Where the Action Is 1965 - Action Kids dance to Liar, Liar by the Castaways

Airdate: October 4, 1965
We return to the same southern CA schoolyard where the Action Kids danced to "Keep On Dancing" by the Gentrys. They taped several segments here in the Fall of ‘65.
"Liar, Liar" is at #18 on the Billboard Hot 100 this week and will peak at #12 in 3 weeks on October 30th. The Castaways, from Minneapolis, MN, appeared on 3 episodes of Where the Action Is (10/65, 01/66, and 02/66) singing “Liar, Liar” each time. (What a great song)
Dancers - their names are conveniently labeled on their shirts today, but in case you don't know, their full names are: Jerilyn Stapleton, Jill Gordon, Lesley Evans, Roberta Tennes, Joy Ciro, Steve Ciro, Pete Menafee, Roger Minami, and Mike Williams.
Thank you @jthyme for working with me to bring you this rare video. Thanks Gary!
To those watching when this was uploaded, have a great Labor Day weekend and thank you for watching!

[@jaynewhite6699]

I remember rushing home from school to watch where the action is. No matter how fast I walked and ran I would always miss the first 5 minutes of it. Thank God they usually saved the best bits so everyone would watch til the end. I loved that show and when it went off the air I wasn’t sad for long because then I was rushing home to watch Dark Shadows. Those were the days.

[@dianepearson1406]

My story exactly!

[@paulvon2378]

far out

[@georgeplagianos6487]

Mine too exactly, so many of us would do the foxtrot rushing home after classes. And don't forget how many would rush home at noon to watch a half hour of The Donna Reed show.@@dianepearson1406

[@georgeplagianos6487]

​@user-rc8dy2oh4cwell it wasn't a complete loss. We're still able to learn how to read the scribbling in the bathroom toilets and in the subway stations

[@heleneharris6904]

Me too!!

[@judd442009]

Hope the Action Kids are all still around to enjoy watching this video as much as the rest of us.

[@jthyme7940]

Many of them are still around and have seen many of Aron's posts and DO dig them as much as we do!

[@judd442009]

@@jthyme7940 This is great news. When will Aron be hosting an Action Kids reunion?

[@joantrezza]

@@jthyme7940 That is so great to know!😊

[@mikestyles499]

@@judd442009 1:17

[@cocoaorange1]

Probably watching with their grandkids or great grands!

[@tod3msn]

Liar Liar is a great song. It is a perfect 1960's pop rock song and it could not be better. Timing for the Castaways was fantastic right before psychedelic rock and right after folks rock era. Great job!

[@kentclark6420]

James Donna , keyboards, wrote an interesting book called 'Liar Liar', about their career.

[@agold1702]

I love the addition of the old classic commercials!

[@TIMROZIERLOCAL513]

I'm pretty sure The Tokens sang the jingle.

[@johnheinrich6907]

@@TIMROZIERLOCAL513might have. Glen Campbell and Leon Russell from their Wrecking Crew days also performed clairol commercials.

[@colleenjeffries3334]

This brings back so many great memories. A blast from the past is just what I needed today. Anyone else?😊😊😊

[@joantrezza]

Me too.🎉

[@williamtippins3651]

I grew up in a small town in Alabama that was building the Saturn V Moon Rocket. I remember the enveloping optimism of the times dearly. President Kennedy came to Huntsville twice. The future was tangible....then came Dallas and Vietnam ....

[@rayszymarek2920]

Liar Liar was played constantly when this was big I enlisted in the U S Army Viet Nam was starting to get the attention. This song brings back those times when you knew something was happening. Still I respect every service man and women God Bless America

[@xnihilo1044]

Yeah, I couldn't help but think how many of those young men went to Nam and never returned.

[@lemurianchick]

@@xnihilo1044The song perfectly describes our government. Gulf of Tonkin was a false flag conducted by Jim Morrison's father.

[@patricksomers5872]

I remember watching this during the summer of 1965. I was 10 then.

[@OspreyFlyer]

Me Too! 1955 Kids! 😂

[@julianG1212]

Where you drooling over the girls lol

[@WoodyWoodpeckerisaTroublemaker]

@@OspreyFlyer Mee too ! SF Bay Area ..... !

[@jthyme7940]

No matter how many times I hear this song, watch the clips or have seen The Castaways in person....I NEVER tire of this song. Thanks for the post and the mention, Aron. HAVE A SAFE WEEKEND, EVERYBODY!

[@topgunner1]

Rush Limbaugh song about bubba

[@GeneRogers-di6cl]

I never tire of watching this video. I was in my second year of high school. I think this is in the Inland Empire in Riverside County. 😊❤❤

[@lauranathan1618]

When people actually had fun.

[@lemurianchick]

People still have fun. Happiness is an inside job...

[@mattsmith5284]

I may be mistaken. I'm not a director, but I think this was choreographed. And i'm not sure Joy is a girl.

[@philstall6262]

No matter what the music of is from yesterday, it's still number one. You can't beat it music today sucks

[@toddwacha5108]

I love the opening of this clip where Dick Clark, God rest his soul, was on a bicycle eating a hamburger.

[@пелагея-ъ9й]

Очень походит на пионерскую , Комсомольскую организацию .

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Omg, I didn't recognize him! I thought it was one of the dancers or kids! Well, he WAS the eternal teenager! 😁

[@johna.4334]

@@пелагея-ъ9й ???

[@FL8mileshigh1]

Dick Clark appears in the beginning on what looks like a Schwinn Stingray, a very popular bicycle in that time period. Ah yes. Young people having fun with no attitude, looking happy and not like they are owed something or a victim. Great video. Great song.

[@OspreyFlyer]

Remember them but hadn't thought of those Stingrays in decades, lol.

[@angieovalle422]

Love it ! Them good old days!!

[@пелагея-ъ9й]

Счастье вовсе времена.

[@molinalong3468]

Number one song in that week be hang on sloopy

[@davidfrehlini968]

USMC 64 -- 68. Hello from Sicily and Good Evening. This is another good one I did not get to see. I was somewhere in the Jungle. And we sure were not having fun.

[@Ron-Usmc-Vietnam]

USMC 67-70. Anyone mention that the music that we listened to in Vietnam was heavily censored by the US Government?

[@MasterJediDude]

Mr. David and Mr. Ron, I wanted to thank you for your service to our country. God bless you and all of our armed forces - active and retired.

[@billritter4213]

Good Saturday and Happy Labor Day to all! Great clip and appropriate enough as the Action Dancers dress as cheerleaders as we start college football season again. Enjoyed seeing our own Dick Clark riding the bike to start and in the background. Keep 'em coming!

[@Tomes23]

Yes and I am in full action: mowing the lawn, washing windows, deep cleaning the house, painting a closet. Well, gotta hop to it!!!

[@laminage]

@@Tomes23 Me too! My Dad 👨 is dead so my mom 👩 and I do the chores. Does anyone have the clip of Stevie Wonder doing Fingertips 🤔

[@tiffinyvanvorken7889]

great song..band from Minneapolis.

[@rsands9]

I saw a few filmings on the beach at Santa Monica!

[@gregmoore7709]

Thank you too Aaron and your help for starting my Labor day weekend out nice like . Hope you and your family a great safe one...

[@gregduck7455]

Absolutely fantastic! I have loved this song since I was a boy. Hard to believe these dancers bopped around to this tune almost 60 years back. Thanks for posting this, it made me smile.

[@calvinbealer7264]

Great 😃👍 Memories from 1965.

[@josephmazzotta8813]

I was living in Brooklyn when they were dancing in the good old days

[@franlabosco9462]

Was Born in BKLYN👍🤗

[@JD-gy7kp]

Aaron is my Time Machine 😘 TY

[@markw208]

Liar, liar was a fun song. I watched Where The Action Is every day & I had a huge crush on Roberta, who also danced in movies

[@AdrianDeVore]

Great choreography!

[@johnceglick8714]

Remember late 8 /65 wen this came out , was 8yr old in 3rd grade. My friends bro was drafted and sent to NAM.

[@mariekatherine5238]

I was 13 and our oldest brother went to Vietnam. He was KIA a year later. RIP, Jimmy.

[@mikestyles499]

Seeing the Action Kids dancing along with the song brings me back to Sophomore year of High School. Great, fun memories!

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

A great Happy Labor Day Weekend to everyone. Its a real scorcher today here. I wonder how many of these dancers are still alive and kicking, hopefully all of them.

[@jthyme7940]

I know of at least one that has passed away within the last handful of years. Roberta Tennes. As far as I know, the others are still around.

[@gregmoore7709]

You too Andrew and i'm closing my pool Wednesday. All the grand kids are in school and busy with school things after school but ones in diapers. So sadly its time. Hang on to the great weather as long as you can and send it to Mchigan lol....

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

@@gregmoore7709 Remember, I'm not too far from you to the east, across the border,lol

[@gregmoore7709]

@@AmericanBandstandAgain Thought you lived in Toronto if so that's 400 miles lol. from my part of Michigan.Yep we had to travel almost 200 miles when my kids played hockey in Detroit ..

[@AmericanBandstandAgain]

@@gregmoore7709 I'm from Toronto, but I live northeast of there

[@cindyyeager4532]

Great video today thank you

[@thewilscott]

Great song, great video. Thank you

[@wildbillfirehands]

I saw The Castaways live in a church basement in West Htfd, Ct. touring on their hit "Liar LIar" in the mid 60's.

[@louiselacombe2031]

It's so cute.....Great!😊

[@SoldierUSArmy]

This video begins with the best sounding and looking TV Commercial that was ever made!!!!

[@DSmith-mg6ui]

Memories of 1968 afternoons.

[@bradsense7431]

If Lesley and Jerliyn were coming my school doing these dances I can truthfully say my attendance would have been much improved-fact.

[@gregmoore7709]

bradsense,i just gave you a thumbs up ha haaa....

[@richardnorcutt2420]

Jerilyn as well as most of the Action Kids are members of the Facebook group, Fans Of The Action Kids- Where The Action Is.

[@edwardthompson5820]

I was 20 years old. Rock and Roll forever.

[@dougboyer5829]

Oh baby comm on let me take you where the action is Freddie Boom Boom Cannon

[@pammiller942]

I wish they'd put where the action is back on TV I used to watch it when I was 9 10 years old my favorite dancer was Jerry Lynn Stapleton she's the one with the ponytail and the white ribbon in her hair❤❤❤❤

[@pammiller942]

I wish they'd put where are the action is back on again that was a great show Jerry Lynn Stapleton was the best dancer with a ponytail

[@elliothagen9874]

It was great watching were the action is.

[@TakaiAkita]

Thank you too Aaron. FANTASTIC video

[@YCDTI]

My pleasure @Takai Akita

[@oldiesgeek454]

Hi Aaron, hope you're doing well. I was just wondering, what happened to Andrew Haberman's Times Passed Television YT channel? I wonder if he had to take it down for some reason? Or, maybe he changed the name of his channel perhaps? I couldn't find it on youtube today. I would ask him directly, but I can't seem find an old post of his. Hope to hear from you soon. Thanks O.G.

[@bobtis]

Grew up in upstate NY this was like another planet to me. It was like how come it isn't like that here. LA 1965?

[@denisemarie6029]

Thanks for sharing! This is better than the Gilligan gals version! ♥️

[@st.michael4511]

The Hair So New ad at the beginning of the video was one of many commercials sung by The Tokens during the mid-1960's. A few of the Tokens commercials are here on KZbin. (One 1966 commercial for Great Shakes is sung by The Chiffons.)

[@joantrezza]

Wow another great video with all the dancers from the clip shot at that school yard! (Keep on Dancing by the Gentrys) as usual,great clear video.keep those clips coming! Thanks.😁

[@archenema6792]

Roberta Tennes finally appears front and center just after the two minute mark.

[@ghanaking5255]

I'm very surprised that a show like Where the Action Js LITERALLY went toe to toe ( or rather step by step, move by move ) with Shindig, Hullabaloo and even Hollywood A-Go Go. And these dancers known as the Action Kids, may have been the underdogs in the dancing competition. While they're new to the scene ( at the time, while the dancers from Shindig, Hullabaloo and the Gazzari Dancers f/ H'Wood a-Go-Go were already making a name(s) for themselves ), they sure know how to put the ACTION in WTAI through their dance segments. I was born 5 years AFTER Where the Action Is, and I'm seen other videos / performances from the mentioned shows on KZbin, but it's great to see the rarest of these shows like WTAI making a name for themselves....even the host himself, the late, great Dick Clark. At least my ( comments ) pants weren't on fire 😁.

[@OspreyFlyer]

Wonderful! Thanks for posting! 👍👍

[@josephguagenti3730]

AWESOME!!!!

[@jw7114]

That's awesome. Thanks for bringing some joy to my life.

[@1amazingj]

Enjoyable video. Thank you Aaron.

[@josemoreno3334]

I miss the 60s.

[@tecora1818]

Wonder where they are today ..how were their lives…?..

[@richardnorcutt2420]

Many of The Action Kids are members of the Facebook group, Fans Of The Action kids- Where The Action Is. All are still good friends.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

The 60s and 50s greatest dancing songs

[@dancerdon9175]

Did anyone pinpoint the school's location used for these schoolyard tapings? Thanks Aaron and Gary for the time travel back to '65!

[@YCDTI]

Hi Don. Someone said they thought it was Sierra Vista Elementary in Perris, CA. I couldn’t find out online if that school was around in ‘65 so not sure, but from Google Earth it looks like it could be. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@dancerdon9175]

@@YCDTI Thanks Aaron.

[@michaelsena7445]

I was 12 n danced to every jam.

[@sheilaklugman2340]

We had an oldies concert here last month with 3 of the Cowsills, Gary Puckett, Turtles, Association ect I didn't get to go 😢 I was so bummed but I heard it was fantastic, seen all but the Cowsills before

[@montyduskin4610]

GREAT AND FUN VIDEO !! AND I JUST REALIZED ONE OF THE BEST THINGS OF YOUTH !! A SMALL WAIST !! LOL.

[@walterfechter8080]

Now, after this show's taping, it's off to Orange Country drag raceway. This tune is still boss! For DJ "Boots" Bell.

[@Leonard4fishing]

WoW just wow

[@christophermaccarone3157]

I had a crush on Leslie, I thought she was just the cutest of all the Action Kids. You can see the bow in her hair that drove me wild as a young teenager, and she wore it all the time.

[@gkprivate433]

girl in the middle. Always the best. footwork should be in the hall of fame

[@mariekatherine5238]

Girls, admit it now! Were any of you secretly jealous of Jerilyn?

[@tomlovejoy2141]

Hilarious!! Love it!

[@mungox1]

How innocent they look !

[@kevinkhoy7171]

This TV Show was on weekday afternoons! Paul Revere & The Raiders Hosted for a While.

[@LannieLord]

TRIVIA: There is no album! Just a 45 single. My favorite song of the entire 1960s next to Incense and Peppermints .

[@patlee6]

Lovely Jeri Lyn with the black pony tail, was`nt she "The" Little Girl dancing with the Syndicate Of Sound and their hit "Little Girl"by the harbour. I`m sure she is. Wonderful films.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

They are in their 70s and 80s...those who are still alive.

[@markarnsberg1591]

OMG. I was 1 when this was shot...🤣😅😅🤣🤭

[@dotell3359]

Man!! I love watching these. 2022

[@M_C79]

Remember when Americans were skinny?

[@OspreyFlyer]

That's what I noticed. Times have changed, for the worse...

[@joantrezza]

Yeah, just look at the kids in the backround in this video.

[@surferbri5346]

It was important to not be a slob That's the way we did it

[@truebetold65]

That's funny. I was thinking the same thing 😮.

[@daisydukes8252]

Before most were on food stamps and eat themselves into oblivion courtesy of the taxpayers.

[@molinalong3468]

Add Hullabaloo name episodes The list Guest host : Michael Landon/ musical guests : Jackie de Shannon and the byrds Guest host : Sammy Davis junior

[@finddeniro]

Oh. JOY.

[@finddeniro]

Laughing JOY.

[@schallrd1]

Reminder of how it felt to be young.

[@joycemartin7516]

It’s 10/20/24 in Austin, Tx! Great song and I always watched the show! Seniors were great in ‘68! I’m 75 and still rockin’ to the ‘60s today🥳🎶

[@colleenjeffries3334]

The girl in the commercial looked almost identical to me at that age.

[@WoodyWoodpeckerisaTroublemaker]

CUTE !

[@gkprivate433]

jeri lynn the girl in the middle at the beginning is the best. Her body tone is perfect. The difference between old people doing a waltz and pros doing a waltz. every muscle, and head action is in play

[@billw1266]

God, where did the time go??

[@DanHolmes-o9b]

Or Hulabaloo, Shindig, American Bandstand

[@molinalong3468]

More songs from 1976 American bandstand

[@JD-gy7kp]

Bill Ritter 👍me too

[@sams220guy3]

❤❤❤❤

[@richardmckrell4899]

The 60's, when the parents of the guy cheerleaders had absolutely no idea.

[@manga12]

tell me the footwork isn't a direct take off of applalation flatfooting and clogging from the mountains, it was a differant time, though the dancing, not sure how I ended up here, watched a few performces of lazy day by spanky and our gang as I had rediscovred it like a day or 2 before the 4th of july last year and wanted to hear that sunshine pop and plesant day music, and saw a bit of dancing to it on american bandstand and ended up here, listened to the old songs on oldies radio so knew many of the songs well but this was mom and dads era of music, too bad we havent dance shows on anymore, last I think mtv had them was global groove or when they showed spring break in 01 now they dont even do that, even the origional total request live went by the way side its been revived on mtv live but the things that pass for music today are a far cry from the fun and real meaning music had in the anti war era or band and farm aid in the early 80's, sure you got some young that can sing but most are too relyant on tech to make up for the lack of a voice or abillity to even make music, and much of the music videos are nothing to let a little kid watch, not like this were it was fun and just partying to the latest music during the summers end.

[@colleenjeffries3334]

Anyone notice, that no one was fat?

[@mercyhowls2688]

Is Joy the woman who washes the car in Cool Hand Luke?

[@georgekrpan3181]

Notice, no fat chicks, no fat dudes.

[@pammiller942]

I liked where the action is I used to watch it all the time as a teenager I think Jerry Lynn was the prettiest and the best dancer Jerry Lynn Stapleton

[@pack-wr6nq]

Jeri Lyn!!

[@伊藤行一]

ベリーグッド👍❤。

[@danielhoward4566]

Back before everyone became burdened.

[@daisydukes8252]

Nice to see young white children having good clean fun-no cursing, no shooting, no fighting. Safe and clean in the good ole days.

[@daisydukes8252]

It sure was safe and clean then, it was a different world before forced integration.

[@im1who84u]

Is that Farrah Fawcett in the commercial at the beginning of this video?

[@julianG1212]

Dad was 10 months old

[@davidcawrowl3865]

Cheesy.

[@pack-wr6nq]

I see what look like new years party hats and noisemakers....was this new years day 1968?

[@peterweicker77]

Fun fun fun 'til Nam took the T-birds away

[@karmices]

What school was this filmed at?

[@davidgibbs381]

Farrah Fawcett in the 'Hair So New' commercial!

[@Ptp.79]

Far out man.

[@dougaustin1328]

Tribute to Donald John trump!!!liar liar,your on fire😂😂😂😂😂😂