Shindig!
Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots
TV Flash files “Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots” as hour 77 of 85 in the TV Flash guide — Shindig! (1964–1966) on ABC, season 2, episode 26, aired 1965-12-11, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E26: listed hour 77 of 85 in the Shindig! guide, hour 26 of 34 in season 2. It aired 1965-12-11 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Shindig Goes to London, Part 2: The Who; Yardbirds” (S02E25). Next is “Yardbirds / Gloria Jones / Jackie Lee / Unit 4+2 / Georgie Fame” (S02E27).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots sit in the Shindig! guide?
S02E26 is listed hour 77 of 85 — hour 26 of 34 in season 2, season 2 episode 26.
When did Shindig! S02E26 air?
Barry McGuire / Mamas and the Papas / the Grassroots aired 1965-12-11 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Any high-energy performance night with dancers and a chart act is the style guide. Short run, so graze: the staging is the point, not a host monologue.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Shindig! put British Invasion heat and American R&B on ABC with go-go dancers, a house band, and performances faster than Ed Sullivan's variety cathedral. The run was short; the staging became a youth-TV style guide. Mid-sixties rock as prime-time variety — sweat, choreography, and network television trying to look like a nightclub instead of dinner theater.
Short window, outsized style sheet. Shindig! put British Invasion heat and American R&B on ABC with go-go dancers, a house band, and performances faster than Ed Sullivan's variety cathedral. **1964–1966** — two seasons, 85 hours in this pack — in the orbit of British rock-TV innovator Jack Good, hosted by Jimmy O'Neill. Live-ish rock and pop acts, teenage pulse, network television trying to look like a nightclub instead of dinner theater. Rex will toast Sullivan as the cathedral. The metric is staging that became…
Filed against
- Jimmy O'Neill as Host
Jimmy O’Neill hosted Shindig! as British Invasion heat with go-go punctuation — American R&B on ABC, a house band, performances faster than Ed Sullivan’s variety cathedral. A short run that became a youth-TV style guide. TV Flash files…
Also in season 2
- S02E01 The Byrds / McCoys / Rolling Stones / Chad & Jill
- S02E02 Righteous Brothers / Dave Clark Five / Marianne Faithfull
- S02E03 Jerry Lee Lewis / Raquel Welch / Yardbirds
- S02E04 Mary Wells / Little Anthony / Georgie Fame
- S02E05 Mickey Rooney (guest host) / Major Lance / Turtles / Lesley Gore
- S02E06 Four Tops / The Who / Billy Joe Royal