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Remember Hullabaloo? January 12, 1965 – August 29, 1966, NBC
This was NBC’s answer to ABC’s ‘Shindig’, a half hour primetime music show for us teenagers. I remember both well, do you?
The show was taped in three different locations for some reason. It usually came from NBC Brooklyn, but Studio 8H also hosted some episodes. NBC Burbank also did some shows there, but I think there were less than a dozen from there.
I still have a Hullabaloo sweatshirt packed away somewhere! The time slot for this show was replaced with The Monkees in 1966!
Bobby..thanks for posting…4pm /ct weekdays…NBC even sent their stations Hullabaloo posters as give-a-ways &
COLORING BOOKS for the pre-teens.
I recall Shindig was 45 minutes long. This was attempt by ABC to hold an audience.
A lot of amateur shenanigans based on the promise of a 3 minute fame.
I have to admit that I’m one of those oldsters who grew up watching Hullabaloo and Shindig. End of an era and pretty much an end to a generation.
I remember them both very well. there was a “Hullabaloo” dancer that I hated and I still don’t know why! Her name was Lada Edmond Jr ..they couldn’t keep the camera on her and it drove me nuts! Funny the things you remember as you get older!
Loved that show! I wanted to be Joey Heatherton.
What wonderful memories. I remember them both very well. I liked Hullabaloo better!
This makes me feel so old as it was one year before my time at NBC.
Has to be the worst rendition of “Help” ever. Gary knew the lyric, Jerry obviously reading the cue card. LOL.
Most all the shows erased…another victim of the late 60’s NBC bean counters.
I got this photo from the Hullabaloo Dancers FB page.
Hullabaloo was a great show on NBC. What now seems subliminal is that at one point, almost every guest host had an NBC Show on for a little bit of cross promotion. Robert Vaughn, Michael Landon, etc. One of the dancers on the show was Donna McKenzie who had dark hair and was one of the girls who escorted Jerry and Gary Lewis. She went on to great fame and won a Tony for ‘A Chorus Line’.
Watched this and Shindig. I don’t remember much about them except that they were clear attempts at appealing to the ‘younger generation’ (of which I was a part).
Those were the days……back then NBC used to be in the business of show business.
I remember those white go-go boots!
Watched both religiously. Liked Shindig better, Hullabaloo was too overpriced for Rock and roll…
Was 20 in 1965 but I did watch the program now and again.
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