Happening '68 Season 2, Episode 23: The Grass Roots / The Spiral Staircase

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1st Happening '68 special

--Paul Revere and the Raiders The first of four ""Happening '68"" specials which ABC aired during the Fall of '68.

30 min

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2nd special: Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

--Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

30 min

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Wilson Pickett Special

--Wilson Pickett performs ""Funky Broadway,"" ""I Found A True Love,"" ""I'm A Midnight Mover,"" ""Mustang Sally,"" ""Land of 1000 Dances"" and ""She's Lookin' Good"" --Paul Revere & Raiders - ""Cinderella Sunshine""

30 min

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Christmas special with the Raiders & King Cousins

Christmas Special --The King Cousins --Paul Revere and the Raiders

30 min

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Gary Lewis and the Playboys

--Gary Lewis and the Playboys --Judges in band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bobby Hatfield; Michael James

30 min

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The Cowsills

--The Cowsills --Judges in band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bobby Hatfield; Michael James

30 min

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Bobby Hatfield / Paul Hampton

--Paul Hampton --Bobby Hatfield (also a judge in the band contest) --Other judges: Stefan Arngrim; Michael James

30 min

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Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart

--Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart--""I Wonder What She's Doing Tonite"" & ""That's Life"" --The Judges of The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest are Bobby Hatfield (of The Righteous Brothers), Stefan Arngrim (""Land of the Giants"") and Michael-James Wixted.

30 min

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Tommy James and the Shondells

--Tommy James and the Shondells --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

30 min

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Canned Heat

--Canned Heat --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

30 min

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Bob Seger System / The First Edition

--First Edition --Bob Seger System --Judges in band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

30 min

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O.C. Smith / Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr.

--Lucie Arnaz & Desi Arnaz, Jr. --O.C. Smith --Judges of band contest: Enzo Cerusico; Gary Lewis, Stephen Young

30 min

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Creedence Clearwater Revival

--Creedence Clearwater Revival - ""Proud Mary"" --The Judges for ""The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Dennis Cole (formerly of ""THE FELONY SQUAD""), Pop Singers Tommy Roe & Merilee Rush (of Merilee Rush and The Turnabouts).

30 min

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Joe South / Boyce and Hart

--Joe South --Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart --Judges in band contest: Merilee Rush; Tommy Roe; Dennis Cole

30 min

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Tommy Roe / Boyce and Hart

--Paul Revere and Mark Lindsay talk about the need for lowering the voting age and introduce Boyce and Hart. --Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart - ""L.U.V. (Let Us Vote)"" --Happening News segment with Sue Cameron. --Tommy Roe - ""Dizzy"" Amateur Band Contest --Judges: Dennis Cole, Merilee Rush, and Tommy Roe --Bands in contest: 1. The Guys Who Came Up from Downstairs - ""I Got a Line on You"" 2. The New Miracles - ""Who's Making Love"" --Mark Lindsay interviews Ross Martin from ""Wild Wild West""

30 min

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Monkee Day with Mike, Mickey and Davy

--The Monkees (without Peter Tork)

30 min

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Band Contest Finals

The finals of the amateur band contest

30 min

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Peggy Scott / Jo Jo Benson

--Peggy Scott and Jo Jo Benson (singing duo) --Judges in amateur band contest: Stefan Arngrim; Bridget Hanley; David Soul

30 min

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The Nazz / Eddie Fisher

--The Nazz --Eddie Fisher --The Judges are for ""The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest""... Stefan Arngrim (Bobby Lockridge on ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS"") and Bridget Hanley & David Soul (Candy Pruitt & Joshua ""Josh"" Bolt on ""Here Comes the Brides"").

30 min

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Bobby Vee / Freddy Weller

--Bobby Vee - ""Santa Cruz"" --Freddy Weller (of the Raiders) performing solo The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefen Arngrim, Bridget Hanley & David Soul.

30 min

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Friends of Distinction / Beach Boys (on film)

--Friends of Distinction - ""Grazing In the Grass"" --Beach Boys (on film) - ""I Can Hear Music"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Bridget Hanley & David Soul.

30 min

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Peter Lawford

--Peter Lawford --Judges in the amateur band contest: Vicki Lawrence; Kevin Shultz; Mark Slade

30 min

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The Grass Roots / The Spiral Staircase

--The Grass Roots performed ""The River is Wide"". --The Spiral Staircase performed ""(I Love You) More Today than Yesterday"". --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Vicki Lawrence (of ""THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW""), Kevin Schultz (Tom Sawyer on ""The New Adventures of Huck Finn"") & Mark Slade (Billy Blue Cannon on ""THE HIGH CHAPARRAL"").

30 min

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Three Dog Night / The Peppermint Rainbow

--Three Dog Night - ""One"" --The Peppermint Rainbow - ""Will You be Staying After Sunday?"" --The Judges are Vicki Lawrence, Kevin Schultz & Mark Slade for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest.""

30 min

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Keith Allison / Freddy Weller

--Paul Revere and the Raiders - ""Let Me"" --Keith Allison - ""Birds of a Feather"" --Freddy Weller - ""Games People Play""

30 min

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Edwin Hawkins Singers

--Edwin Hawkins Singers --Judges in the amateur band contest: Sajid Khan, Vicki Lawrence & Mark Slade.

30 min

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Bobby Sherman

--Bobby Sherman --Judges in band contest: Warren Entner (from The Grass Roots) ; Sajid Khan; Merilee Rush

30 min

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Paul Revere and the Raiders

--Paul Revere and the Raiders --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Warren Entner, Sajid Khan & Merilee Rush.

30 min

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Oliver / The People

--Oliver--""Good Morning Starshine"" from ""HAIR"" --The People--""I Love You"" & ""Walk Right In"" --The Judges of The HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest are Warren Entner (of ""The Grass Roots""), Sajid Khan & Merilee Rush (of ""Merilee Rush & The Turnabouts"").

30 min

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Jackie DeShannon

--Jackie DeShannon - ""L.A."" and ""Put a Little Love in Your Heart"" --Band Contest finals with judges: Michael Burns; Casey Kasem; Samantha Dolenz

30 min

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Three Dog Night

--Three Dog Night - ""Celebrate"" --Judges in band contest: Stephen Young; Peter Tork; Kathy Garver

30 min

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Linda Ronstadt / Chuck Barris

--Linda Ronstadt --Chuck Barris - ""Too Rich"" --Paul Revere and the Raiders --Judges in band contest: Peter Tork; Kathy Garver; Stephen Young

30 min

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Boyce and Hart / Nino Candido

--Boyce and Hart - ""I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight"" --Nino Candido --Marc Copage (from ""Julia"") - interviewed by Mark Lindsay The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Kathy Garver (Catherine ""Cissy"" Patterson-Davis on ""Family Affair""), Stephen Young (Ben Caldwell on ""JUDD, FOR THE DEFENSE"") & Peter Tork (former member of ""THE MONKEES"").

30 min

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The Ventures

--The VENTURES performs ""Hawaii Five-O"" (Instrumental). --PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS performs ""Let Me"" and ""Action, Action, Action"". --The Judges in ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"": Stefan Arngrim (of ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS""), Angela Cartwright (formerly of ""LOST IN SPACE"") and Jan-Michael Vincent (of ""DANGER ISLAND"" part of ""The Banana Splits Adventure Hour"").

30 min

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Kenny Rogers and the First Edition

Kenny Rogers & The First Edition--""Ruby Don't Take your Love to Town"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim of ABC-TV's ""THE LAND OF THE GIANTS"", Angela Cartwright of the now-cancelled CBS-TV's ""LOST IN SPACE"" and Jan Michael Vincent of NBC-TV's ""DANGER ISLAND"" in part of ""THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR"".

30 min

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The Grass Roots

--The Grass Roots performs ""I'd Wait A Million Years"" The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

30 min

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Oliver

--Oliver performs ""Jean"" (theme from ""The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie""). --Paul Revere and the Raiders perform a medley of hits. --The Judges for ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

30 min

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Barbara Feldon

--Barbara Feldon performs ""99"" and ""Max"" (Feldon played ""99"" on ""GET SMART""). --PAUL REVERE and THE RAIDERS perform a medley of hits again (probably 2 hits). --The Judges of ""THE HAPPENING 1969 Amateur Band Contest"" are Stefan Arngrim, Angela Cartwright & Jan-Michael Vincent.

30 min

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Friends Of Distinction

--The Friends of Distinction performs ""Grazing in the Grass"" and ""(You Let Me) Going in Circles"".

30 min

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Paul Revere and the Raiders

--Another ""Paul Revere and the Raiders' Day"" with solo performances by Mark Lindsey, Freddy Weller, and Keith Allison.

30 min

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Final show: The Beach Boys

--The Beach Boys - the band performs some of their hits and are interviewed by Mark Lindsay & Paul Revere.

30 min