{"id":9934,"date":"2019-01-28T15:34:04","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T22:34:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=9934"},"modified":"2023-02-06T15:59:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T22:59:29","slug":"louie-project-update-louie-on-tv-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.louielouie.net\/blog\/?p=9934","title":{"rendered":"LOUIE Project Update \/ LOUIE on TV – part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s January 2019, and the mountain of LOUIE material continues to grow even taller at LOUIE Central.<\/p>\n

Big thanks to everyone that donated various LOUIE-centric items for what is likely the world’s largest collection of LOUIE LOUIE-related material.<\/p>\n

Big thanks, in no particular order, to:<\/p>\n

– Neal Pargman of Save the Earth Foundation
\n– Jeff Miller of Golden Oldies, Tacoma
\n– Steve of Rocket Records, Tacoma
\n– Robert Mackie of Natalis Group LLC
\n– Dennis Flannigan
\n– Mel Cheplowitz of KALX, Shredding Paper
\n– Doc Pelzel of KFJC
\n– Ed Nadorozny
\n– Thomas Robinson of Historic Photo Archive, Portland, OR
\n– Mike Hintze
\n– Clay Stabler
\n– Andy Martello
\n– Gerry Fialka & Suzie Williams
\n– Neal Skok
\n– Marc Bristol of Blue Suede News
\n– Ron Fowler
\n– Clark Besch
\n– Theo de Grood
\n– Buck Munger (RIP)
\n– associate producer David Jack Jester
\n– Paul Korntheuer
\n– Will Higgins
\n– Tobias Schmahl<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is an incomplete list of generous people that donated items in the past few years.<\/p>\n

I know there’s more people I should definitely add to that list. Feel free to drop me a reminder, as the memory banks are often overwhelmed.<\/p>\n

A few weeks ago, my good friend Stretch Riedle<\/strong> donated his LOUIE LOUIE VHS collection, which is a massive collection of TV shows, archival concerts, and odd little LOUIE LOUIE moments. I’m guessing it’s at least about 50-60 pounds worth of videotape.<\/p>\n

Even though we regularly compare notes, and see some great concerts over the years (including that Patti Smith<\/strong> show in Santa Cruz a few weeks ago \u2013 INCREDIBLE!!)<\/em>, I\u2019m surprised to find some LOUIE items I didn\u2019t know about.<\/p>\n

With this in mind, I plan to unravel and decipher some of this material with a new set of \u201cLOUIE on TV\u201d notes which I\u2019ll be sharing on this website.<\/p>\n

Before I get started on this task, I think I\u2019ll start off by acknowledging some the more recent LOUIE-centric TV moments that aren\u2019t part of this collection.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a couple of those TV moments I caught over the holidays\u2026<\/p>\n

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Springsteen at Broadway<\/strong> (Netflix) is a wonderful video representation of a concert residency by Bruce Springsteen<\/strong> at the Walter Kerr Theatre (NYC) that lasted from October 3, 2017 until December 15, 2018. The show is a reenactment of his 2016 autobiography, which features some stripped-down performances of his songs performed solo, which in ways, often feel more powerful than the original studio recordings.<\/p>\n

And yes, there is a special moment in this performance one could call a \u201cre-affirmation of LOUIE,\u201d but I\u2019ll avoid specific details, as I don\u2019t want to be the spoiler of such things. I\u2019ll just mention that somewhere around one hour and twenty-some minutes, Bruce acknowledges a higher power of LOUIE, or something like that. Highly recommended.<\/p>\n

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John Prine<\/strong> on Austin City Limits<\/strong> (PBS), was another fine concert shared via the powers of television. I think it was first aired sometime in October 2018, but I didn\u2019t see it until December. (Gotta love those Tivo gizmos!)<\/em> His LOUIE reference took place during his performance of \u201cLake Marie,\u201d which may or may not appear at the 41:10 mark, depending on the timing of your local PBS pledge drives, which of course, I fully support.<\/p>\n

After that, I\u2019ll mention a few vintage TV shows that feature LOUIE. Before I inherited Stretch\u2019s serious collection of VHS tapes, I had already been tracking down upgraded copies of the old TV shows that featured LOUIE LOUIE, acquiring DVD reissues of these older TV shows whenever possible.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a few of those shows\u2026<\/p>\n

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The A-team<\/strong> (NBC)
\n\u2028Season 5\/episode 5 \/1986-10-24 \u2028\u201cThe Theory Of Revolution\u201d\u2028
\nThis features a recording of LL by an unnamed band that tried to replicate Jack Ely<\/strong>\u2019s vocals with the Kingmen<\/strong>, shared 3 times.
\n#1 \u2013 00:11 opening of show w\/ close-ups of record player + volleyball\u2028
\n#2 \u2013 06:14 A-Team assembles weapons for their next strategy
\n\u2028#3 \u2013 44:31 closing of show w\/ close-up of collected weapons + volleyball\u2028\u2028<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/strong>: More discussion about this version of the song on the A-Team TV show can be found at the A-Team Mystery Version \u2013 LOUIE of the Week<\/a> post on this website.<\/p>\n

A-Team Mystery Version – LOUIE of the Week<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n