Whicker’s World was a hugely popular documentary TV show in Britain (so popular that the onscreen ubiquity of host Alan Whicker would later be parodied by the Python gang) that ran for almost 30 years starting in the late fifties. Tonight we look at an extract from a 1967 episode that focused on San Francisco’s so-called Love Generation — or, if you prefer, proto-Democrats.
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In tonight’s amusement en route to the Tips, from the 1935 MGM film A Night At the Opera, Chico and Harpo Marx – the uncles you wish you had – provide a little light musical entertainment.
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In 1985 LA-based songwriter/composer Randy Newman discovered that he was seemingly the only singer/celebrity on earth who hadn’t been invited to the We Are The World recording session. Miffed by the snub, (or so his wry anecdote goes), he endeavoured to write a truly universal song, one that people of every creed and colour in every nation on earth could relate to. Darned if he didn’t do it, too: from a live performance in Germany, here’s I Want You To Hurt Like I Do.
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Tonight, via the technological miracle of Scopitone, we enjoy the mellow, family-friendly French sounds of Le Groupe J.M.S., as they reprise for the cameras their 1960 release Papa Aime Maman.
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Everyone has heard Elvis Presley’s 1960 version of “Are You Lonesome Tonight” but not many people realize that the song was already an older-than-oldie at the time he recorded it. Tonight, we listen to one of the earlier versions, delivered in a bracing Presbyterian burr that makes the old-timey melody that much more persuasive: From 1927, here’s Canadian tenor Henry Burr singing Are You Lonesome Tonight?
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Hey, did Corb Lund ever tell you the one about the time the Truck Got Stuck?
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In tonight’s musical entertainment en route to the Tips Bob and Alf Pearson (Alf recently celebrated his 100th birthday) sing a medley of Family Favourites From the Great Depression, including “Why Worry?” and “There’s Always Room At Our House.”
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From 1963, here’s Mel Brooks’ Oscar-winning short film The Critic.
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Broken laws, broken bottles, broken hearts, broken bones, broken plates — the complete list here.
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In tonight’s Tips music the late Lord Kitchener, who arrived in the UK in the late 1940s as part of the very first wave of West Indian immigrants, says London is the Place for Me.
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Born on a mountaintop in Tennessee, killed himself a bear when he was only three – and that was just for starters…
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There have been countless cover versions in the years since, and almost endless variations on the theme, but there’s nothing like the original classic: from September 30, 1938, here’s Neville Chamberlain’s crowd-pleasing live performance at the Heston Aerodrome.
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In tonight’s amusement we watch some exciting highlights from the Irish Olympics.
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C’mon Bob, how about a little music to keep the folks happy?
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In tonight’s Tips music, from 1966, the late Don Van Vliet, a.k.a. Captain Beefheart, asks a question that a lot of Alberta voters are going to be muttering tomorrow when they see their PC candidate’s name on the ballot: Who Do You Think You’re Fooling?
Vote early, vote often.
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Long busy day, so nothing fancy tonight. Comments are open for your tips.

On April 21st, 1509 Henry the VIII became King of England – and we all know what came next… Comments are open for your tips.

Can you hear, can you hear that thunder?
RIP, Greg Ham and Levon Helm.
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Tonight Dick Clark – This Is Your Life!
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At 5:12 a.m. on April 18, 1906, the people of San Francisco were awakened by an earthquake.
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