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@palletjack61213 жыл бұрын
I remember this. I saw it live. Wow, I wish the song was included. As I recall it was "Small Change Got Rained On with His Own .38"
@roberttemple2521 Жыл бұрын
Wow! I wanted to see this specific clip tonight, part of a Tom Waits look back I have been doing lately. I remember the "seamy" accusation, saw this when it was originally broadcast. I knew it was a daytime talk show, but couldn't recall the host's name. So, I looked up talk show hosts of the 70s and 80s. I saw Mike Douglas then did a YT search for an interview with him. Presto! Thanks for sharing this gem! Peace.
@Shooters14112 жыл бұрын
Mike Douglas Show. I used to watch that show all the time and the Merv Griffin show too. Mike was very cool and a great interviewer. I didn't really appreciate how good he was at the time.
@hibob41812 жыл бұрын
This is just so great - Marvin with no idea what to do, Mike trying to relate to Tom... I'd heard (but never seen) that Tom made an appearance on the Dinah Shore Show about this time and William F Buckley was seated next to him, and in a rather condescending manner asked, "Mr Waits, what was the last thing of any importance you read?" Tom raspingly replied, "Well Bill, I had your latest article tattooed on my back backwards, and I read it over my shoulder using 2 mirrors." Thanks for posting!
@JBCo20127 жыл бұрын
hibob418 That's hilarious and I dug William F Buckley even though I hardly agreed with his views. I wish they STILL had intelligent conservatives like him around today not dolts like hannity and o'reilly and the screamer Mike savage.
@strooomon6 жыл бұрын
That sounds so Waits like. Genius.
@muziktrkr9 жыл бұрын
Before Mike Douglas was a talk show host, he made his living as a big band singer and had some lean years in the 50s. He probably knew and met a lot of the influences Tom was rambling off. He was a lot more comfortable going on Letterman.
@dsim67036 жыл бұрын
"you wanna walk around in my shoes for a while"
@tomcreeper8804 жыл бұрын
Everyone's laughing when Tom told him that words....which mean.. walk in my shoes ... the path he had traveled ,live his sorrow his pain.... Everyone has a story, when you've lived my life then you can judge me
@grayfoxfive10 жыл бұрын
Yeah, it's pretty obvious Tom was kind of fucked up here, but this was during the early days when he was getting messed up. What kills me is the way Hamlisch is looking at him with so much disdain, like Tom was some kind of low-life and he was so much better. If Hamslisch were still alive he might be surprised at how much of a legend Tom has become over the years, and still going strong.
@56conn6h10 жыл бұрын
I don't think he was fucked up. It was an act....imo he seemed more nervous than messed up to me
@JoaoPedro-eh4wr7 жыл бұрын
He didn't become a legend, he was already a legend straight from the time of his 1973 debut.
@Marco81blues7 жыл бұрын
It was no act, omfg. He ruined his voice somehow, listen to the first 2 albums, and then a "SMALL change" in the voice. It was the lifestyle.
@tmariepi14726 жыл бұрын
grayfoxfive, Hamlisch isn't looking at him in disdain.
@e.p.4941 Жыл бұрын
@@DanielleBarnham No way he is autistic. He grasps sarcasm very well. He just has social anxiety.
@moyadapne9689 жыл бұрын
Four speed automatic trans...vestites. Brilliant.
@psacramennah11 жыл бұрын
I saw that Dinah Shore show! Fell out of my seat. Miss Universe, William F Buckley and Dinah all like deer in the headlights.
@sstoys211 жыл бұрын
I saw that and have it on cassette, Dinah asked William F Buckley something about Toms lyrics on the song he sang, and Buckley said he really couldn't hear them well, and Tom said he didn't get a soundcheck, and then he said, I think when you die, you go to a soundcheck! he was also on Dinah with Cindy Williams, wish someone would post that, very funny!
@TheQuicks9611 жыл бұрын
i might be a child of tom waits! i'l drink to that
@levisixx75453 жыл бұрын
I love him
@sstoys211 жыл бұрын
Tom Waits was on the Dinah Shore show back around this same time, and he was so funny, anybody have that to put on You Tube? I do have a cassette tape of that show that I recorded when it was on, but would love to see it again
@Jivingturkeysmasher12 жыл бұрын
lol he has the sniffles and he cant sit still something tells me he's excited to be there!
@dylanharkin81983 жыл бұрын
it's a hell of a drug
@MrCharlyJoker10 жыл бұрын
can anyone name the bands and artists Tom presents as inspiration sources? I only know Mississipi John Hurt, Lord Bukley, Chuck E.Weiss, Cole Porter... thanks
@darthphysique309410 жыл бұрын
No.
@JBCo20127 жыл бұрын
I'll have to listen again Laura and I'll be glad to tell you. In the meantime there is google and Wikipedia to help out.
@JBCo20127 жыл бұрын
Maura Rougieux I meant to call you Maura and not Laura. Lol
@teddiesawyer91796 жыл бұрын
' Buckley', of course
@larrylinn85896 жыл бұрын
Tom acknowledges Mose Allison.
@lindypony11 жыл бұрын
yes, looking for the Dinah Shore bit. Buckley made a derogatory remark about tatoos, and Tom said" I've always supported one's inalienable right to put whatever one wants to on his chest"
@anthonystone1358 жыл бұрын
Didn't seem like Mike nor the audience got him. "Four speed automatic transvestites" barely got a chuckle. I'll dare say between the three guest that day Tom was the more interesting interview.
@JoaoPedro-eh4wr7 жыл бұрын
What did he mean by that?I'm not a native English speaker.
@shelflife38676 жыл бұрын
I think Mike did get him actually. He just knows that most of his daytime audience doesn't. Mike was usually very kind to rock bands when they came on and Frank Zappa even performed "Black Napkins" with Mike's band "Joe Harnell and His Orchestra. Mike was around drugs all the time when he started out as a jazz singer . He'd seen it all by this point. This is daytime TV in the 70's and Tom is like a lit fuse about to go off . Thats probably all Mike Douglas was worried about.
@bravetherainbow6 жыл бұрын
Mike seems pretty respectful through all of this interview
@muziktrkr5 жыл бұрын
Most studio audiences were (and are) tourists who wanted to see a free TV taping. Mike seemed to get Tom's "throwback" persona, but he was only in his mid 20s. He really hit his stride in the 80s, but the Capt. Beefheart fans thought he was a ripoff, even though Don was retired from music - he knew who Tom Was because Tom opened for Zappa, but he wasn't happy about it... but sometime in the 90s, Tom and Don finally met when Tom moved to the Bodega Bay area, and became (sort of) friends until his passing.
@charliebay9441 Жыл бұрын
@@shelflife3867 Saw the Zappa interview back in the day, but didn't see this one. Mike knew his shit.
@Jonamon15 жыл бұрын
excellent interview! is this his first tv appearance?
@gotyya14 жыл бұрын
Glenda Jackson looks beautiful there.
@carl-md1qq3 жыл бұрын
can tell she adores the Tom cat too🥰
@tionick114 жыл бұрын
I'm guessing Marvin Hamlish grew to appreciate Tom eventually. Just a little "too much, too soon" dose for Broadway.
@charlieschmitt14204 жыл бұрын
Tom may have been doing a little coke before this interview. Lmao
@LukeTheDukeOfEarl11 жыл бұрын
Coked up as the cats whiskers!
@JuanHernandez-ni6bj8 жыл бұрын
me too
@jajanesaddictions9 жыл бұрын
#TomWaits is not dead. #TomWaitsLives and Marvin Hamlisch couldn't even comprehend the genius of Tom Waits. and yep hamilsch is dead and Tom Waits Lives! #marvinhamlischisadolt
@amcsibozgor679110 жыл бұрын
They used to sit co close to each other in those days.
@465marko10 жыл бұрын
TV screens were much smaller, so they really had to jam everything in
@dsim67033 жыл бұрын
Glenda seemed nervous
@Orf8 жыл бұрын
2:20
@snapper72778 жыл бұрын
me to
@ethan7x57410 жыл бұрын
hes so coked up lol
@ashkanikov32698 жыл бұрын
Heath Ledger's Joker brought me here
@JBCo20127 жыл бұрын
Vladimir Ashkanikov PUH PUH LEEEEEZE. Your millennial and x'er generations NEVER HEARD great radio because you were born to late and also because The radio consultants and monopolists RUINED free form progressive fm radio. Poor boy. But check out internet radio like radiothatdoesntsuck.com
@MasterOfKnowledge.5 жыл бұрын
@@JBCo2012 Jesus Christ, shut the fuck up. Oh, sorry we were born too late, like we can choose when we're born. So what if Heath Ledger brought him to Tom Waits, he's still introduced to his music. So fuck off and shove your "music was better in my day and any gen x and millenial are sorry stupid saps for not being born earlier" persona and shove it up your narrow asshole.
@vincentdc2114 жыл бұрын
@@JBCo2012 The fuck irrelevant drivel are you bullshitting here?
@52barney12 жыл бұрын
what's marvin HAMlitz doing these days ? Little Boys ?
@jewelzb14024 ай бұрын
Idk why they’re treating Tom as if they’re so much better than him…its simply not true. Ughh. How horrible!
@tookurjaerbs13 жыл бұрын
Tom's the freakin man but he looks very uneasy here
@MrKmanthie9 жыл бұрын
I think his worst experience (for him, maybe and for a real fan to see-it's embarrassing) is when Tom was on that parody talk show "Fernwood 2nite" with Martin Mull & Fred WIllard - which was a funny show, a spin-off, I think, from that parody soap - "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" -but Tom came out and sang this tune "The Piano Has Been Drinking" or something like that -and the thing is, I think a lot of people in the audience thought it was, like, some kind of gag or whatever cuz they were laughing, as if he was just making a joke, doing a "bit", etc. - those dopes didn't know he was for real! And as for fucking Marvin Hamlisch -he wrote a few hit broadway show tunes and so (he's dead now) thought he was hot shit - but, I gotta say: Tom Waits is the MUCH better songwriter and much more prolific!!!
@anthonystone1358 жыл бұрын
+Kent Manthie I actually saw that episode when it originally aired. That was my first exposure to Tom Waits and I thought he was just an actor playing a part for the show. Of course once I found out he was for real I became an instant fan.
@MrKmanthie8 жыл бұрын
Anthony Stone Yeah, I remember that. Although it's an old show & I do remember it from years ago, I just saw that episode -or rather, just the part of it where Tom Waits comes out to play. He did "The Piano Has Been Drinking" an older tune -probably not so old at that time- and, I felt kind of embarrassed for him, the way people were snickering, laughing, etc -thinking it was just a gag. This was just no more than a couple years ago at most & I've been a big Waits fan for years, so I knew exactly who he was & what he was doing. But -sadly, especially at this point in time, many in the audience, no doubt, did not! Anyway, what is somewhat ironic, in a small way, maybe, is that in the last 20-25 years (maybe more, even) Tom Waits has acted in several pretty good films: Jim Jarmusch's indie classic, Down By Law, Robert Altman's Short Cuts and he's been in a few others along the way too -so he does have acting ability & experience, but back then he was still a kind of barroom crooner type -that's what he came across as. But always was a great songwriter!
@charlesbeals16078 жыл бұрын
Think you missed who the joke was on which was Mull who was not as hip as he thought he was.
@vincentdc2114 жыл бұрын
Embarrassed? I dont Tom gives a shut what any snickering, fools think of him.
@JDennisThomas12 жыл бұрын
Jesus, Mike Douglas thinks he being funny. He's not. Tom outwits everyone who interviews him.
@shelflife38676 жыл бұрын
I think the most unfunny thing about this is the ending with the "hipper than thou" John Fugelsang from VH-1, delivering his unfunny monotone PA (what a dope)
@tmariepi14726 жыл бұрын
J. Dennis Thomas, are you kidding. Mike Douglas is funny and he's perfectly playing along with Tom's act.
@matthewstetson7115 жыл бұрын
You're trying too hard. Mike Douglas wasn't.
@vikkihallaway862110 жыл бұрын
sheeshhhh the guys a real freak lmao
@321snoot7 жыл бұрын
Either you're not very open-minded, or you just don't "get" Tom Waits. Or both.