Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Celebrity Rock: The Beatles, a la The Kopykats.....and Raymond Burr? (1972)

Oh, this was too good to resist.

Here's a skit/musical number from The Kopykats. The cast, save for Rich Little for some reason, perform a medley of Beatles songs, culminating in host du jour Raymond Burr (Ironside) simply reciting lyrics from "Eleanor Rigby". They could've just as easily gotten Orson Welles for that.

Among the highlights: George Kirby as Ella Fitzgerald, Pearl Bailey, & Ray Charles. Marilyn Michaels (w/black wig) as Eydie Gorme. Frank Gorshin as Tony Bennett & Dean Martin. Fred Travalena gets it started, via trick photography, as John Lennon & Paul McCartney......



Try this out at your next Halloween party.

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