This Is Bobby Darin (U.K. TV Show, 1960) / Coke Time (U.S. TV Show, 1959)

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This Is Bobby Darin 1960:
U.K. TV April-23-1960.  Val Parnell’s Spectacular Presents “This Is Bobby Darin”.  Bobby Darin hosts the show, performs and introduces other artists including Duane Eddy and Clyde McPhatter.  Live performances!

Bobby Darin performs “Guys And Dolls” and “Mack The Knife”.  Pete Murray assists Bobby introducing Duane Eddy & The Rebels who perform “Shazam”.

Bobby mentions he likes folk songs.  He then hands a guitar to Duane Eddy who plays as Bobby sings “I’m Just A Country Boy”.  Pete Murray introduces Bobby singing “The Gal That Got Away”.  Bobby introduces Clyde McPhatter who sings “Think Me A Kiss”.

A terrific segment with Bobby playing piano while Clyde McPhatter sings “Have Mercy Baby”.  Darin introduces Rosemary Squires singing “Solitude” (with dancing by Irving Davies and Frances Pidgeon).

Bobby sings “La Mer (Beyond The Sea)” followed by his new single “Clementine”.  Bobby has an interview with Pete Murray, followed by a short dance lesson from Irving Davies.  Rosemary Squires joins Darin to sing “Crazy Over You”.  Plus more!

Coke Time (1959:
U.S. TV Show.  Variety show hosted by Pat Boone.  A special episode focusing on the years between twelve and twenty – the teenage years!  Starring: Bobby Darin, Paul Anka, Edd “Kookie” Byrnes, Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Bob Denver (as Maynard G. Krebbs), Anita Bryant.

Songs include:  Paul Anka and Annette (both before their nose jobs)  “I’m Sixteen Going On Seventeen”;  Frankie Avalon “Little Girl”;  Bobby Darin “All I Need Is The Girl”;  Anita Bryant “One Boy”;  Pat Boone “Young At Heart”.

Bobby Darin and Pat Boone sing a duet medley of songs including “Playing The Field”, “Love And Marriage”, “Independent (On My Own)”, “A Fellow With A Girl”, “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and several others.

Cool segment with Maynard and Kookie hanging out playing 45s which leads to an incredible medley of songs including:  Paul Anka “Diana”, “Put Your Head On My Shoulder”, “My Home Town”;  Frankie Avalon “Venus”, “Swinging On A Rainbow”, “Why”, “De De Dinah”;  Bobby Darin “Mack The Knife”, “Splish Splash”, “Clementine”;  Annette “Tall Paul”, “O Dio Mio”;  Anita Bryant “Till There Was You”, “Paper Roses”;  Pat Boone “Love Letters In The Sand”, “Tutti Frutti”, “April Love”, “Why, Baby, Why” and others!

Cool segments on “Fads, devices and diversions” and “transistor radios”!  Connie Francis sings a “Coca-Cola Commercial”.  Maynard G. Krebs and Kookie do some wild beatnik hip talk and try to teach Pat Boone how to be cool!  Annette dances “the Madison”.

Audio & Video Quality: Both shows are in acceptable audio and video quality,about a 7.5-7.75 using our website Quality Rating Table.

Total Running Time: 112 minutes.

Disc Format: 1 NTSC DVD-R disc.