd learn to sing and dance. 1106 00:53:18,153 --> 00:53:19,839 You had to do it. You had to do it well. 1107 00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:23,116 If you could book maybe four industrials a year, 1108 00:53:23,199 --> 00:53:24,910 you could survive in New York. 1109 00:53:24,993 --> 00:53:29,623 But for me, uh, as a creator, they actually helped me 1110 00:53:29,706 --> 00:53:33,793 develop how I arrange music for dance, 1111 00:53:33,877 --> 00:53:35,670 how I put a show together. 1112 00:53:37,380 --> 00:53:38,798 I did learn from them. 1113 00:53:38,882 --> 00:53:41,426 ♪ Case by case We grab the space ♪ 1114 00:53:41,509 --> 00:53:43,637 ♪ In kegs and bottles and cans ♪ 1115 00:53:43,720 --> 00:53:47,307 ♪ Every detail counts And the numbers mount ♪ 1116 00:53:47,390 --> 00:53:49,035 ♪ When we're working hand in hand... ♪ 1117 00:53:49,059 --> 00:53:50,977 I choreographed an industrial show 1118 00:53:51,061 --> 00:53:53,813 for Miller beer one time, and they ended up putting 1119 00:53:53,897 --> 00:53:56,191 a group of lovely dancers 1120 00:53:56,274 --> 00:53:57,943 in beer... Giant beer cans. 1121 00:54:02,405 --> 00:54:03,949 We were in rehearsal, 1122 00:54:04,032 --> 00:54:06,409 and the two beer cans slammed into each other, 1123 00:54:06,493 --> 00:54:08,252 and then the girls couldn't get up. 1124 00:54:08,286 --> 00:54:10,497 And of course that made me hysterical. 1125 00:54:10,580 --> 00:54:13,184 I thought it was, like, the funniest thing I'd ever seen. 1126 00:54:13,208 --> 00:54:14,250 Hooray! 1127 00:54:14,334 --> 00:54:16,127 We ended up keeping it in. 1128 00:54:16,211 --> 00:54:17,796 Could somebody help me up? 1129 00:54:17,879 --> 00:54:20,757 So, doing industrials gave me confidence. 1130 00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:22,926 I mean, it's not necessarily the material 1131 00:54:23,009 --> 00:54:26,554 that you studied as an actor, prepares with Stanislavsky. 1132 00:54:26,638 --> 00:54:28,348 But it was about the product. 1133 00:54:28,431 --> 00:54:31,726 And you have to... And one needs to be as sincere 1134 00:54:31,810 --> 00:54:35,146 and supportive about that particular dialogue 1135 00:54:35,230 --> 00:54:38,024 as if it were Chekhov or Shakespeare. 1136 00:54:38,108 --> 00:54:41,486 It's just that it's not the product it's supposed to be, Frank. 1137 00:54:41,569 --> 00:54:44,280 And, Frank, three pickles instead of four? 1138 00:54:44,364 --> 00:54:45,991 - Come on. - Oh, boy. 1139 00:54:46,074 --> 00:54:49,035 Now you're counting pickles! 1140 00:54:49,119 --> 00:54:51,538 I'm losing money and you're counting pickles! 1141 00:54:51,621 --> 00:54:53,123 You guys are some help. 1142 00:54:53,206 --> 00:54:55,000 There was therapy involved, too. 1143 00:54:55,083 --> 00:54:57,836 They wanted to teach their managers 1144 00:54:57,919 --> 00:54:59,939 management techniques that would make things better 1145 00:54:59,963 --> 00:55:02,257 for the people involved in their operations. 1146 00:55:02,340 --> 00:55:05,468 So we would write a show about a manager, 1147 00:55:05,552 --> 00:55:09,139 disaffected, of course, finding ways 1148 00:55:09,222 --> 00:55:12,851 that he could find his way back into the fold. 1149 00:55:12,934 --> 00:55:15,311 ♪ You tell me that Your profits are down ♪ 1150 00:55:15,395 --> 00:55:18,815 ♪ And things are not What they used to be ♪ 1151 00:55:18,898 --> 00:55:21,651 ♪ You're ready to close it down ♪ 1152 00:55:21,735 --> 00:55:25,280 ♪ Well, just take a moment And listen to me ♪ 1153 00:55:25,363 --> 00:55:28,992 ♪ Wishing won't make a winner ♪ 1154 00:55:29,075 --> 00:55:31,411 ♪ Nothing good in life comes free ♪ 1155 00:55:31,494 --> 00:55:35,165 ♪ It takes energy, effort And determination ♪ 1156 00:55:35,248 --> 00:55:36,976 ♪ To get you where you wanna be... ♪ 1157 00:55:37,000 --> 00:55:38,759 So, the audience is full of salesmen 1158 00:55:38,835 --> 00:55:40,479 - and distributors. - That's right. Yeah. 1159 00:55:40,503 --> 00:55:43,590 And suddenly they were being shown a version of their world 1160 00:55:43,673 --> 00:55:46,551 in which they're heroes and it's glamorous. 1161 00:55:46,634 --> 00:55:48,404 We tried, we aimed for that at least. 1162 00:55:48,428 --> 00:55:51,014 ♪ He's important to the buyer ♪ 1163 00:55:51,097 --> 00:55:55,185 ♪ To the dealer and supplier ♪ 1164 00:55:55,268 --> 00:56:01,399 ♪ He's important to the USA ♪ 1165 00:56:01,483 --> 00:56:03,777 You think the shows that you worked on 1166 00:56:03,860 --> 00:56:06,905 actually had an effect on the sales force? 1167 00:56:06,988 --> 00:56:09,175 They must've, because they'd call you back the next year. 1168 00:56:09,199 --> 00:56:10,617 It must've worked. 1169 00:56:10,700 --> 00:56:13,137 They tell you that you're the best, you're the best, and after awhile, 1170 00:56:13,161 --> 00:56:14,746 it really starts to sink in. 1171 00:56:14,829 --> 00:56:17,016 It's got them all hyped up and ready to go back 1172 00:56:17,040 --> 00:56:19,417 and give it the ol' Culligan thing again. 1173 00:56:20,668 --> 00:56:22,837 Salesmen were really... 1174 00:56:22,921 --> 00:56:26,382 They were thrilled about this whole thing. 1175 00:56:26,466 --> 00:56:28,885 And they just went out gangbusters, 1176 00:56:28,968 --> 00:56:30,637 like a pep rally. 1177 00:56:32,138 --> 00:56:33,848 When you heard these dealers, 1178 00:56:33,932 --> 00:56:36,643 my gosh, you'd think it was some kind of... 1179 00:56:36,726 --> 00:56:38,853 - I don't know. - Religious revival? 1180 00:56:38,937 --> 00:56:40,814 Yeah, or a sexual experience. 1181 00:56:40,897 --> 00:56:43,525 I don't know how you would exactly, uh... 1182 00:56:43,608 --> 00:56:46,861 But they were like, "Whoa! The new cars!" 1183 00:56:46,945 --> 00:56:50,573 That was exciting to see how excited they were. 1184 00:56:58,998 --> 00:57:01,501 Industrial shows seemed to just disappear. 1185 00:57:02,210 --> 00:57:04,879 I don't know what happened. 1186 00:57:04,963 --> 00:57:07,674 The car shows kind of fizzled out a bit, 1187 00:57:07,757 --> 00:57:10,385 and so did the, uh, the other types of products. 1188 00:57:15,598 --> 00:57:18,476 ♪ Now look at me And I'll put you wise ♪ 1189 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:20,645 ♪ I'm the spirit of free enterprise ♪ 1190 00:57:20,728 --> 00:57:25,108 ♪ And I'm gonna be with you Through every day... ♪ 1191 00:57:25,191 --> 00:57:27,586 For years, Detroit was a symbol of what made America great, 1192 00:57:27,610 --> 00:57:30,655 and what Detroit made, the world wanted. 1193 00:57:30,738 --> 00:57:32,532 It is over, perhaps forever. 1194 00:57:32,615 --> 00:57:34,427 ♪ I've been with you a long time... ♪ 1195 00:57:34,451 --> 00:57:38,037 Only thing I can say is move somewhere else. 1196 00:57:38,121 --> 00:57:41,374 The shock that hit Wall Street was just the beginning. 1197 00:57:41,458 --> 00:57:43,751 The next will hit the American economy itself. 1198 00:57:43,835 --> 00:57:45,670 It's a bloodbath out there today. 1199 00:57:45,753 --> 00:57:48,298 - ♪ Now I came here... ♪ - By the late '80s, 1200 00:57:48,381 --> 00:57:50,800 with economics and tastes changing, 1201 00:57:50,884 --> 00:57:53,970 what had had a great golden era for a few decades 1202 00:57:54,053 --> 00:57:55,138 had fallen apart. 1203 00:57:55,221 --> 00:57:59,350 It was tough going, because it was winding down. 1204 00:57:59,434 --> 00:58:04,230 They just stopped, and so we, who relied on industrials 1205 00:58:04,314 --> 00:58:07,442 to a great extent, were out of work. 1206 00:58:07,525 --> 00:58:11,654 ♪ Everywhere you go... ♪ 1207 00:58:11,738 --> 00:58:17,327 Oh, get used to the idea of life without your Top Ten list every night. 1208 00:58:17,410 --> 00:58:21,664 In another seismic shift in the world of late night television, David Letterman, 1209 00:58:21,748 --> 00:58:25,668 host of the Late Show on CBS, says he is retiring next year. 1210 00:58:25,752 --> 00:58:29,756 Paul and I will be wrapping things up and, uh, taking a hike. 1211 00:58:33,218 --> 00:58:35,595 Thank you. Thanks to everybody. 1212 00:58:35,678 --> 00:58:37,680 Yes. And the cast. 1213 00:58:39,641 --> 00:58:44,354 Some official bureaucratic notice or something. 1214 00:58:44,437 --> 00:58:46,981 "Your separation agreement." 1215 00:58:47,065 --> 00:58:49,442 Oh, ooh, "Review the document." 1216 00:58:52,737 --> 00:58:56,449 Well, I'm not really sure what this all means, 1217 00:58:56,533 --> 00:58:59,911 but I will review the document at my leisure. 1218 00:58:59,994 --> 00:59:03,206 I've had a steady job and a steady paycheck 1219 00:59:03,289 --> 00:59:05,917 for so long that I've never really had 1220 00:59:06,000 --> 00:59:09,170 to think about month to month, what am I gonna do next? 1221 00:59:09,254 --> 00:59:11,923 And now I... I'm almost 50 years old, 1222 00:59:12,006 --> 00:59:15,072 and I haven't had to look for a job in a quarter of a century. 1223 00:59:18,596 --> 00:59:21,849 ♪ There was an S.O.S. ♪ 1224 00:59:21,933 --> 00:59:24,394 ♪ Survivors afloat ♪ 1225 00:59:26,271 --> 00:59:30,108 ♪ Then to the rescue came ♪ 1226 00:59:30,191 --> 00:59:32,652 ♪ A simple fishing boat ♪ 1227 00:59:32,735 --> 00:59:34,654 ♪ We were there ♪ 1228 00:59:36,614 --> 00:59:38,825 ♪ We were there... ♪ 1229 00:59:38,908 --> 00:59:41,202 It's at the point where I realize, uh, 1230 00:59:41,286 --> 00:59:44,539 everything that I do every day that I'm so familiar with, 1231 00:59:44,622 --> 00:59:46,291 it's gonna be over. 1232 00:59:46,874 --> 00:59:49,961 What does a comedy writer with comedy damage do 1233 00:59:50,044 --> 00:59:55,216 when he's still got a fair amount of time left in his career? 1234 00:59:55,300 --> 00:59:57,260 There are several items set aside there 1235 00:59:57,343 --> 00:59:59,512 in the costume room, I hope that's okay. 1236 00:59:59,596 --> 01:00:00,972 Well, it's okay. 1237 01:00:01,055 --> 01:00:02,807 I just want to tell you that 1238 01:00:03,683 --> 01:00:07,812 Alan would not fit the, uh, Communist hat. 1239 01:00:08,688 --> 01:00:13,151 He has such a large head, so we'll have to deal with sizes. 1240 01:00:13,234 --> 01:00:15,612 Yeah. Do you have a smaller head for him? 1241 01:00:16,654 --> 01:00:18,615 Pardon? 1242 01:00:18,698 --> 01:00:20,634 Good Lord, Susan, these are the final days of Rome. 1243 01:00:20,658 --> 01:00:23,119 We have to do what we can do to make this happen. 1244 01:00:23,202 --> 01:00:25,079 Ah. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 1245 01:00:25,163 --> 01:00:29,208 Yeah, I can save all the scripts and whatever I write, 1246 01:00:29,292 --> 01:00:32,021 but there's something about a show and music that if it's... 1247 01:00:32,045 --> 01:00:34,922 If it's not alive and being heard, 1248 01:00:35,006 --> 01:00:37,592 then it's really... It's really gone. 1249 01:00:37,675 --> 01:00:40,887 And so I feel a kinship with so many of these people 1250 01:00:40,970 --> 01:00:42,722 who worked on projects 1251 01:00:42,805 --> 01:00:46,517 and shows that they knew the best-case scenario was 1252 01:00:46,601 --> 01:00:49,479 it was gonna be a tremendous success 1253 01:00:49,562 --> 01:00:52,607 and people would leave saying, "Wow, that was terrific," 1254 01:00:52,690 --> 01:00:54,984 but that was the end forever. 1255 01:00:56,069 --> 01:00:57,779 Oh, look at that. 1256 01:00:57,862 --> 01:00:59,280 More programs. 1257 01:01:00,156 --> 01:01:02,533 An International Harvester show. 1258 01:01:02,617 --> 01:01:04,428 You realize how rare these things are? 1259 01:01:04,452 --> 01:01:06,430 You probably have the only ones in the world. 1260 01:01:06,454 --> 01:01:10,208 Star World '79, another one I've never heard of. 1261 01:01:10,291 --> 01:01:12,794 Yeah, that was a big one. 1262 01:01:12,877 --> 01:01:14,188 - Las Vegas announcement. - Went to two... 1263 01:01:14,212 --> 01:01:15,922 Two cities, I believe. 1264 01:01:16,005 --> 01:01:18,468 Did you ever ask for a discount on a car or truck? 1265 01:01:19,342 --> 01:01:20,760 No, they didn't offer me. 1266 01:01:20,843 --> 01:01:22,345 Oh, you gotta ask, Sid. 1267 01:01:22,428 --> 01:01:24,238 Oh, look at this. This is beautiful. 1268 01:01:24,263 --> 01:01:27,934 "We're number one. Amoco, Chicago North District." 1269 01:01:28,017 --> 01:01:30,412 So these weren't even necessarily national conventions. 1270 01:01:30,436 --> 01:01:32,414 - This was a regional show. - No. Regional. 1271 01:01:32,438 --> 01:01:34,065 Mmm. 1272 01:01:34,148 --> 01:01:35,542 - What does it say? - Oh, my goodness. 1273 01:01:35,566 --> 01:01:38,712 - Burny Brothers. That's the '70s. - It says Burny Brothers Bakery. 1274 01:01:38,736 --> 01:01:40,655 That looks like a sexy show, Sid. 1275 01:01:40,738 --> 01:01:42,073 Yeah, yeah, it was. 1276 01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:46,327 It's all about bakery goods. 1277 01:01:46,411 --> 01:01:48,287 Did you get some free rolls? 1278 01:01:48,371 --> 01:01:50,832 Sid, you're killing me. 1279 01:01:50,915 --> 01:01:52,625 You gotta ask for free stuff. 1280 01:01:52,709 --> 01:01:54,335 Okay, from now on. 1281 01:01:54,419 --> 01:01:56,295 All right. I'm gonna be your manager, 1282 01:01:56,379 --> 01:01:59,674 and I'm gonna make, uh, some outrageous demands from now on. 1283 01:01:59,757 --> 01:02:01,509 You did these shows very quickly. 1284 01:02:01,592 --> 01:02:04,306 You moved on and you did the next one and the next one. 1285 01:02:04,345 --> 01:02:06,305 And it all became a blur. 1286 01:02:06,389 --> 01:02:09,642 And it's been nice for me that, 40 or 50 years later, 1287 01:02:09,726 --> 01:02:12,103 I get to tell somebody, "You know", 1288 01:02:12,186 --> 01:02:15,189 I really enjoyed this thing you wrote in 1966." 1289 01:02:15,273 --> 01:02:18,192 They never had the time or the luxury to really assess 1290 01:02:18,276 --> 01:02:20,027 what they were doing. 1291 01:02:24,031 --> 01:02:27,577 So we have found the lost Library of Alexandria here. 1292 01:02:27,660 --> 01:02:28,995 That's right. 1293 01:02:29,078 --> 01:02:31,247 Is it okay if I go up and take a look? 1294 01:02:31,330 --> 01:02:32,725 Be my guest. I'm glad for it. 1295 01:02:32,749 --> 01:02:34,056 - Dig through stuff. - Yep. 1296 01:02:36,502 --> 01:02:39,589 I dreamed of being an archeologist when I was a kid, 1297 01:02:39,672 --> 01:02:41,007 like Howard Carter, 1298 01:02:41,090 --> 01:02:43,050 uh, uncovering the tomb of King Tut, 1299 01:02:43,134 --> 01:02:45,904 and this is probably as close as I'm ever gonna get to that. 1300 01:02:45,928 --> 01:02:47,555 Well, you dug me up. 1301 01:02:47,638 --> 01:02:51,100 I did, and you're... You're still walking the Earth, thank God. 1302 01:02:52,643 --> 01:02:55,563 Oh, my God, the actual material here 1303 01:02:55,646 --> 01:02:58,107 from the Seagram's Symphony. 1304 01:03:01,027 --> 01:03:04,030 A whole batch of RCA stuff I've never heard of. 1305 01:03:05,656 --> 01:03:08,034 And this is just like one one-thousandth 1306 01:03:08,117 --> 01:03:09,452 of what's up here. 1307 01:03:09,535 --> 01:03:14,040 Oh, it's... It's thrilling and fatiguing to look at this. 1308 01:03:14,123 --> 01:03:16,685 For every one I know, there's probably dozens and dozens 1309 01:03:16,709 --> 01:03:18,503 of things that were never recorded. 1310 01:03:18,586 --> 01:03:19,962 That's right. 1311 01:03:20,046 --> 01:03:22,024 Do you... Do you feel regretful about that? 1312 01:03:22,048 --> 01:03:24,443 - Do you think, "Oh, I wish..." - I... I did for a minute. 1313 01:03:24,467 --> 01:03:26,427 When Nancy and I would sit at the show 1314 01:03:26,511 --> 01:03:30,348 and listen to the overture and realize that's the last time 1315 01:03:30,431 --> 01:03:31,867 we're gonna hear that overture, 1316 01:03:31,891 --> 01:03:33,243 and then hear the opening number, 1317 01:03:33,267 --> 01:03:35,061 last time we're gonna hear that. 1318 01:03:35,144 --> 01:03:37,688 It was a bittersweet time. 1319 01:03:39,232 --> 01:03:41,400 Are you proud of what you did in this world? 1320 01:03:42,235 --> 01:03:44,612 Absolutely. Absolutely. 1321 01:03:44,695 --> 01:03:47,448 Working with the captains of industry 1322 01:03:47,532 --> 01:03:51,953 to improve the lives of the people in the audience, 1323 01:03:52,036 --> 01:03:56,040 and then fanning out from there, uh, the general public. 1324 01:03:56,749 --> 01:03:58,292 I was part of it. 1325 01:03:58,376 --> 01:04:02,046 Did your family understand what you were doing with these shows? 1326 01:04:02,588 --> 01:04:04,841 No, they didn't. 1327 01:04:05,174 --> 01:04:07,385 It was a tragedy for me at the time. 1328 01:04:07,927 --> 01:04:10,972 My mother wanted me to not only play 1329 01:04:11,055 --> 01:04:13,349 but to live in Carnegie Hall. 1330 01:04:13,432 --> 01:04:16,477 That was her dream for me. 1331 01:04:16,561 --> 01:04:18,622 And of course, the way things worked out, 1332 01:04:18,688 --> 01:04:20,231 what I was doing 1333 01:04:20,314 --> 01:04:23,150 was not something that she was proud of. 1334 01:04:23,234 --> 01:04:25,528 Uh, she said, not to me but to someone else... 1335 01:04:25,611 --> 01:04:27,446 I guess it was Nancy. 1336 01:04:27,530 --> 01:04:30,449 "Why, it's nothing but a bunch of commercials." 1337 01:04:30,533 --> 01:04:33,327 And, uh, when I heard that, it... It really hurt me, 1338 01:04:33,411 --> 01:04:36,873 you know, that... That she didn't see what I saw. 1339 01:04:38,916 --> 01:04:40,835 It bothered me, at the time, 1340 01:04:40,918 --> 01:04:44,046 that when people would say, "Well, and what do you do?" 1341 01:04:44,130 --> 01:04:46,757 And I'd say, "Well, I mainly do industrial theater." 1342 01:04:46,841 --> 01:04:49,218 And they didn't know what it was. 1343 01:04:49,302 --> 01:04:51,137 - Mmm-hmm. - That only the employees 1344 01:04:51,220 --> 01:04:52,722 inside these companies knew 1345 01:04:52,805 --> 01:04:55,266 - and the general public didn't know. - Mmm-hmm. 1346 01:04:56,851 --> 01:04:59,937 How can there be something so large and so crazy in the world 1347 01:05:00,021 --> 01:05:02,899 that we had no idea of? 1348 01:05:04,150 --> 01:05:07,737 This is too good to just let disappear. 1349 01:05:09,238 --> 01:05:10,990 Unless I'm greatly mistaken, 1350 01:05:11,073 --> 01:05:13,451 there's something really valuable 1351 01:05:13,534 --> 01:05:15,369 and memorable and worthwhile here 1352 01:05:15,453 --> 01:05:18,706 that I would like to do my part to preserve. 1353 01:05:18,789 --> 01:05:21,834 ♪ Everybody waits for miracles ♪ 1354 01:05:21,918 --> 01:05:24,754 ♪ Everybody wants a sign ♪ 1355 01:05:24,837 --> 01:05:27,673 ♪ Every lifetime has a moment ♪ 1356 01:05:27,757 --> 01:05:30,801 ♪ When all tomorrows combine ♪ 1357 01:05:30,885 --> 01:05:33,888 ♪ In an instant, you see everything ♪ 1358 01:05:33,971 --> 01:05:35,532 ♪ All your juices start to flow... ♪ 1359 01:05:35,556 --> 01:05:38,392 I was just bursting with this feeling that 1360 01:05:38,476 --> 01:05:42,939 I want the world to see the crazy, thrilling excitement 1361 01:05:43,022 --> 01:05:46,692 that's in this that we weren't supposed to have at all. 1362 01:05:46,776 --> 01:05:49,904 ♪ It's time ♪ 1363 01:05:49,987 --> 01:05:52,615 ♪ Out of my way 'cause it's time ♪ 1364 01:05:58,496 --> 01:06:01,040 There was no guy, and now there's a guy, 1365 01:06:01,123 --> 01:06:03,810 and thank God there's a guy because this stuff needed a guy, 1366 01:06:03,834 --> 01:06:05,044 and I was the guy. 1367 01:06:05,127 --> 01:06:06,921 ♪ It's time ♪ 1368 01:06:07,004 --> 01:06:09,358 Ladies and gentlemen, you're in for a special treat tonight. 1369 01:06:09,382 --> 01:06:10,943 Please welcome a good friend of ours 1370 01:06:10,967 --> 01:06:14,428 and longtime staff writer, Steve Young, come on out. 1371 01:06:14,512 --> 01:06:16,389 ♪ Steve Young's Record Collection ♪ 1372 01:06:16,472 --> 01:06:17,880 ♪ It's wack, that's a fact ♪ 1373 01:06:17,932 --> 01:06:19,600 ♪ MP3s and CDs ♪ 1374 01:06:19,684 --> 01:06:21,242 ♪ Lots of vinyl, that's final ♪ 1375 01:06:21,268 --> 01:06:23,246 - ♪ Here comes Steve ♪ - Hi. Welcome back. 1376 01:06:23,270 --> 01:06:24,790 - Nice to have you on the program. - Dave. Hi. 1377 01:06:24,814 --> 01:06:26,166 - Thank you. - Before we get started, 1378 01:06:26,190 --> 01:06:28,210 I'd like to point out that you're the co-author 1379 01:06:28,234 --> 01:06:30,027 of this, uh, fascinating book. 1380 01:06:30,111 --> 01:06:31,713 Tell people what we're looking at there, 1381 01:06:31,737 --> 01:06:33,406 Everything's Coming Up Profits. 1382 01:06:33,489 --> 01:06:35,866 Yes, it's a book about one of the least known 1383 01:06:35,950 --> 01:06:39,453 and least understood musical genres that ever existed. 1384 01:06:42,873 --> 01:06:45,042 This is Fresh Air. I'm Terry Gross. 1385 01:06:45,126 --> 01:06:47,521 With us is Steve Young, who has a whole new book 1386 01:06:47,545 --> 01:06:48,921 about industrial musicals. 1387 01:06:49,005 --> 01:06:50,565 Steve, do you have another favorite? 1388 01:06:50,589 --> 01:06:53,009 Do you have a... A York air conditioner song? 1389 01:06:53,092 --> 01:06:54,969 Oh, I like that one! 1390 01:06:55,052 --> 01:06:57,847 Yes, excuse me. 1391 01:06:57,930 --> 01:06:59,157 Some of these are just so much fun. 1392 01:06:59,181 --> 01:07:00,575 You know, the response is great. 1393 01:07:00,599 --> 01:07:03,102 I think people get it the same way we get it, 1394 01:07:03,185 --> 01:07:04,437 which is nice. 1395 01:07:06,063 --> 01:07:08,524 Every time I look at the book, I think, "Yes!" 1396 01:07:08,607 --> 01:07:10,276 And if we hadn't done it, 1397 01:07:10,359 --> 01:07:14,196 I don't know that anyone ever really would've. 1398 01:07:14,572 --> 01:07:17,742 It's been a long time coming, but I'm very proud 1399 01:07:17,825 --> 01:07:19,076 how it turned out. 1400 01:07:19,160 --> 01:07:20,870 - Oh, this... - Oh, it's wonderful. 1401 01:07:20,953 --> 01:07:22,621 - Hard copy. - Yes. 1402 01:07:22,705 --> 01:07:26,459 I'll show you the pages that have some of your work on it. 1403 01:07:27,293 --> 01:07:28,627 After the book came out, 1404 01:07:28,711 --> 01:07:33,758 I got an e-mail from a young woman in the Midwest, and she said, 1405 01:07:34,383 --> 01:07:35,968 "Oh, my God. 1406 01:07:36,427 --> 01:07:38,971 My dad made that illustration." 1407 01:07:39,055 --> 01:07:41,408 She was very excited and brought it home and said, 1408 01:07:41,432 --> 01:07:43,041 "Dad, you're finally published." 1409 01:07:45,644 --> 01:07:49,106 These people have given me a great deal of their time, 1410 01:07:49,190 --> 01:07:50,524 letting me talk to them 1411 01:07:50,608 --> 01:07:53,360 and seeing stuff in their collections. 1412 01:07:53,444 --> 01:07:55,196 I just wanted to make sure that 1413 01:07:55,279 --> 01:07:59,200 they were able to hold the... The book in their hands. 1414 01:08:01,744 --> 01:08:04,080 Michael Brown, he... 1415 01:08:04,163 --> 01:08:05,932 After the book was done, he passed away. 1416 01:08:05,956 --> 01:08:08,542 But, you know, we all felt just so good 1417 01:08:08,626 --> 01:08:09,933 that it made him so happy. 1418 01:08:10,002 --> 01:08:12,296 You have come out and said, 1419 01:08:12,379 --> 01:08:15,716 "Look, this is what was happening back then, 1420 01:08:15,800 --> 01:08:18,052 and it was important, 1421 01:08:18,135 --> 01:08:21,388 and it gave pleasure to people." 1422 01:08:21,472 --> 01:08:24,016 I think, just pleasure. 1423 01:08:24,100 --> 01:08:25,809 So you would tell people that yes, 1424 01:08:25,851 --> 01:08:27,662 they should buy the book at full retail price? 1425 01:08:27,686 --> 01:08:30,481 Oh, yes, absolutely. No question about that. 1426 01:08:35,903 --> 01:08:38,864 On a purely logical basis, 1427 01:08:38,948 --> 01:08:41,075 I shouldn't be here. 1428 01:08:41,700 --> 01:08:43,536 I should never have met Sid, 1429 01:08:43,619 --> 01:08:48,082 who wrote music I wasn't supposed to hear. 1430 01:08:48,541 --> 01:08:50,751 But I did hear Sid's music, 1431 01:08:50,835 --> 01:08:53,754 I did meet him, and here I am this evening. 1432 01:08:53,838 --> 01:08:57,174 Life can be so rich and wonderful 1433 01:08:57,258 --> 01:09:00,177 when we step off the logical path 1434 01:09:00,261 --> 01:09:03,639 and embark on eccentric adventures. 1435 01:09:03,722 --> 01:09:07,351 Getting to know people like Sid and Patt and their families 1436 01:09:07,434 --> 01:09:10,396 and becoming a little part of their lives, 1437 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:14,400 it has meant so much to me to be able to say to Sid, 1438 01:09:14,483 --> 01:09:17,027 and others like him, "Your work is great. 1439 01:09:17,111 --> 01:09:21,240 Your work has not been forgotten. Your work endures." 1440 01:09:21,323 --> 01:09:25,744 Thank you, Sid, for a wonderful, eccentric adventure. 1441 01:09:43,512 --> 01:09:46,765 And just that I merited inclusion here is... 1442 01:09:46,849 --> 01:09:48,184 Is very touching. 1443 01:09:54,440 --> 01:09:56,984 At first, I was looking at it very practically, 1444 01:09:57,067 --> 01:09:59,195 from a record collecting standpoint. 1445 01:10:00,654 --> 01:10:04,909 I focused on people that I thought could find me more records. 1446 01:10:07,203 --> 01:10:11,916 I certainly never thought I would end up making friends 1447 01:10:11,999 --> 01:10:13,918 with people all over the country 1448 01:10:14,210 --> 01:10:15,896 and getting to know their families 1449 01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:18,672 and being part of these emotional reunions 1450 01:10:18,756 --> 01:10:22,301 and these moments that really... 1451 01:10:23,510 --> 01:10:25,387 It was far more than... 1452 01:10:25,471 --> 01:10:27,365 Than you would think you would get into 1453 01:10:27,389 --> 01:10:31,101 when you start looking for a ridiculous record album 1454 01:10:31,185 --> 01:10:32,770 to make a joke about. 1455 01:11:13,435 --> 01:11:14,579 So, what do you think? 1456 01:11:14,603 --> 01:11:16,480 What will we be doing next? 1457 01:11:16,563 --> 01:11:18,333 You've got a million things on the plate. 1458 01:11:18,357 --> 01:11:22,027 Yes, and I should make a clear five to seven dollars from them, 1459 01:11:22,111 --> 01:11:23,904 if I'm lucky, over the next year. 1460 01:11:26,115 --> 01:11:28,226 Goodbye, Joe. I love you. You're my buddy. 1461 01:11:28,284 --> 01:11:29,844 I've enjoyed working with you tremendously. 1462 01:11:29,868 --> 01:11:31,203 I've enjoyed it, too. 1463 01:11:31,287 --> 01:11:34,623 ♪ Times have changed Since I was around ♪ 1464 01:11:34,707 --> 01:11:36,542 Bye, Kirsch. Bye, Zach. 1465 01:11:36,625 --> 01:11:38,627 - ♪ Times have changed ♪ - Bye, Mike. 1466 01:11:38,711 --> 01:11:41,338 ♪ It's clear ♪ 1467 01:11:41,422 --> 01:11:46,927 ♪ Things that once were wondrous to me ♪ 1468 01:11:47,011 --> 01:11:51,765 ♪ Are now no longer here ♪ 1469 01:11:51,849 --> 01:11:57,021 ♪ There are other things More wondrous now ♪ 1470 01:11:57,104 --> 01:12:01,859 ♪ It's all been rearranged ♪ 1471 01:12:01,942 --> 01:12:08,115 ♪ Well, I guess there's always Somebody saying ♪ 1472 01:12:08,198 --> 01:12:13,704 ♪ My, how times have changed... ♪ 1473 01:12:13,787 --> 01:12:15,307 Are you out for the day, Steve? 1474 01:12:15,331 --> 01:12:18,542 Yeah, I don't think I'm going back in, so let's have our... 1475 01:12:18,625 --> 01:12:23,255 Our hug while we have our, uh, large, awkward items. 1476 01:12:23,922 --> 01:12:25,174 - Hey! - Steve. 1477 01:12:25,257 --> 01:12:26,735 It was great working with you, man. 1478 01:12:26,759 --> 01:12:28,278 It was great working with you, too. 1479 01:12:28,302 --> 01:12:29,470 A lot of fun. 1480 01:12:31,388 --> 01:12:34,058 Well, what do you think of that, Charlie? 1481 01:12:34,141 --> 01:12:35,809 Wow, Mr. Morton. 1482 01:12:35,893 --> 01:12:37,686 Xerox is the greatest! 1483 01:12:37,770 --> 01:12:40,564 Sales keep climbing and climbing. 1484 01:12:40,647 --> 01:12:42,983 Yes, you're right, Charlie. 1485 01:12:43,067 --> 01:12:46,111 But a dream is an unending thing. 1486 01:12:46,195 --> 01:12:48,322 Always changing. 1487 01:12:48,405 --> 01:12:49,948 Always growing. 1488 01:12:50,032 --> 01:12:53,827 Always on the threshold of an exciting future. 1489 01:12:54,370 --> 01:12:56,121 Our dream, 1490 01:12:56,205 --> 01:12:59,917 our dream of destiny is yet to be fulfilled, 1491 01:13:00,834 --> 01:13:03,420 and today we know more than ever 1492 01:13:03,504 --> 01:13:07,216 that this fulfillment is within our reach. 1493 01:13:10,511 --> 01:13:13,180 Thank you all for coming out tonight. 1494 01:13:13,263 --> 01:13:16,183 This evening, I'm going to lead you through a door, 1495 01:13:16,266 --> 01:13:18,060 a door that's usually locked. 1496 01:13:18,143 --> 01:13:21,438 It's marked "authorized personnel only." 1497 01:13:21,522 --> 01:13:23,232 On the other side of that door, 1498 01:13:23,315 --> 01:13:26,151 you're going to see and hear things 1499 01:13:26,235 --> 01:13:28,987 you were never meant to see or hear. 1500 01:13:34,827 --> 01:13:36,537 Should there be another lifetime, 1501 01:13:36,620 --> 01:13:39,081 I would always want to come back 1502 01:13:39,164 --> 01:13:41,750 and be in the theater, because the theater is life. 1503 01:13:41,834 --> 01:13:44,711 You talk to people. You tell them stories. 1504 01:13:44,795 --> 01:13:48,799 You watch them enjoy it or be moved by it. 1505 01:13:48,882 --> 01:13:51,343 You're a part of people's lives. 1506 01:13:51,427 --> 01:13:55,055 Even when applied to the project of selling 1507 01:13:55,139 --> 01:13:57,266 a piece of agricultural equipment? 1508 01:13:57,349 --> 01:13:58,475 Absolutely. 1509 01:13:59,852 --> 01:14:01,812 Musical theater is our art form, 1510 01:14:01,895 --> 01:14:03,355 American art form. 1511 01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:04,857 Opera is Europe's, 1512 01:14:04,940 --> 01:14:06,650 but this is ours. 1513 01:14:06,733 --> 01:14:08,735 It's peculiarly American. 1514 01:14:08,819 --> 01:14:13,532 And if the musical is the American art form, 1515 01:14:13,615 --> 01:14:17,286 then the industrial musical is the hyper-American art form. 1516 01:14:17,369 --> 01:14:19,455 Absolutely, absolutely. 1517 01:14:19,538 --> 01:14:22,416 I think it has an unexpected importance 1518 01:14:22,499 --> 01:14:25,002 that you and certainly I would never have noticed 1519 01:14:25,085 --> 01:14:27,588 when I was holding up the records on the show. 1520 01:14:27,671 --> 01:14:29,381 It, uh, illuminates 1521 01:14:29,465 --> 01:14:32,885 an American business world that doesn't exist at all anymore, 1522 01:14:32,968 --> 01:14:35,613 and that says a lot about the change between now and then. 1523 01:14:35,637 --> 01:14:37,389 You know, people were lifers. 1524 01:14:37,473 --> 01:14:40,100 They would work for Kinney Shoes their entire career. 1525 01:14:40,184 --> 01:14:42,186 I don't even think you could anymore. 1526 01:14:42,269 --> 01:14:45,022 The people who made these cars cared about them, 1527 01:14:45,105 --> 01:14:48,150 so they could say, "Yeah, I'm part of this, I made this." 1528 01:14:48,233 --> 01:14:49,610 You don't get that now. 1529 01:14:50,527 --> 01:14:52,613 It was an extremely important part 1530 01:14:52,696 --> 01:14:54,823 of the entertainment industry. 1531 01:14:54,907 --> 01:14:59,495 It was important to me, both financially and as an education. 1532 01:15:00,245 --> 01:15:02,706 I'm very proud of those shows. 1533 01:15:02,789 --> 01:15:07,211 I think some companies might think about doing it again, Steve, 1534 01:15:07,294 --> 01:15:08,962 and you should be the producer. 1535 01:15:09,046 --> 01:15:11,256 - Okay. - Maybe you should star in it. 1536 01:15:13,842 --> 01:15:15,677 Since the book came out, 1537 01:15:15,761 --> 01:15:18,430 I've found, to my surprise somewhat, 1538 01:15:18,514 --> 01:15:21,225 that there is more of this industrial 1539 01:15:21,308 --> 01:15:23,519 sort of work still going on, 1540 01:15:23,602 --> 01:15:25,412 very much in, uh, the old tradition. 1541 01:15:25,437 --> 01:15:28,357 I have to believe that I can do it. 1542 01:15:28,982 --> 01:15:31,109 And you know what? 1543 01:15:31,193 --> 01:15:33,362 I truly believe I can! 1544 01:15:35,072 --> 01:15:38,951 So, a few companies have kept the flame alive. 1545 01:15:39,034 --> 01:15:41,537 I've seen, uh, Walmart The Musical, 1546 01:15:41,620 --> 01:15:43,205 less than ten years old. 1547 01:15:43,288 --> 01:15:46,041 Really very much like an old line industrial 1548 01:15:46,124 --> 01:15:48,752 with a plot and characters set in a Walmart store. 1549 01:15:48,835 --> 01:15:52,923 I don't know if this night has been real or some incredible dream 1550 01:15:53,006 --> 01:15:55,133 or if we've been inhaling too many fumes 1551 01:15:55,217 --> 01:15:57,302 from the paint department. 1552 01:15:57,386 --> 01:16:00,681 Maybe the wheel has turned and what is old is new again. 1553 01:16:00,764 --> 01:16:03,016 I hope everyone becomes interested in it. 1554 01:16:03,100 --> 01:16:04,101 Yeah. 1555 01:16:04,184 --> 01:16:06,079 'Cause then I can sell the ones I don't care about 1556 01:16:06,103 --> 01:16:07,980 for lots of money. 1557 01:16:08,063 --> 01:16:09,606 Capitalist pig. 1558 01:16:09,690 --> 01:16:12,001 Well, I learned that by listening to these records. 1559 01:16:12,025 --> 01:16:14,111 I really got motivated... 1560 01:16:14,194 --> 01:16:16,863 To sell, sell, sell. 1561 01:16:18,949 --> 01:16:21,868 You know her, the brunette from The Bathrooms Are Coming! 1562 01:16:21,952 --> 01:16:26,290 Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Patt Stanton Gjonola. 1563 01:16:26,373 --> 01:16:28,917 Come on over here, Patt. 1564 01:16:32,296 --> 01:16:36,675 ♪ My bathroom ♪ 1565 01:16:36,758 --> 01:16:40,721 ♪ My bathroom ♪ 1566 01:16:40,804 --> 01:16:44,641 ♪ Is a private kind of place ♪ 1567 01:16:46,768 --> 01:16:51,690 ♪ Very special kind of place ♪ 1568 01:16:51,773 --> 01:16:57,613 ♪ The only place where I can stay ♪ 1569 01:16:57,696 --> 01:17:01,533 ♪ Making faces at my face ♪ 1570 01:17:01,617 --> 01:17:03,452 ♪ I'm free... ♪ 1571 01:17:03,535 --> 01:17:07,539 My friend, my hero, your hometown hero, Mr. Hank Beebe. 1572 01:17:09,458 --> 01:17:14,880 ♪ I've closed out the world, I'm free ♪ 1573 01:17:14,963 --> 01:17:17,758 - ♪ I'm free ♪ - That's right. 1574 01:17:17,841 --> 01:17:21,011 - ♪ I'm free... ♪ - Come on over here, Hank. 1575 01:17:21,094 --> 01:17:23,055 You know her as Femma. 1576 01:17:23,138 --> 01:17:24,574 Here she is, my friend, SuEllen. 1577 01:17:24,598 --> 01:17:25,754 Where are you, SuEllen? 1578 01:17:25,807 --> 01:17:27,309 There she is. 1579 01:17:30,479 --> 01:17:32,522 ♪ In my bathroom... ♪ 1580 01:17:32,606 --> 01:17:35,776 - Thank you so much. - See you soon. Coffee. 1581 01:17:35,859 --> 01:17:37,402 - Coffee, yes. - Coffee. 1582 01:17:37,486 --> 01:17:43,450 ♪ Is much more than it may seem ♪ 1583 01:17:43,533 --> 01:17:49,081 ♪ Where I wash and where I cream ♪ 1584 01:17:49,164 --> 01:17:51,375 ♪ A special place ♪ 1585 01:17:51,458 --> 01:17:56,254 ♪ Where I can stay and cream ♪ 1586 01:17:56,338 --> 01:18:00,175 ♪ And dream and dream ♪ 1587 01:18:00,258 --> 01:18:03,553 ♪ And dream ♪ 1588 01:18:03,637 --> 01:18:08,809 ♪ Dream ♪ 1589 01:18:18,276 --> 01:18:21,279 I felt like I was in a stadium with 20,000 people. 1590 01:18:21,363 --> 01:18:23,907 I mean, to me, that's how it sounded. 1591 01:18:28,370 --> 01:18:31,748 I just haven't received that kind of appreciation 1592 01:18:31,832 --> 01:18:33,375 for my talent. 1593 01:18:34,751 --> 01:18:37,045 Uh, you know, my husband was the star. 1594 01:18:38,004 --> 01:18:40,716 It was just... It was really, really nice. 1595 01:18:40,799 --> 01:18:41,967 You know. 1596 01:18:44,344 --> 01:18:48,515 Getting to know a lot of these veterans from the field has... 1597 01:18:49,891 --> 01:18:53,729 Opened up my ability 1598 01:18:53,812 --> 01:18:57,315 to be receptive to people. 1599 01:18:59,276 --> 01:19:01,737 Whereas before, they might have just passed 1600 01:19:01,820 --> 01:19:03,715 through my field of vision without a thought, 1601 01:19:03,739 --> 01:19:07,534 or I might have made some snap judgment in a snarky way. 1602 01:19:07,617 --> 01:19:10,203 Now I think, "That... That old guy?" 1603 01:19:10,287 --> 01:19:13,165 He might be the Sid Siegel of something. 1604 01:19:13,248 --> 01:19:17,461 That woman there, that might be the Patt Stanton Gjonola 1605 01:19:17,544 --> 01:19:21,673 of some realm of creative work that I will never know, 1606 01:19:21,757 --> 01:19:24,134 "but she might be fantastic." 1607 01:19:25,927 --> 01:19:29,931 You know, everyone says, "Be yourself and do what you want to do." 1608 01:19:30,015 --> 01:19:33,810 But he definitely showed me that I can do whatever I want to do, 1609 01:19:33,894 --> 01:19:36,608 even if it's something weird that literally no one else 1610 01:19:36,646 --> 01:19:38,064 has ever heard about. 1611 01:19:40,317 --> 01:19:42,861 It's gone further than I've imagined. 1612 01:19:42,944 --> 01:19:46,364 Now I'm working on songs with Hank Beebe. 1613 01:19:46,448 --> 01:19:49,242 I saw his name in 1995 on a record album, 1614 01:19:49,326 --> 01:19:51,995 and just thought, "Who's that guy?" 1615 01:19:52,078 --> 01:19:55,916 But it is a thrill to be... 1616 01:19:57,042 --> 01:20:00,670 On a piece of music paper where it's his name and my name. 1617 01:20:01,338 --> 01:20:02,756 That's... 1618 01:20:03,340 --> 01:20:06,843 That's, uh, worth a stack of records to the moon. 1619 01:20:14,392 --> 01:20:18,230 ♪ If your life Is gray and normal ♪ 1620 01:20:18,313 --> 01:20:21,733 ♪ And you're wishing there was more ♪ 1621 01:20:21,817 --> 01:20:24,277 ♪ Clues about a different world ♪ 1622 01:20:24,361 --> 01:20:27,739 ♪ May whisper, come explore ♪ 1623 01:20:27,823 --> 01:20:30,283 ♪ That little voice inside you ♪ 1624 01:20:30,367 --> 01:20:32,744 ♪ Knows how rich your life could be ♪ 1625 01:20:34,329 --> 01:20:37,624 ♪ Even though most people cannot see ♪ 1626 01:20:37,707 --> 01:20:40,669 ♪ The things you see... ♪ 1627 01:20:49,469 --> 01:20:52,264 ♪ Take that step Shine your light ♪ 1628 01:20:52,347 --> 01:20:54,933 ♪ That left turn might be right ♪ 1629 01:20:55,016 --> 01:20:58,395 ♪ Don't wait for the world to say okay ♪ 1630 01:20:58,478 --> 01:21:00,605 ♪ Find your own way ♪ 1631 01:21:00,689 --> 01:21:03,692 ♪ Find that path others missed ♪ 1632 01:21:03,775 --> 01:21:06,611 ♪ Life is grander with a twist ♪ 1633 01:21:06,695 --> 01:21:10,031 ♪ There's that knock you've heard before ♪ 1634 01:21:10,115 --> 01:21:13,535 ♪ Open that door ♪ 1635 01:21:13,618 --> 01:21:16,162 ♪ You may find that selling ♪ 1636 01:21:16,246 --> 01:21:18,874 ♪ Is what you're born to do ♪ 1637 01:21:18,957 --> 01:21:21,459 ♪ Or singing or collecting ♪ 1638 01:21:21,543 --> 01:21:25,297 ♪ Is what makes you feel like you ♪ 1639 01:21:25,380 --> 01:21:27,841 ♪ Take that step, shine your light ♪ 1640 01:21:27,924 --> 01:21:30,468 ♪ That left turn might be right ♪ 1641 01:21:30,552 --> 01:21:34,222 ♪ Don't wait for the world to say okay ♪ 1642 01:21:34,306 --> 01:21:36,141 ♪ Find your own way ♪ 1643 01:21:36,224 --> 01:21:39,019 ♪ You may find you're doing jazz hands ♪ 1644 01:21:39,102 --> 01:21:41,980 ♪ When someone says Dow Jones ♪ 1645 01:21:42,063 --> 01:21:44,399 ♪ Or maybe you start dancing ♪ 1646 01:21:44,482 --> 01:21:47,360 ♪ When you hear silicones ♪ 1647 01:21:47,444 --> 01:21:49,613 - ♪ Silicones ♪ - ♪ Silicones ♪ 1648 01:21:49,696 --> 01:21:52,324 ♪ Silicones ♪ 1649 01:22:03,668 --> 01:22:05,128 ♪ Take that step ♪ 1650 01:22:05,211 --> 01:22:09,049 ♪ Open that door ♪ 1651 01:22:12,552 --> 01:22:15,180 ♪ Hear a song and you may realize ♪ 1652 01:22:15,263 --> 01:22:17,933 ♪ Now you have the power ♪ 1653 01:22:18,016 --> 01:22:21,102 ♪ There's a sparkle in your eyes ♪ 1654 01:22:21,186 --> 01:22:23,438 ♪ You want to sell a shower ♪ 1655 01:22:23,521 --> 01:22:26,399 ♪ The more we keep on moving ♪ 1656 01:22:26,483 --> 01:22:29,152 ♪ Stepping toward our dream ♪ 1657 01:22:29,235 --> 01:22:31,655 ♪ The more we find our people ♪ 1658 01:22:31,738 --> 01:22:38,662 ♪ We are stronger as a team ♪ 1659 01:22:42,749 --> 01:22:46,169 ♪ Take that step, shine your light ♪ 1660 01:22:46,252 --> 01:22:48,922 ♪ That left turn might be right ♪ 1661 01:22:49,005 --> 01:22:52,801 ♪ Don't wait for the world to say okay ♪ 1662 01:22:52,884 --> 01:22:55,720 ♪ Find your own way ♪ 1663 01:22:55,804 --> 01:22:58,014 ♪ Find that path others missed ♪ 1664 01:22:58,098 --> 01:23:01,726 ♪ Life is grander with a twist ♪ 1665 01:23:01,810 --> 01:23:03,561 ♪ There's that knock ♪ 1666 01:23:03,645 --> 01:23:07,524 ♪ Open that door ♪ 1667 01:23:07,607 --> 01:23:08,900 ♪ Take that step ♪ 1668 01:23:08,984 --> 01:23:10,291 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 1669 01:23:10,318 --> 01:23:11,528 ♪ Take that step ♪ 1670 01:23:11,611 --> 01:23:13,196 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 1671 01:23:13,279 --> 01:23:15,323 ♪ Take that step, take that step ♪ 1672 01:23:15,407 --> 01:23:19,119 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 1673 01:23:19,202 --> 01:23:22,998 ♪ Take that step ♪ 1674 01:23:23,081 --> 01:23:30,046 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 1675 01:23:32,215 --> 01:23:37,804 ♪ It'll change your life ♪ 1676 01:23:44,853 --> 01:23:48,982 ♪ Farewell, you pacemakers ♪ 1677 01:23:49,065 --> 01:23:52,986 ♪ Farewell to thee ♪ 1678 01:23:53,069 --> 01:23:56,531 ♪ Good luck to each one of you ♪ 1679 01:23:56,614 --> 01:23:59,743 ♪ From A.B. Dick Company... ♪ 1680 01:24:00,910 --> 01:24:02,829 ♪ It all started back in 1993 ♪ 1681 01:24:02,912 --> 01:24:05,832 ♪ When I found a souvenir album from GE ♪ 1682 01:24:05,915 --> 01:24:08,251 ♪ A utility executives' musical show? ♪ 1683 01:24:08,334 --> 01:24:12,255 ♪ I said, "That's weird" Little did I know ♪ 1684 01:24:14,049 --> 01:24:16,676 ♪ Find records to laugh at That was the plan ♪ 1685 01:24:16,760 --> 01:24:19,512 ♪ But I couldn't stop singing My Insurance Man ♪ 1686 01:24:19,596 --> 01:24:22,265 ♪ Songs about diesel engines Service and selling ♪ 1687 01:24:22,348 --> 01:24:26,269 ♪ These corporate show tunes Are oddly compelling ♪ 1688 01:24:28,021 --> 01:24:29,790 ♪ I was digging through, digging through ♪ 1689 01:24:29,814 --> 01:24:33,485 ♪ Records at a record store ♪ 1690 01:24:33,568 --> 01:24:38,531 ♪ It wasn't too long before I happened to find a few more ♪ 1691 01:24:38,615 --> 01:24:41,367 ♪ A Ford tractor dealer show Not so easy to mock ♪ 1692 01:24:41,451 --> 01:24:44,454 ♪ It's by those Fiddler on the Roof guys Harnick and Bock ♪ 1693 01:24:44,537 --> 01:24:47,123 ♪ The Westinghouse appliance show Had me humming ♪ 1694 01:24:47,207 --> 01:24:49,250 ♪ And don't look now ♪ 1695 01:24:49,334 --> 01:24:51,252 ♪ But The Bathrooms Are Coming! ♪ 1696 01:24:52,921 --> 01:24:55,590 ♪ K '71, It's a Kellogg's Year ♪ 1697 01:24:55,673 --> 01:24:58,301 ♪ '86 Pepsi advertising premiere ♪ 1698 01:24:58,384 --> 01:25:00,929 ♪ On the go with Westclox, going great ♪ 1699 01:25:01,012 --> 01:25:04,432 ♪ Silicones, I've got to investigate ♪ 1700 01:25:06,267 --> 01:25:08,079 ♪ Now I'm digging through Digging through ♪ 1701 01:25:08,103 --> 01:25:11,564 ♪ Records at a record show ♪ 1702 01:25:11,648 --> 01:25:13,233 ♪ Meeting new people ♪ 1703 01:25:13,316 --> 01:25:17,320 ♪ And they're helping My collection to grow ♪ 1704 01:25:17,403 --> 01:25:19,948 ♪ Sing a Song of Sewing That's showbiz ♪ 1705 01:25:20,031 --> 01:25:22,408 ♪ Royal Typewriter's Telling it like it is ♪ 1706 01:25:22,492 --> 01:25:25,078 ♪ I got 7UP and 7-Eleven ♪ 1707 01:25:25,161 --> 01:25:29,415 ♪ And Red Carpet Team Rally 1977 ♪ 1708 01:25:31,292 --> 01:25:33,795 ♪ Mattel-Za-Poppin, The Mighty "O"! ♪ 1709 01:25:33,878 --> 01:25:36,714 ♪ '57 Ford introduction show ♪ 1710 01:25:36,798 --> 01:25:39,259 ♪ Lipton's on the move, so is Listerine ♪ 1711 01:25:39,342 --> 01:25:42,011 ♪ Here's the best and the only Road grader show ♪ 1712 01:25:42,095 --> 01:25:44,556 ♪ I've ever seen ♪ 1713 01:25:44,639 --> 01:25:46,057 ♪ Now I'm digging through ♪ 1714 01:25:46,141 --> 01:25:50,145 ♪ Digging through records on eBay ♪ 1715 01:25:50,228 --> 01:25:51,887 ♪ And I'm tracking down writers ♪ 1716 01:25:51,938 --> 01:25:55,692 ♪ And singers to hear what they say ♪ 1717 01:25:55,775 --> 01:25:58,254 ♪ I'm Penney Proud And if you think that's strange ♪ 1718 01:25:58,278 --> 01:26:00,005 ♪ How about a birth control musical ♪ 1719 01:26:00,029 --> 01:26:01,489 ♪ The Challenge of Change ♪ 1720 01:26:01,573 --> 01:26:04,033 ♪ Owens Corning Fiberglas original cast ♪ 1721 01:26:04,117 --> 01:26:07,912 ♪ Great start for the Edsel Although it couldn't last ♪ 1722 01:26:09,831 --> 01:26:13,042 ♪ That Minute Maid salesman So square he's hip ♪ 1723 01:26:13,126 --> 01:26:15,545 ♪ Coke is tightening Their grip of leadership ♪ 1724 01:26:15,628 --> 01:26:17,839 ♪ Cadillac had the most fabulous year ♪ 1725 01:26:17,922 --> 01:26:21,759 ♪ Xerox said, "Hey, Steve You can take it from here" ♪ 1726 01:26:23,595 --> 01:26:25,656 ♪ I'm still digging through Digging through ♪ 1727 01:26:25,680 --> 01:26:29,309 ♪ Digging through history ♪ 1728 01:26:29,392 --> 01:26:33,313 ♪ Industrial musical theater's Grabbed a hold of me ♪ 1729 01:26:35,231 --> 01:26:37,567 ♪ Chevy, Standard Oil, U.S. Steel ♪ 1730 01:26:37,692 --> 01:26:40,445 ♪ Exxon, McDonald's I swear it's all real ♪ 1731 01:26:40,528 --> 01:26:43,072 ♪ And somehow 20 years have gone by ♪ 1732 01:26:43,156 --> 01:26:46,367 ♪ And they call me The industrial musicals guy ♪ 1733 01:26:46,451 --> 01:26:48,554 ♪ I'm still digging through Digging through ♪ 1734 01:26:48,578 --> 01:26:50,747 ♪ Digging through history ♪ 1735 01:26:52,749 --> 01:26:57,795 ♪ Industrial musical theater's Grabbed a hold of me ♪ 142756