TV PARTY HALLOWEEN SHOW
Halloween 1979 happened to fall on a Wednesday, which means it was TV Party
night! At 11PM, when White House records show that President Carter had retired
for the night, Glenn O’Brien welcomed viewers to, “the TV show that’s
a costume party, but which could be a political party.” Glenn is dressed
in a casual Dolly Parton lesbian look. Chris Stein is a wicked witch. Debbie
Harry is an umbrella. Richard Sohl is a “top model from the Candy Jones
Agency” and teaches a new dance called “The Subway.” Teri
Toye is as a fairy princess. Fab Five Freddy is a nickel bag, interviewed on
the dangers of things put into Trick or Treat bags. The TV Party Orchestra looks
brilliant, with Lenny Ferrari as a cubist painting and Walter Steding as a computer
containing a gelatin capsule. Glenn and gang talks about Halloween as All Soul’s
Eve, how to tell a god from a goblin, and the effects of drugs and costumes.
Lenny performs a snide magic trick. But what makes this a great episode is that
it’s a real party, featuring lots of home viewers on the telephone. This
is TV Party at is most dense and abstract, filled with cross-talk, double entendre
and obscure information. Particularly amusing is a long stretch with Jean-Michel
Basquiat talking to home viewers on the phone, talking them out of their negativity.
GLENN O’BRIEN’S TV PARTY produced by GLENN O’BRIEN directed
by AMOS POE with GLENN O’BRIEN CHRIS STEIN WALTER STEDING DEBBIE HARRY
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT DAVE STREET LISA ROSEN TERI TOYE FAB FIVE FREDDY LENNY
FERRARI RICHARD SOHL KATE SIMON Brodcast live from ETC Studios, October 30,
1979. Re-issue produced by DANNY VINIK
Extras (from the TV Party Archives):
“SAMSON AND DELILAH” - KLAUS NOMI
SNUKY TATE & THE TVP ORCHESTRA
“CACA DISCO” - COMPTON MADDUX
“THE JOKE” - WALTER STEDING
TV SHOW REISSUE: Approx. 58 Minutes / Color / Digitally Mastered / Region Free
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