Shindig!
Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis
TV Flash files “Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis” as hour 81 of 85 in the TV Flash guide — Shindig! (1964–1966) on ABC, season 2, episode 30, aired 1965-12-25, 30 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E30: listed hour 81 of 85 in the Shindig! guide, hour 30 of 34 in season 2. It aired 1965-12-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “Yardbirds; Dave Clark 5; Lulu; Moody Blues” (S02E29). Next is “The Who; Kinks; Hollies; Manfred Mann” (S02E31).
Viewer FAQ
Where does Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis sit in the Shindig! guide?
S02E30 is listed hour 81 of 85 — hour 30 of 34 in season 2, season 2 episode 30.
When did Shindig! S02E30 air?
Christmas '65: Johnny Mathis aired 1965-12-25 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