19491950s TV SHOW
EARLY TELEVISION SHOW VERSION OF OLSEN AND JOHNSON'S HIT COMEDY SHOW: "HELLZA POPPIN"
EXTREME VAUDEVILLE, BURLESQUE, TYPE SHOW WITH "BLACKOUT" SECTIONS.
EXTREME VAUDEVILLE, BURLESQUE, TYPE SHOW WITH "BLACKOUT" SECTIONS.
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CU TILT UP HEAT GAUGE WITH READINGS "UN BEARABLE, COLD, WARM, AWFULLY HOT". LS TILT DOWN STAGE CURTAIN TO ICEMAN ON STAGE WITH MAN IN CAP, CIGARETTE DANGLING, ICE CLAWS OM HIS SHOULDER, AS HE PUSHES WAGON WITH HUGE BLOCK OF ICE TOWARDS CAMERA, YELLING, "ICE" (FOR SALE). ZOOM IN BLOCK OF ICE, TITLE: "BUICK DEALER'S PRESENTS....", OLSEN AND JOHNSON IN FIREBALL - FUN - FOR ALL", SUPER-
IMPOSED ON ICE BLOCK. CAST INCLUDES MARTY MAY, J.C. OLSEN, JUNE JOHNSON; MUSIC BY AL GOODMAN, AND OTHER CREDITS. |
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SHOW STARTS WITH V USUAL CHAOS AND MAYHEM AS POLICEMAN RUNS DOWN CENTER AISLE BLOWING HIS WHISTLE, FIRING HIS PISTOL IN THE AIR, SOUNDS OF SIRENS BLASTING, ALL LIGHTS GOING OUT PUTTING AUDIENCE IN THE DARK AND IN SHOCK. LIGHTS GO ON, POLICEMAN AND USHER DO A WILD BUICK COMMERCIAL, WITH VOICE OVER AND WEIRD MUSIC JOIN IN. CU BUICK LOGO.
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| 13:11:10 150 |
SHOT OF AUDIENCE, CU WOMAN IN AUDIENCE READING MAGAZINE"TORRID ROMANCES".
PAN TO VENDER GOING UP ISLE SELLING "GOOD HUMOR" ICE CREAM POPS FROM PUSH CART. HEE GETS INTO SHOUTING NATCH WITH MAN IN AUDIENCE. USHER TRIES TO THROW GOOD HUMOR MAN OUT. ANGRY VENDOR SHOUTS AT USHER, "WHAT DO YOU WANT?", USHER MEEKLY SAYS, A CHOCOLATE FUDGE". MS LITTLE MIDGET IN COWBOY HAT RUNS DOWN AISLE AND ACROSS STAGE. MORE ANTICS AND CHAOS IN AUDIENCE. |
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ENTIRE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA WALK SINGLE LINE ACROSS STAGE HOLDING THEIR INSTRUMENTS IN ONE HAND, FANNING THEIR BROWS WITH THE OTHER. CONDUCTOR AL GOODMAN FOLLOWS WITH FUNNY JAT. MORE ANTICS IN AUDIENCE INCLUDING MAN WHO SAYS HE'S "..TAKING A SHORTCUT TO CENTRAL PARK".
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| 13:13:25 285 |
CU MERCURY ON THERMOMETER RISING. CONDUCTOR AL GOODMAN RAISES HIS BATON TO CONDUCT AND IT SHRIVELS IN THE HEAT. HE PICKS UP ANOTHER AND CONDUCTS ORCHESTRA WHICH PLAYS AS CHORUS OF MEN AND WOMEN ON STAGE SINGING APPROPRIATE SONG, "HAVING A HEAT WAVE". SANTA CLAUSE RUNS IN FRONT OF SINGERS AND DOWN AISLE CARRYING SIGN "IT'S 173 MORE DAYS TO CHRISTMAS".
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| 13:14:06 326 |
AS CHORUS SINGS "HAVING A HEAT WAVE", FAT BALDING MAN WALKS ACROSS STAGE WITH NOTHING BUT A TOWEL WRAPPED AROUND HIM, THEN GETS INTO A STEAM BOX (HE LATER EMERGES AS A MIDGET. ONTO STAGE COMES FAMED CIRCUS CLOWN EMMETT KELLY (LOOK ALIKE), WALKS ACROSS STAGE AND INTO AUDIENCE CREATING HAVOC, BEFORE WALKING OUT. CLOWN COMES BACK DOWN AISLE ESCORTING GORILLA WEARING WHITE FUR COAT, TIARA. POLITELY REMOVES COAT OFF GORILLA, SITS GORILLA DOWN NEXT TO YOUNG WOMAN WHO SCREAMS, RUNS OUT. MORE SILLY ANTICS IN AUDIENCE
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| 13:15:31 411 |
MAN IN BUSINESS SUIT WALKS DOWN AISLE AND ONTO STAGE WIPING HIS BROW, WALKS INTO SHOWER STALL, REMOVES CLOTHING, TAKES SHOWER, ALL AS VOICE OVER CHORUS SINGS "HAVING A HEAT WAVE". TWO PRETTY GIRLS IN SWIM SUITS PLAY WITH BEACH BALL DOWN AISLE, PLAY "CATCH" WITH AUDIENCE. CU THERMOMETER APPROACHING "UNBEARABLE". MORE SILLY STUFF DOWN AISLES AMID AUDIENCE. VOICE OVER CHORUS, NOW SINGS "WINTER WONDERLAND" AS THERMOMETER EXPLODES FROM THE HEAT.
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| 13:17:45 545 |
MAN IS STEAM BOX EMERGES AS A MIDGET (SHRINKING FROM THE HERAT), RUNS ACROSS STAGE IN PANIC.
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| 13:18:00 560 |
OLSEN AND JOHNSON WALK ONTO STAGE WEARING FULL LENGTH COONSKIN COATS, HATS. THEY REMOVE COATS REVEAL STRIPPED PRISON PAJAMAS. OLSEN WITH "JONES BEACH, AND JOHN WITH CONEY ISLAND" WRITTEN ON PAJAMAS.. JOHNSON REMOVES COON COAT, LAYS IT ON GROUND, OLSEN SHOTS IT WITH REVOLVER. JOHNSON PUTS ON TOP HAT, OLSEN STRAW HAT. GROUP FROM AUDIENCE INCLUDING CLOWN RUN ONTO STAGE, STUMBLE AND FALL INTO PILE, CLOWN WALKS OFF WITH BEACH GIRL UNDER EACH ARM.
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| 13:19:25 645 |
OLSEN AND JOHNSON ON STAGE DOING SEVERAL TYPICAL, SILLY, VAUDEVILLE JOKES, LAUGHING AT THEIR OWN JOKES (VAUDEVILLE STYLE). THEY RUN INTO AUDIENCE CREATING MORE HAVOC. OLSEN POURS BUCKET OF WATER ON MAN IN AUDIENCE, TURNS OUT TO BE BUCKET OF CONFETTI. JOHNSON IN AUDIENCE AISLE INTRODUCES NEXT ACT, "MR. MONROE AND FRIEND" (TRAMPOLINE ACROBATICS ACT). VARIOUS SHOTS EACH DOING VARIETY COMICAL, TUMBLING, ACROBATICS ON TRAMPOLINE, INDIVIDUALLY AND TOGETHER. AS GORILLA IN AUDIENCE, WEARING DIAMOND TIARA, THOROUGHLY ENJOYS SHOW.
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| 13:26:17 1057 |
GREY HAIRED ANNOUNCER ON STAGE, SHAVES WITH ELECTRIC RAZOR AS HE INTRODUCES OLSEN AND JOHNSON NEXT SKIT "JOHNSON BABY SITTING SERVICE". "CALL DRACULA 1-2-3-
4. OR GREEN APPLE OH!, OH!, OOOH!" MS HOUSE WIFE ON PHONE, "YES, I KNOW I'M LATE, BUT I'M WAITING FOR THE BABY SITTERS". LOUD KNOCK ON DOOR. ENTER, RAUCOUS, OLSEN AND JOHNSON ONE CRACKING A WHIP, THE OTHER WITH BRIEFCASE FULL OF GOODIES, INCLUDING. A GUN, CIGAR WITH MATCHES, AND RAZOR BLADES. "THAT'S ALRIGHT FOR THE FATHER, BUT WHAT DO YOU HAVE FOR THE CHILDREN. OLSEN, "WE HAVE A CAT AND CANARY". PUTS BIRD CAGE WITH CAT IN IT ON. TABLE. "WHERE'S THE CANARY", ASKS MOM, HE'S IN THE CAT", IS THE ANSWER. MORE SLAPSTICK AS MOM TAKES OUT THE 3 VERY ROWDY SCREAMING CHILDREN, ONE OF WHICH BITES JOHNSON'S FINGER. JOHNSON SCREAMS AT HER, KID IS NOT IMPRESSED |
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MOM ASKS OLSEN, "ARE YOU SURE THIS MAN (JOHNSON) KNOWS HOW TO HANDLE CHILDREN, OLSON SAYS, "GIVE HER A DEMONSTRATION OF BABY SITTING". JOHNSON ROUGHLY GRABS THE LITTLE GIRL (ACTUALLY AN ADULT MIDGET) LAYS HER ON A CHAIR, AND SITS ON HER. MOM LEAVES SCENE, KIDS GET OUT OF HAND, ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. FUNNY SKIT ABOUT BABY FORMULAR, USING BOOZE INSTEAD OF MILK.
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| 13:32:55 1455 |
SLAPSTICK SKIT - WHILE BABY SITTING THEY GET CALL FROM GAME SHOW KID PULLS PLUG ON PHONE WHEN THEY ARE ABOUT TO ANSWER TO THE BIG MONEY QUESTION.
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| 13:34:26 1546 |
VARIOUS SLAP STICK AUDIENCE SKITS WITH CONTINUOUS CHAOS AND MAYHEM.
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CHORUS ON STAGE DO "HAVING A HEAT WAVE, LATIN AMERICAN STYLE. CHORUS SINGS IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMER TIME", WEARING EARLY CENTURY BEACH WEAR. SING OLD FASHIONED SONGS.
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| 13:36:27 1667 |
LATINO DANCERS ON STAGE, DANCE VARIOUS RHUMBAS, CONGAS AND OTHER LATIN DANCES. FEMALE DANCER DRESSED ALA CARMEN MIRANDA. MALE DANCER DANCES CONGA WITH COCKTAIL ON HIS HEAD. DOESN'T SPILL A DROP, DESPITE THE SHAKING.
CHORUS IN B/G WEARS MEXICAN OUTFITS, SOMBREROS, PLAY MARACAS. |
| 13:41:00 1940 |
COMMERCIAL - OLSEN ON STAGE CARRYING BIG SIGNS ON CHEST AND BACK SELLING RAFFLES TO WIN A CONVERTIBLE BUICK, GANG OF KIDS BUY RAFFLES FROM HIM.
JOHNSON JOINS OLDEN ON STAGE SAYS HE WANTS TO BUY A TICKET ON THE NEW CONVERTIBLE, TOO. OLSEN SAYS HE HAS ONE TICKET LEFT AND HE IS SURE IT'S THE WINNING TICKET. OLSEN SELLS THE TICKET TO YOUNG COUP[LE HAPPENING BY. VARIOUS SHOTS BUICK CONVERTIBLE CIRCA 1951 (?) ON DISPLAY, VOICE OVER SELLING IT. COUPLE GETS INTO CAR, TALK ABOUT, DEMONSTRATE ITS FEATURES. "BUICK'S THE BUY". |
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MS HARMONICA, GUITAR PLAYING MUSICIAN ON STAGE, PLAYS VERY JAZZY INSTRUMENTAL VERSION OF "SUWANNEE RIVER". PLACES TINY HARMONICA INSIDE MOUTH AND PLAYS BOTH HARMONICA AND GUITAR. jazz, music.
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| 13:47:24 2324 |
GROUP OF COWBOYS RUN DOWN CENTER AISLE IN AUDIENCE FIRING PISTOLS IN AIR, RUN ONTO STAGE JOIN OLSEN WHO IS DRESSED IN OLD TIME TOP HAT TUX. OLSEN SCOLDS THEM, DISMISSES THEM "GO BACK TO YOUR YO-YOS".
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| 13:50:01 2481 |
CU CU OLSEN TELLS AUDIENCE "WE ARE GOING TO BLACK OUT EVERY SINGLE TV IN THE COUNTRY. "......... AND GO GO TO THE 25TH FLOOR OF SOME METROPOLITAN BUILDING IN NEW YORK AND WE ARE GOING TO PEEK THROUGH A WINDOW AT A VERY DRAMATIC MOMENT DURING "CRIME DOES NOT PAY" (SKIT). SCREEN GOES BLACK, VOICE OVER, "JUMP!", I WON'T JUMP"!, SAYS RESPONSE. "YOU HEARD ME, JUMP". "I WON'T JUMP, AND YOU CAN'T MAKE ME!", JUMP OR I'LL BLOW YOUR BRAINS OUT". "ALRIGHT SHERIFF, I'LL JUMP, ONLY TO SAVE THE KING". PICTURE COMES ON, AND THERE IS JOHNSON PLAYING CHECKERS WITH ANOTHER MAN.
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OLSEN SETS STAGE FOR NEXT SKIT. A CIRCA 1912 COWBOY SKIT CALLED "VICE VS RICHES", MIXING IT UP WITH A MODERN TOUCH. HE TELLS AUDIENCE TO HISS THE VILLAIN WHEN HE APPEARS ON STAGE, WAVE A HANDKERCHIEF WHEN HE APPEARS, WHISTLE WHEN HEROINE VIRTUE APPEARS, DURING THE SKIT.
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CURTAIN OPENS TO RAUCOUS SCENE COWBOYS IN AND COWGIRLS IN OLD-FASHIONED COWBOY OUTFITS DANCING IN FRONT OF TAVERN. TYPICAL BUSY VAUDEVILLE SCENE.
COWBOYS, INDIANS RUNNING BY, FIRING PISTOLS IN AIR. JOHNSON IN COWBOY OUTFIT JOINS CROWD FIRES PISTOL, SOUND OF GONG AS HE HITS TARGET. MISFIRES A SECOND TIME, GONG GOES OFF ANYWAY. TALL INDIAN WITH ONLY A LOIN CLOTH AND FEATHER IN HAIR KEEPS PASSING BACK AND FORTH ON STAGE. CHOUS BOYS AND GIRLS IN COWBOY / GIRL OUTFITS TELL "SHERIFF" JOHNSON ABOUT THE BAD GUY IN RHYME. CHORUS SINGS YOU ARE OUR HERO AS JOHNSON GOES FROM GIRL RO GIRL KISSING AND HUGGING EACH ONE. WITH EYES CLOSED HE MISTAKENLY KISSES ONE OF THE MEN BECAUSE HE HAPPENED TO HAVE HIGH PITCHED VOICE. |
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INSIDE TAVERN FEMALE DANCERS DANCE THE CAN CAN ALA PARIS.
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JOHNSON TO BARTENDER, GIMME A BEER. HE GETS BEER. JOHNSON SAYS PUT A HEAD OM IT. BARTENDER POURS ANOTHER BEER. YOU CALL THAT A HEAD. BARTENDER PULLS A HEAD (BALLOON) FROM UNDER BAR, JOHNSON SHOOTS IT.
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| 14:08:00 3560 |
FUNNY SKIT JOHNSON JOINS OLSEN IN POKER GAME.
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WOMEN SCREAM AS VILLAIN ENTERS BAR, FACES OFF WITH SHERIFF JOHNSON. TO SHOW HOW TOUGH HE IS THE VILLAIN SPITS ON FLOOR AND THE SPIT EXPLODES. JOHNSON DOES THE SAME. BARTENDER TAKES THEM TWO SHOTS OF LIQUOR AS THEY FACE OFF. EACH THROW THE SHOT INTO HIS OPPENENT'S, FACE. BARTENDER POURS EACH A GLASS OF BEER. THEY LOOK AT THE BEER, THEN THE BARTENDER, BOTH THROW BEER INTO BARTENDER'S FACE. MORE SILLY CHALLENGES, CHORUS OF COWBOYS RIDING FAKE HORSES DO SILLY DANCE AS THEY SING, "WE'RE THE GALLOPING RANGERS". SCREAMING COWBOYS AND INDIANS RUN ACROSS STAGE.
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ANNOUNCER MARTY MAY ? ON STAGE READING STORY IN MAGAZINE FOLLOWING THE TRAVELS OF OLSEN AND JOHNS LIKE HE'S CALLING A RACE AT THE RACE TRACK TO AUDIENCE, HE ENDS WITH THEM REACHING THE CITY OF FREEZEOLA. AT THAT GIRLS DANCERS COME OUT DANCING WITH FUR COATS AND HOOFS, BARE LEGS OF COURSE, DANCING TO "JINGLE BELLS". INDIAN MAN WITH GANG OF INDIAN CHILDREN (MOSTLY MIDGETS) PRANCE ACROSS STAGE.
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GIRLS LEAVE STAGE SCREAMING, AS CURTAIN OPENS TO LONG ROW OF IGLOOS, ONE WITH "BUICK DEALER" ACROSS ENTRANCE, COWBOYS RIDING FAKE HORSES RIDE ACROSS STAGE FIRING PISTOLS AT EACH OTHER. ALL STOP TO BUY ICE CREAM POPS FROM BLACK GOOD HUMOR MAN WHO APPEARS ON STAGE WITH CART. HUGE POLAR BEAR (COSTUME)
COMES OUT SCARES ALL AWAY, TAPS JOHNSON ON SHOULDER, WHEN JOHNSON TURNS TO RESPONSE, BEAR RUNS IN FRIGHT. |
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FISHING THROUGH HOLE IN ICE SKIT WITH OLSEN, JOHNSON AND HIS DOG (PERSON IN COSTUME). PULLS OUT BEAUTIFUL MERMAID, UGLY MERMAID WHICH THEY THROW BACK AND FINALLY A SMALL MEXICAN MIDGET WHO RUNS OFF STAGE AS JOHNSON SHOOTS AT HIM. OLSEN AND JOHNSON ENTER IGLOO AND AS MUSIC PLAYS "DID YOU EVER SEE A DREAM WALKING', PRETTY GIRLS IN NEGLIGEES SLEEP WALK INTO THE IGLOOS,JOHNSON PLACES SIGN OUTSIDE IGLOO "DO NOT DISTURB FOR 6 MONTHS". FOLLOWED BY PENGUINS, ENTERS IGLOO, SHUTS OFF LIGHTS. MOMENTS LATER TWO PENGUINS AND POLAR BEAR FOLLOW. PAN AUDIENCE AS VOICE OVER ENDS WITH BUICK COMMERCIAL.
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