Posted
6:36 PM
by Gene
As part of my continuing obsession with music downloads I've found a site (again, no links) with a fair sampling of the bad music that dominated game shows in the seventies, stuff like
"Banjoman Meets Baretta" and
"Deep (Blank)", and among its offerings are not one but
two versions of the theme from the 1979 syndicated game show
Make -- Me Laugh! (emphasis added), yes, the show that dared contestants not to laugh at such outstanding comic geniuses as "
Bob Saget,
Howie Mandel,
Gallagher,
Gary Mule Deer,
Yakov Smirnoff,
Bruce 'Babyman' Baum and
Garry Shandling", but unfortunately not Jay Leno, who would have fit right in. I watched it often and never laughed ONCE. This was the show
Bobby Van emceed only to die of brain cancer afterwards. I know there wasn't a connection but in a way there is.
Make -- Me Laugh! and Bobby Van's terminal illness are a big reason why I think so highly of stand-up.