The Electric Prunes - I had too much to dream last night

The Electric Prunes on TV!

[@InandOut-oc7vg]

One of the best band ever

[@prestonr]

We appeared on so many TV shows it's hard to remember them all. I have clips from Mike Douglas (the one here on KZbin), Smothers Bros, two appearances on American Bandstand, and the Hy Litt show from Philadelpia. We also did about 4 of Dick Clark's "Where The Action Is" shows, Ed Sullivan (can't find a tape of that), Merv Griffin,and zillions of local teen shows across the nation. Preston

[@francescaa8331]

Wow, amazing. Had your album. And my actual favorite song was Bangles. (I love a good tempo change.) Also....Your band name was just too good.

[@francescaa8331]

@hugbug67 loved get smart.

[@rft2001]

Probably the greatest psychedelic song of all time. Also, one of the first. I didn't hear the song until the late 70's as I was just a baby when it came out but my friends and I listened to it constantly in high school. It was such a different and original sound. And as much as I loved the first album, the 2nd one was even better. Two of the greatest psychedelic records of all time. Also, I have to confess that I absolutely love the song "Onie" which many fans disparage.

[@johnpastore7685]

This song rocks. You have great memories. I was a year old when this song was first released, but growing up, I learned this song. Incredible song. Thanks for this.

[@johnpastore7685]

Sorry the audience was dead.

[@SPORTSNUTIM]

First time I heard this great song I thought they were saying ‘I had too much to drink last night’ . Lol 😂

[@bobf9749]

Barbara Feldon, Mike Douglas, and The Electric Prunes. Worth every penny.

[@terrylodge5213]

Electric Prunes were a great Band of their time, got to meet Preston Ritter about 10 years ago through the Internet, He had contacted me, as I'm a singer in a Local Band here in Edmonton Alberta Canada called Flashback and he saw a video of my Band and he thought that my voice would be great for his band in LA & they needed a new lead Singer & he wanted me to come to LA and play in his Band, unfortunately I was not able to at that time, kind of wish I had as I knew his material as my Band at the time were playing "I Had To Much Too Dream last night". Would have been interesting. RIP Preston

[@marclayne9261]

Quite possibly, the greatest song of 1960s.....

[@63saruman]

You don't have to be high to enjoy and appreciate this music. I've never taken drugs, and I love psychodelic music: Electric Prunes, Jefferson Airplane, some Tommy James'.. etc.¡

[@vano758]

I AGREE. But now i am high now and i really caN feel the Song nails it COMPLETELY. 🙂

[@InandOut-oc7vg]

Right. Music gets you high..no needs of drugs 🎉❤

[@StoryTom2023]

True🎉. Love this band since 1979

[@BossaNossa1]

It never fails after listening to this song for decades, it always gives me the chills up my spine! Incredible!

[@vilcan00]

yes. takes me right back in a second.

[@danthefan5378]

Timeless since it's inception! Bests, dtf

[@InandOut-oc7vg]

My favorite usa band❤ 1967 they recorded 3 albums. Whaou

[@LDManibog]

Rest in peace, Dad! I love and miss you so much!!!

[@jimmyrodasmolestina979]

Which one was your dad ?

[@LDManibog]

Jimmy Rodas Molestina Preston Ritter, the drummer.

[@Revn9e]

He was a good drummer rip ❤️

[@marcap9757]

RIP ❤

[@robertbishop5357]

I miss my pops too.

[@marclayne9261]

'All that we see or seem, is but a dream within a dream'....Edgar Allan Poe....

[@prestonr]

By the way, I paid $400 for the original tape of this Mike Douglas appearance to be taken from their storage vault and transferred to VHS tape. Now it's all over the Internet (not my fault)! If I hadn't paid for it, it would still be hidden in their vault and seen by no one. Preston (Drummer - Electric Prunes)

[@1olddoggie]

Thank you! That is one of my all time favorite songs from the 60's!

Great Thank you...

[@janetwilhelm4435]

Thanks Preston!

[@djbigleg3228]

@@janetwilhelm4435 good lad pity they didnt let them play live cause they were great live but a great bit of footage.i recommend the sutro park lp release live in sweden 67 its analogue & captures this band at their peak great band peace...

[@therockerfoo2339]

Thanks Preston. Do you guys still play around the valley?

[@rick00770]

Brings back great memories. The strange guitar sound is a pedal that distorts the sound of the guitar. The used distortion a lot then it was more of a fuzzy sound. This record had an almost laser like tone which was unique. One of my favorites. I was in high school then . Thanks for sharing.

[@soulmanjones9514]

I could hear a little Hendrix in that awesome sound! Thank you for the info on the fuzz-like distortion on the guitar. Very well played and an excellent edgy group.

[@jackdaw6182]

When I was younger I thought they were singing.... "I had too much to drink last night"! Love this song

[@DavidSandilands]

I first heard I Had Too Much To Dream (Last Night) when it had been just released in UK the on a little portable radio with a single earphone late at night on Radio Luxemburg with the static swooshing in and out. I guess I was about 13. The echo on the vocals and the fuzz guitar sounded fabulous and exotic. I remember thinking "Wow!"

[@mhairimushroom5601]

Fabulous story 💗🎶

[@SeattleLA]

this was a monster hit, and most TV shows then, were great.

[@vano758]

Incredible clip -- with THREE songs instead of just one. And on top of it, is the TV girl! She looks just fantastic.

[@danthefan5378]

You Got Smart!~Barbara is the GRRL Lead on TV show Get Smart. Barbara Feldon's early 60's TV commercials are drooling And She Has a GR8 Book from not that long ago! Bests, dtf

[@THEDV13]

mike douglas was bad ass....just like the talent he put on his show...

[@PeterMayer]

Mike Douglas, a bit of a square and yet, so hip. He always had music on. RIP Mike !

[@vincentkosik403]

Yep Mike was a square hip dude

[@kidblonde]

I've listened to this song a 1000 times since I first discovered it round 1980 (I've heard lots of other stuff too). The more I listen to it the more I think it's one of the best Rock songs ever. It's true that The Prunes didn't write it, it was written for them by professional songwriters, hit-makers, but the sound, the feel, the arrangement, the performance are theirs. This is the best video clip of it, thank you so much for posting this. I heard that bassist Mark Tulin died recently, rip

[@MrMalibu30]

1980?....25 yrs later....oh well,, better late than never...

[@debraweaver6308]

​@@MrMalibu30 I thought that it was out in 1967!

[@davidspicer4330]

The very first psychedelic song and band .they started it all back in 1966.

[@naradaian]

Apparently so….amazing

[@randyandtheretreads3144]

One of my very favorite songs, so glad to see a video of it after all these years.

[@56BUICKRiviera]

I would come homefrom school and this show would be on the T.V. Every day new & fresh. Ass kicking.

[@runway27r]

R.I.P. Preston Ritter, original drummer

[@Timberland1952]

I was and it was GREAT. The drummer and I are friends today

[@CarmieSchulz]

This band is pretty cool. I love Barbara Feldon too. What a sweetheart.

[@NadiaSahari]

The best song writer Annette Tucker and this group sang it superbly!!!

[@MrSteinpower]

Who is normal here? The Prunes or the suits? Really wish that I were alive for the 60's. The only difference is that, now, war is privatized . Seriously though, super rad band and I'm glad I found them here. Thanks TablesTurned!

[@nancylewishavensheart]

I knew Mark Kincaid and Ron Morgan (1400 Wabash, Aurora, CO-1976) who were with the Prunes for a while. Both were excellent guitarists

[@drivinsouth651]

This is an awesome piece of vintage retro psychedelica :-D Barbara Feldon is one hot mama (Agent 99) Groovy man :-D

[@jamesyuille9534]

Loved it. One of my fav albums is Mass in F Minor.

[@ARGONAUTIshow]

THE definitive psychedelic rock song. Not Band, just that one song.

[@fob1xxl]

Thank you Preston.

[@kynoceph]

good for him! nice to communicate w/you by the way.

[@kynoceph]

oh, man, that sunburst Les Paul Standard with Bigsby!

[@darksomehandsome]

Probably one of the best things that came out of american 1960s music.

[@AnalogCzar]

Seeing these cats live on Sunday! Brilliant.

[@johnpastore7685]

The tunaville trolley is like a great song for kids, too

[@lilythepink2u]

RIP Mark..thanks for the music x♥

[@moorlock2003]

Lots of bands appeared on The Mike Douglas show, including The Hollies, who performed "On A Carousel", "Butterfly", and "Dear Eloise". The band was also presented with some gold records for "Bus Stop", "Stop! Stop! Stop!", "On A Carousel", "Carrie-Anne", and the LP "The Hollies' Greatest Hits".

[@edgarfletcher2133]

Awesome! I saw the Hollies in 1985/86 in Rockford Illinois in a movie theatre, maybe 5 or 600 people there. Very intimate. They were great!

[@moorlock2003]

@@edgarfletcher2133 You must be referring to the 1983 Nash reunion. I saw them on that tour too, in New York City and Saratoga Springs, NY.

[@danthefan5378]

Nash solo (on KZbin) & The Hollies song "King Midas in Reverse" is Very Psychedelic! Big Hit in UK! Bests, dtf

[@Idelia412]

I remember when they performed in a club in Ontario, California and I was to young to attend. LOL

[@vincentkosik403]

I remember this cool tune when I was a kid going to Sandy Hook beach in Jersey

[@edkollin]

Agent 99 and the Electric Prunes. Only in the 60's

[@bluesborn]

The Douglas set is familiar to anyone who grew up in the 60s.Sure takes me back.

[@micmac09]

I like their look !

[@TonyOke]

great song........

[@thebrush03]

This was written as a country western hit. (Which explains the name) The arrangement and group put it on the map.

[@Bullit7969]

She is so sweet!!!!!

[@beefheart67]

wow i love the 60's innoscence

[@ricardomendoza5919]

💜💜🌹🌹🌹🌹🤩😜 so many memories😜⚡️

[@prestonr]

Yes, it's a nice guitar and worth a fortune today. It's a 1958 Les Paul. As far as I know, Ken Williams our lead guitarist, still owns that guitar. Preston Ritter (drummer - Electric Prunes)

[@lawrencehric8173]

This ia a bit late reply but is this the same guitar for sale on Reverb.com? I believe its a 1960 Les Paul Standard.

[@GordosGigs]

Drummer is feelin' it !

[@RedMist85]

They're rocking out hard!

[@caerphillykid]

More Cab Calloway on KZbin please! he's the cool afro-american cat with the unmistakable moustache and front teeth at 8:46 sitting on a stool crooning away with quite a good female vocalist. He of Minnie the Minx and Blues Bros fame

[@fdhgtw1]

The 60's great example of a garage band!

[@BossaNossa1]

This is the episode where The "Enterprise" goes back in time to Earth and encounters this mind bending fruit, which they later discover is called, "Electric Prunes"... We don't see the full episode here but the partakers of the "fruit" begin to change into, an "Electric Prune"...

[@skeletonkey6]

@thebrush03 I've heard that said a lot of times, but in actual fact, the writers of the song said that they had the Rolling Stones in mind when they wrote the song.

[@peterlewis3715]

A new group of female guitarists have done a remake of this song.. they are called The Surfragettes. They are really good.

[@johnbarry1965]

Nicole the lead guitarist is cuter than a box of kittens!!

[@danthefan5378]

Susanna Hoffs (fyi~The Bangles) absolutely nails To Much To Dream ~ Live & on KZbin, Bests, dtf

[@thekid1921]

WOW, POWERFUL!!!!

[@dunkcraven6632]

Real kool love and peace always glass banana UK

[@fob1xxl]

Their slogan should have been, "The Electric Prunes" they'll really move you !

[@johnbarry1965]

Classic "Psych".Someone once wrote that the feedback at the start of The Beatles "I feel fine" sounds like the door of a Vauxhall Victor being shut compared to the beginning of this.I can hear The Stones "Paint it black" in the drums!!

[@TheParamountPrincess]

Mike Douglas wernt no 'fuddy duddy'... but i totally understand what u mean.. LOL. remember we only had few channels back then. Channel 2,4,5,7,and 9 and then 20. and 44. Thats all we had.. and u know what? i miss it! i miss the Star Spangled Banner static commin on at 2am.. to tell me 'Time to go to Bed America' :(...

[@stevenreed9757]

(Annette Tucker [COMPOSER]+ Lyricist: Nancie Mantz + Electic Prunes + Dave Hassinger [Producer] + Electricity [Gobs of]) x GENIUS = I Had Too Much To Dream

[@Barrett977]

wonderful!

[@jimimacsheen4662]

we all thought he said drink back then cuz our parents (the greatest generation) thats all they did 🤪 then there was Rick Derringer's hang on snoopy🤣🤣🤣

[@marcfedak]

thanks tablesturned for including the whole segment of that show. Sure it's corny at times, and the Electric Prunes aren't as original as Mike Douglas thought (the Yardbirds did similar music but earlier) but "Take Me to the World on Time" and "I Had too Much to Dream Last Night" are great songs and Barbara Feldman was pretty hot at the time.

[@briseboy]

Congratulations! You have happened upon the fact that music techniques affects others, especially musicians. Notice how specific instruments elicit certain overtones, and that sustaining consonant overtone series helps create what you MISTAKE as" original" by whatever player[s] you first heard. Name the instrument date of origin ( or in the case of keyboard, when Johann Bach developed "well-tempered scale, which affect strings, and consequently, the placement of stops/holes on horns and woodwinds. Now, you can understand, with considerable study of not only acoustics, but also cochlea and neural development, that is with only another lifetimewith which to avoid remaining with a narrow temporal and cognitive life, and, instead, a willingness to follow curiosity into the FACT that ALL creativity is borrowing and synthesis.

[@urbanexplorer1996]

happy birthday james

[@CaptNemo100]

I remember the first time I heard this song on the radio....I was like, what the ??? It's a cool song though

[@anonyarena]

therotiv4 - the name of the last song was The Toonerville Trolley. It was a cut on their first album.

[@georgefeist8190]

MIKE SAID...THE TOOTERVILLE SONG.

[@HomebrewStew]

What? 5:44 Mike Douglas: Here, do you want me to take your prune? LOL Barbara Feldon: If I catch you eating it...

[@machia0705]

In 2020 the Surfrajettes are doing a killer cover of this song.

[@danthefan5378]

Susanna Hoffs (fyi~The Bangles) absolutely nails To Much To Dream ~ Live & on KZbin, Bests, dtf

[@hat33kiid]

She did good I love that kit man groovy kit :)

[@pbrucpaul]

This is what you play when a teenager today wants to hear what a psychaedelic number sounds like.

[@iVenge]

Barbara Feldon... what a dope. Just goes to show that a lot of the people we look back on in the 60s as being cool would have been more at home at an Eddie Fisher concert. How more totally uncool could she be? Note also that the Executive Producer of the Mike Douglas Show was Roger Ailes, who is now the guy who runs the Fox News Network.

[@bdff4007]

Roger Ailes also worked for Reagan.

[@iVenge]

@@bdff4007 And now, fifteen years after I wrote that comment, he is dead. But thanks for showing up! Better late than never. 😆

[@willminkorea2010]

Next to Mike Douglas-That's a young Marty Ingels who was married to Shirley Jones.He was a "rising star" who never seemed to find the right show or movie.

[@RJS3566]

Barbara Feldon was a square even in her younger days.

[@seanrobinson6407]

I had too many electric prunes last night

[@charlesstepp2083]

When music had a point

[@chocolatcats]

drum on Preston you're great

[@MrDoubtfulguest]

Marty Ingels, a comic and voice over guy who is married to Shirley Jones of THE PARTRIDGE FAMILY.

[@JuanTucoRamirez]

Richie Podolor produced (Steppenwolf). I love agent 99

[@robin2012ism]

Niice one

[@strongbrave]

Doro Pesch has a sweet cover of this on one of her CD's

[@kidblonde]

Outrageous and offensive to The Electric Prunes and their fans - and also to viewers and to people's intelligence in general - to have this dumb chick ruining The Prunes's performance of Get Me To The World On Time... Apart from that, thanks for posting this; always loved this band and I think I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night is one of the best songs I've ever heard since I heard it on Nuggets over 30 years ago.. it took me all these years to finally see these guys... Great upload, thank you

[@2oldfashgrl]

@skeletonkey6 Yeah, I can agree somewhat! It has a hard-driving beat/sound that reminds me of "Painted Black", or "Standing In The Shadows" by the stones.

[@Elspode]

The guy talking to Mike at the beginning sounds for all the world like Joe Pesci.

[@25marmag]

His name is Marty Engels, an actor and comedian.

[@darylcumming7119]

99 from Get Smart. 😊

[@davidkemery7216]

They used to early on have these suits that could be plugged in and they lit up I've never seen a video of them but I've heard it being talked about their manager would get on them angrily if he found out that the previous night they had not worn there *prune suits* if anyone has video proof of this I would love to see it

[@astarisborn75]

When I first heard this I thought they were saying "I Had Too Much To Drink Last Night" hahaha

[@naradaian]

It’s not remotely interesting and yet you keep saying it - what a non life

[@markjeffery1697]

Barbara feldon aka agent 99, how cool is that?

[@toonersteve]

the origin of their Electric Prunes name exposed to Agent 99

[@alanstrom2221]

Yes Brooklyn I agree. A lot of the Psych Garage bands had a similar vein of sound. That's not a criticism, it's an observation. It's called a genre of music. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_garage_rock_bands On this long list of bands you'll see some Australian bands. Listen to Masters Apprentices from Adelaide, they are brilliant. The Missing Links from Sydney The Purple Hearts from Brisbane The Loved Ones from Melbourne The La De Das from New Zealand www.moshcam.com/articles/19801/australians-psychedelic-rock Have a listen to The Lime Spiders, they are one of the most genuine and honest Psych / Garage bands of all time. They are a Sydney band, though Mick Blood on Lead vocals is from Western Australia.

[@aginghipster]

Im more of an 80's alternative guy aka REM, Smiths, Cure, Replacements, Husker Du, ect. but I also love 60's psychadelia and pop.

[@beloyaraistov]

Забавно посмотреть на угар, творящийся в студии. Расковано очень держались. Сейчас менее расковано, похоже, держатся.

[@TheFarrah666]

its mike douglas he was the oprah and helen of that time young and old watched him

[@AnaSanchez-vd6rl]

Rebel, rebels.

[@oldgit9879]

great clip of the fantastic electric prunes .a question for preston ritter if you read this.which other shows did you appear on.did you do ed sullivan?thanks

[@MrWitchtrials]

This is the highlight from their poor debut.Much,much better is the follow-up 'Underground', a psych. classic!

[@rft2001]

I wouldn't call the first album poor but I do agree that the 2nd was better.

[@aliceborealis]

@robinbussian The Mike Douglas Show wasn't a music program per se, it was a Talk Show. Kind of like the Rosie Show a few years ago- a mix of talk and one maybe two musical guests. Mike Douglas was for housewives, not kids.

[@bdff4007]

Catnip for kids. Douglas had Ed Sullivan' s acts on afterr they became famous. Lennon and Yoko cohosts for a week in early 70' s. Housewives flipped channel to Days Of Our Lives. Like sand through the hourglass...that show still on?