Whatever became of Hullabaloo's Lada Edmund Jr.?

[kirkiefan]

Was watching some kinescope clips of the old Hullabaloo Top 40 variety show on You Tube.com.

The series originally aired on NBC from 1965 to 1966. Good clip of guest host Soupy Sales "winding up" and "switching on" Lada Edmund Jr. who was best known as its go-go girl on the series. I remember watching that same episode in the summer of 1966 right before the series was replaced by "The Monkees".

Whatever hapened to her??? ....very attarctive woman who can also sing and act back then. Heard that the series is on DVD now...too bad its not in color as originally produced and aired.

I wished NBC would have kept the color videotape masters instead of having it duped to black and white on film....kinescopes with their muddy picture quality gave me the creeps back in the day especially when that dark and spooky "kinephoto process" disclaimer came on rather suddenly at the end.


http://www.youtube.com

(type in "Hullabaloo")

 

[oldiesfan6479]

...kinescopes with their muddy picture quality gave me the creeps back in the day especially when that dark and spooky "kinephoto process" disclaimer came on rather suddenly at the end.

What TV market were you in that ran the show from a kinnie?
(Probably a week or two late?)

In the mid-60s KVOA-TV Tucson aired some NBC film shows delayed
a week or two--or on a different night--via 16mm reduction prints,
as well as others tape-delayed, all mixed with some live net. The
VTR shows were mostly a week late. I don't think they trusted their
low-band color RCA VTRs (TR-4s, I think) enough to turn something
around later the same night on a regular basis.

I can't recall what they did the first season, but for the second (fall 65),
Hullabaloo (NBC Monday 7:30-8 ET) aired in Tucson on Tuesdays at 7:30.
It was either one or eight days late, I just can't recall with any certainty
if it was on tape or film (kinnie).

 

[RadioMan203]

I have the multi-disc set of Hullabaloo (mostly kinnes and a few color videotape transfers) and often wondered what happened to the entire cast! The only one who seemed to have got on with their career was a very young choreographer by the name of Toni Basil (yes, of "Mickey" fame) who has an active dancing career as well as additional credits for singing in the 1980's.

Other than that, I don't know how you would find out what happened to any of the cast - which seemed to change to some degree with each season the show was on, judging by the different faces I see on my DVD episodes.

 

[kirkiefan]

What TV market were you in that ran the show from a kinnie?
(Probably a week or two late?)
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Was watching the kinescope clips at http://www.youtube.com as I have mentioned in my previous post. The color show I saw as a pre-teen was on WIMA-TV(now WLIO) in Lima, OH when it aired on Monday evenings.

The question remains..where is Lada today?

 

[ixnay]

How famous was Ms. Edmund's mother, since the younger one publicly carried Jr. after her name (a rarity for a female [wonder why])?

ixnay
(who has no progeny so I don't have to deal with THAT dilemma [yet] ;D)

 

[ixnay]

H
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One of the coolest TV show logos of all time! I vaguely remember the show. I was only 5 years and 2 days old the day of its last broadcast (according to the Brooks/Marsh book). I'll have more to say about "Hullabaloo" later tonight.

ixnay

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

Lada Edmund Jr. was born in 1947 in Minneapolis so she would have been only 18 when he started on Hullabaloo. She had several parts in TV shows up into the mid-1970's. She also recorded "I Know Something" for Decca Records which she also performed on Hullabaloo. If you look at clips of that show, you'll find she sometimes wore slacks rather than the traditional (for that time) mini-skirt. It makes her appear closer to what is worn by female performers now.

 

[bpatrick]

According to IMDB, her last on-screen appearance
was in a movie called "Act of Vengeance" in 1974.
She may be living in Los Angeles but nobody seems
to know.

 

[ixnay]

I'll have more to say about "Hullabaloo" later tonight.

I'll have more to say about "Hullabaloo" later tonight.

And I admit I have little to say, because as I said earlier, I vaguely remember the show. :-[ I do seem to remember seeing the Animals(?) on "Hullabaloo" once or twice.

Of my few "Hullabaloo" memories, two do stand out. One time, the host for that week (I forget who) backed up into the stack of giant letters spelling the show's logo, causing said letters to collapse all around him. My mother, who was watching with me, pointed out, "Oh, G-d, 'Hullabaloo' fell down!" ;D BTW we didn't get our first color TV until 1967 so we missed "Hullabaloo" in color.

The other memory: for some time after "Hullabaloo"'s cancellation, there was a bar in my then-hometown of Chester, PA (Philadelphia market*) continuing to sport a sign reading "TV's ['Hullabaloo' logo] Scene" (whatever that meant), complete with silhouette of a young couple gettin' down.

*Serviced NBC-wise by Channel 3, which was Peacock-owned WRCV in Jan. 1965 when "Hullabaloo" began, but became Group W-owned KYW later in '65.

Now, I never heard of ABC's "Shindig" (begun, according to Brooks and Marsh, 4 months before "Hullabaloo", and axed in January 1966) until the seventies when I saw a rerun of "The Flintstones" guest starring Jimmy O'Neill (as Jimmy O'Neilstone) hosting "Shinrock" on the "Abbadabba Broadcasting Company". ;D

ixnay

 

[kirkiefan]

"TV's Hullabaloo Scene" was a chain of franchised clubs opened after the show's demise which catered to the youthful baby boomers in the late 60s. Local rock and pop bands played there...similar to the "O.P." (other place) in Celina,Ohio and the now long-gone "Lindhaus" (Lindhaus Park) near Fort Loramie. Ohio and similar venues. The stacked letters logo from the series was also used in advertising and on signs outside the youth-oriented hangout.

Locally, there was one in Piqua, Ohio around 1969-70 which rented the local Knights of St. John "Wintergarden" hall on weekends.

 

[Cincinnati Kid]

I never heard of those clubs until reading the last post. It particularly interesting that these started after Hullabaloo was off the air. What was the age group that went there? teenagers? older? It would have been nice to see the girls in their mini-skirts & boots live.

 

[mleach]

I'll have more to say about "Hullabaloo" later tonight.

I'll have more to say about "Hullabaloo" later tonight.

And I admit I have little to say, because as I said earlier, I vaguely remember the show. :-[ I do seem to remember seeing the Animals(?) on "Hullabaloo" once or twice.

Of my few "Hullabaloo" memories, two do stand out. One time, the host for that week (I forget who) backed up into the stack of giant letters spelling the show's logo, causing said letters to collapse all around him. My mother, who was watching with me, pointed out, "Oh, G-d, 'Hullabaloo' fell down!" ;D BTW we didn't get our first color TV until 1967 so we missed "Hullabaloo" in color.


Now, I never heard of ABC's "Shindig" (begun, according to Brooks and Marsh, 4 months before "Hullabaloo", and axed in January 1966) until the seventies when I saw a rerun of "The Flintstones" guest starring Jimmy O'Neill (as Jimmy O'Neilstone) hosting "Shinrock" on the "Abbadabba Broadcasting Company". ;D

ixnay

I have seen tapes of both Shindig and Hullabaloo. Both shows were pretty much the same thing but still both shows have their place in history.

Hullabaloo had the late great Bobby Fuller as a guest not long before his mysterous death. I believe his appearance on that show is one of the very few clips of him still out there.

Shindig I remember reading actually was able to get the Beatles and Rick Nelson to do appearances. Something Dick Clark could NOT accomplish with American Bandstand. The Beatles I think every knew why.

Ricky Nelson & AB gets interesting. Ricky Nelson never did AB because his dad Ozzie Nelson wouldn't allow it and with the ego Clark had by the time Nelson's "Poor Little Fool" days ended, Clark never did invited Rick to do AB even though in some of those AB Anniversary shows they did show Rick Nelson but usually in scenes from Ozzie & Harriett or concert clips.

Shindig was actually a big hit for ABC at the time. So much so that ABC had it running two nights a week. I am not sure if it was the case with NBC and Hullabaloo. However within a year Shindig was reduced to one day a week thanks to Batman and soon America was Shindig-less.

I have been told that with ABC having both AB & Shindig and NBC having Hullabaloo that CBS had plans of their own to do their own prime time pop music show back in the mid 60s only to have CBS chief Paley say NO. I guess Paley believed that Ed Sullivan was enough.

Another interesting thing about Shindig. When ABC-TV celebrated their 50th anniversary anumber of years back, they showed a clip of the Rolling Stones when they appeared on Shindig. However ABC called the show something else and it wasn't Shindig. I think it was "Shen-Vallie".

 

[Ultimajock]

The other memory: for some time after "Hullabaloo"'s cancellation, there was a bar in my then-hometown of Chester, PA (Philadelphia market) continuing to sport a sign reading "TV's ['Hullabaloo' logo] Scene" (whatever that meant), complete with silhouette of a young couple gettin' down.

...there were quite a few of those, trying to be Playboy Clubs for teenagers and young adults. I recall one of those clubs being in either Racine or Union Grove, Wisconsin, just south of Milwaukee, for years into the next decade. I believe, after the show was cancelled, some of those clubs bought licenses from Raybert Productions to convert to Monkee Clubs ("The Monkees" replaced "Hullabaloo" on NBC's Monday schedule") but I think only one, in Minneapolis, actually underwent the change...

 

[Ultimajock]

I have seen tapes of both Shindig and Hullabaloo. Both shows were pretty much the same thing

...actually, "Shindig!" (the punctuation actually appeared in the credits) was known for very few, if any, lip synching to the actual commercially-released records or pre-recorded backing tracks; one notable exception was the appearance on the last broadcast by The Who (producer Jack Goode obviously figured out it would be a dicey proposition to expect Keith Moon to replicate his drumming on a TV soundstage). "Hullabaloo" almost constantly used recorded music for the bands to mime and lip-synch to...

 

[Corky Marlowe]

Another big difference was, "Hullabaloo!" had a different guest host every week , usually someone from the "square" world, while "Shindig"'s permanent host was Jimmy O'Neill, who was a DJ in Los Angeles (I think at KRLA, where Bob Eubanks, Casey Kasem and other nationally known voices worked then.)

 

[kirkiefan]

I'm surprised so many people gave input here...thanks!

But are there any broadcast folks out in LA who may know of Lada's whereabouts?

Hullabaloo and Shindig! were both short lived. Seems to me it was more than just the lack of ratings. Teenagers traditionally were looked upon as ones who have "no bread for a broadcaster's paycheck." therefore network television traditionally catered to "people meter" adults(a discriminate select few) in the family even though "summer blonde" hair dyes,zit creams,snacks,soft drinks and Polaroid cameras etc. were all catered to the teenage baby boomer continually

One other favorite show which was also dropped was "Where The Action Is" which ran late afternoons M-F on ABC right after I got home from school. It only ran for a year and a half on the air and I felt it was unfair to yank it off the air rather abruptly. Great talemt on that show...aside from Paul Revere and The Raiders hit songs and off the wall comedy schticks there was Tommy Roe (remember "Horray for Hazel"?) and other performers who were deserving of a Top 40 hit song.The Raiders,Tina Mason,Steve Alaimo,Keith Allison and The Action Kids dance troupe (among others) were almost like freinds to me after a hellish day in the sixth grade at school. I remember writing a letter to Dick Clark asking him to reconsider....he did a year later with "It's Happening".....a daytime version of "Happening '68" which ran on Saturdays complete with PR&TR's comedic gags and hits. That show also ran just shy of two seasons.

Rock n' Roll was still fun back then...and I miss it dearly.

 

[therealjm12]

There was a Hullabaloo Club in My hometown - Utica, N. Y. (yeah, Dick Clark, Annette Funicello and me). It was located in an old bread factory building. It had to have opened after the show was off the air because I wouldn't have been old enough to there when the show was on. I did go there several times while I was high school. It was a teen club-no alcohol seved.
They had good local bands and a lot of blinking stobe and black lights. It was cool because you could meet girls from all over the area. It was a great place for a while but was in a declining neighborhood so undesireables started showing up and it became a rough joint and closed.

 

[RicoGregg]

It appears Ms. Edmund Jr. doesn't want to be found for whatever reason. This question has been asked at other sites, and some have said that they've searched the Internet inside out and can't find her to save their lives. D.B. Cooper and Waldo are easier to find. If she wants to be found, she'll turn up on her own, like Betty Hutton did.

Speaking of Teen TV shows of the 60s, did you ever notice that the British groups never did any of Dick Clark's shows? Was their some kind of behind the scenes politics? Was there a problem of some kind?

 

[mleach]

Speaking of Teen TV shows of the 60s, did you ever notice that the British groups never did any of Dick Clark's shows? Was their some kind of behind the scenes politics? Was there a problem of some kind?

I think the Herman's Hermits did at least one Bandstand ( or some Clark show ), but I think you may be right. Good Question !! Could very well have been politics.

On one of his anniversay shows they did showed a clip of The Who but I think Clark got the clip from another source. The scene looked like it was filmed at some carnival or fair as a ferris wheel was seen in the background. I do know that Clark for years claimed that so and so made their first "TV appearance" on Bandstand when in fact, it wasn't really the case. ABBA for one. They actually appeared on Bob McAllister's Wonderama several months before they did AB and that show was syndicated nationwide ( though only in a handful of markets ). Also I seem to remember Clark saying the same thing about the Bay City Rollers. Not only did that band fmade their first TV guest shot on Howard Cosell's infamous variety show
I don't think the Rollers ever did Bandstand or any other Clark show.

When Bandstand turned 30 somthing back in the 80s, Clark had a book out that lasted every single singer who did Bandstand including the dates they appeared too. At the time I kept thinking "..gee this person didn't do that show". Of course there were those whose names that were listed that mean nothing today.

Speaking of Dick Clark....I have noticed a lot in recent years hearing more and more from those who do NOT like the man.
Of course Clark's appearance in Michael Moore's Bowling for Columbine or the "rumor" going around about how his production company is actually suing people for uploading old AB clips on You Tube. Not only going after You Tube but also the people who actually upload the clips. Well those things did not help.

I recently read on another site a message from a guy who actually worked for Clark. I would say what he called the man but I am sure that word would be deleted here. And he said the feelings were the same from the rest of the staff too.

Will there be a "tell all" book about Dick Clark coming soon? I will bet money there will be.

 

[azumanga]

the "rumor" going around about how his production company is actually suing people for uploading old AB clips on You Tube. Not only going after You Tube but also the people who actually upload the clips.

I don;t think there are any lawsuits, but there were demands from dick clark productions to remove clips from programs that they own. Oddly, this also included material from the early days of WFIL-TV, AB's original host station. Someone awhileback mentioned that clips from "Sally Starr", a kiddie show on WFIL, was removed from YouTube on demands from DCP.