Beat's on TV.Maynard wasn't the only one, beatniks used to show up a lot on television shows, and there is no really concise record of the various appearances of them, so I'll attempt one here, though I don't know how frequent it will be as I kind of come upon them by accident myself.
I was pretty happy with this episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. it's got a plethora of great examples of beatnik lingo, they make good use of the 'sville suffix here. And there is a great party scene with a poetry reading that you can listen to below.
Mitch and Julie are a couple of hipster bums hiding from the landlady and mooching food from their friends. Mitch comes up with an idea to get Ken, a square, a professor from the University (thinksville), who has money and likes to make the scene, to finance their move to the coast. Ken has eyes for Julie so Mitch tries to pimp her out in order to get Ken to fork over some bread. But Ken gets his kicks in a whole different manner.....
"Peanuts ! What do you think I am, a pigeon?"
"Pigeon ? Ahhh, no baby, you're a chick."
Beatnik party at Bruce's.
TWANG!
"I call this one Diagnosis"
"Don't worry, he'll be back. I told you, I dig the type. A real sicknik."
"It's true, I don't get my kicks like this, as Mitch would put it. But I do get kicks, big kicks, my way. The biggest kick of all !"
4 comments:
Thanks for posting this!
Been searching for this one for years - never actually seen it, but a blast to see some stills (and soundbit) from it. Really enjoy your blog. Keep up the good work.
Wow ! Thanks for your comment. This is a big deal for me. Your book, Beatsville, is a constant source of inspiration to me. It makes me quite happy to know you like this blog. I hope to be able to visit the Outré Gallery in Australia some day. Thanks again !
regarding the sound clip --- it's not what i'd call, like deep, man. after all, i mean, it blows, man. really blows. but only in a good way, you dig?
Hey, they can't all be Kerouac.
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