In the early 1970s there was a Sunday morning TV show for kids called Make a Wish with host Tom Chapin (brother of Harry and grandson of, yes, you guessed it, rhetorical theorist Kenneth Burke). Anyway, I barely remember the show itself, but the insidious opening song has stuck in my thoughts. That and the singer/guitarist playing it (Chapin) floating into the air as he sings the lyrics "...Fly high!" The animation of the opening and closing credits was very weird--in that crude, seedy, seventies psychedelia way (hard to explain, but I remember some of the animation of the early seasons of Seasame Street having the same quality). Here's a link to a Youtube of the opening and closing of the show, just for kicks (if David Lynch worked for the Children's Television Workshop, this is what you'd get):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz9cQOX4X3w&eurl=http://64.23.8.93/docs/jg.html
And here's a very strange remix of a William Shatner interview on Conan O'Brien. Too weird for words:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLpLU7D7MWk&feature=related
And here's William Shatner doing "Rocket Man" for good measure:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvQwXOCKNLY
I actually saw that one on TV back in the day. I thought it was stupid then, but now I recognize it for what it is: abysmally sublime.
C.D.
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