Tubes on SCTV. I think I remember "Sushi Girl" as notwithstanding their nattily suited appearance there were, um, props involved. Did they play a second number on that show? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark Eichelberger" To: Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:59 PM Subject: Re: Tubes Question > Was this a recurring sketch that featured John Candy as a fisherman who hung > out at a fishing lodge with a group of musicans? And in between fishing, > the musicians would perform a song or two? > > I recall an episode where Robert Gordon was hanging out at the lodge. It > was cool to see/hear him perform Marshall Crenshaw's "Someday, Someway". > > As an aside, I think around the same (early 80's) NBC's Tom Snyder began > hosting music acts on his late night show. I remember seeing The Ramones, > The Jam, Adam and the Ants, U2 and the infamous Plasmatics perform on his > show. I think that for most of these groups, his show offered them their > first US appearance on TV. At the time, I thought he enjoyed having these > acts on, but in later interviews, old Tom stated that the network brass > pushed the acts on him in a failed attempt to boost ratings with the college > crowd. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ford Prefect" > To: > Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: Tubes Question > > > > The best place to see The Tubes would be on "The Fishin' Musician", SCTV > DVD > > Volume 1. > > > > And as for fishy, Hootie's probably in the BK commercial as one of the > > rewards for winning "Employee Of The Month". There is some justice in the > > world. > > > > > > > > - > > > > > > > >