It's time to go back and remember the people of this and using to the soundtrack of our lives with Trasp's time time.
Deep into the timetable, of course, with Mr. Kevin Trask. And what year is it this time? Well, it is this time. It is 1990, 34 years ago, which makes it nostalgia. Yeah, but before we do it, it sure does. We started off at 9 o'clock with the Nell Jolson's home. Oh, yes, you did. And don't forget the Jolson Society meeting on Tuesday night at the North Fitzroy Library out there in St. George's Road.
And they're featuring Bing Crosby and Elle Jolson together. It's going to be a great night. And they've got a lot of stuff there. Everybody's welcome. Doors are up at 7.30. We're in rooms one and two. Just knock on the door and tell them Phil sent you. Come in. Andy, are you a member of any secret societies?
Yes, and they will remain secret. Thank you very much. I had a wonderful evening with Shirley McLean, Andrew Peacock and the actress Liv Oldman on occasion that she was nightclub in South Yarra, and you want to leave with Shirley tonight? Well, she's here several times. I think the one you were talking about was early in the mid-80s. Yeah, at least 30 years, 40 years ago, yes. This appearance was
in 1990. And she just turned 90 in April of this year. I went to see her at the Palais, that part of in the same life. Yeah. Well, yes. And that's where I saw her at the Palais. But she was discovered by, of all people, Jerry Lewis. She was in a Broadway show called The Pajama Game. The leading lady broke her leg. Is that Carol Haney? Carol Haney. Is that right? Correct. Well, Andrew will be impressed. He is. I can tell by the look on his face.
Just keep dropping those nuggets in, Phil. We can't get enough of them. You should have auditioned for Gladiator with him, Phil. You wouldn't be terrific, team. No, my toga wouldn't fit. So, anyhow, Jimmy Lewis is in the audience at the mat night, and he sees her on stage. He's so impressed with it. He rings up Hal Wallace and says, look, I've got two tickets tonight for the pajamas. I want you to see this girl. And her name is Shirley McLean. So, the two of them went to the theatre, and Hal was so impressed. He signed her for Paramount.
Jerry Lewis wanted her in the film, Artisan Models. She got into it in 1955 and started her career. But she won the Academy Award for terms of endearment as a best actress and she did a lot of films and she has been to Australia on several occasions.
In 1990, who's in the, who's playing drums for Silly McLean at the Palae? Colin Peterson. No. Jim Crouper. No. Cubby O'Brien, the Mouseketeer. Oh, yeah. Little Cubby. Was he a drummer? Was he? He became a drummer? Oh, yeah, he was a drummer.
And so little, little, oh, he's also worked with the carpenters. He filled in for Cameron Carpenter. They wanted to do more singing, so they bought in another drummer, and that was little cubby. I did not know this. Yeah, it's interesting information. I hope you're writing this down, you blokes. You could use it later on. You have my permission. Thank you. It's very gracious, isn't it? So I rang little cubby. When will Andy get a chance to use it? Could be a year from now.
I rang a little cubby, his name is Cubby O'Brien. Carl Patrick is his real name. In his hotel room, I spoke to him about not only shooting McLean. What you sort of stalked him, did you? Yeah, I did.
What did he have to say for himself? He said this. Well, you've been very busy throughout those years, but Shirley McLean, now she's just fabulous on stage and she makes a point of introducing you during the show. Right? I started with Shirley about three years ago. She put together this new act. She hadn't been doing a stage show for about six years or so. And we put together this new thing and I'm having a great time with her. She's just a legend. I mean, where can you see a superstar?
movie star on stage they can sing and dance and entertain the way she does. There's just nobody else doing that. I totally agree with you. I don't know where she gets all the energy from to be quite honest, Cubby. I don't know. She goes all day. You know, whenever we're in different places like Australia or Japan or Europe, she's gone investigating doing all kinds of things running around all day and then she comes and puts on a great show at night.
cubby o brine it's been wonderful talking to you on the program and thanks for taking the time out from your very busy to talk to us on the program
You know the feeling that you get each time your birthday comes That's the feeling that you get when Cubby plays a drum Hey Cubby play Cubby play those drums You have heard the crowds all roar when the Yankees play the buns That's the way the crowds all roar when Cubby plays a drum
Hey, copy point, wait, copy point, play those drums! Now, Andy, please, please join in the quiz, if you will. Well, we'll do. Yeah, sure. Lead us through a Kevin. Right, here we go. Yes. Which of the following turned down the role of Sam Wheat in the 1990 film, Ghost? Sam Wheat was eventually played by Patrick Swayze in the film, but which of the following turned down the role? Yes. Was it A, Johnny Depp?
B, Brad Pitt, C, Chuckles Bradley, or D, Paul Hogan. It's got to be Chuckles Bradley. Which is it your answer? I'll put you down. Chuckles Bradley. Yeah. Always one of my favourites. Well, are you kidding? Because I think Kevin's made that name up. I don't think he's on the list at all. Are you sticking with Chuckles?
I might have made a mistake there. It's possible. Yeah, you can't go back. You've locked in. All right. Chuckles is locked in. Chuckles Bradley's your answers. Yeah, right. What about you, Ben? ABC or D? To be honest, I think I've heard this before. I think it might be Paul Hogan, because Brad Pitt was his first one was, um,
The one with Judy Davis, not Gina Davis. Oh yeah, when Harry Met Sally or something. No, no, no, it's the one where they would jump over the car. I think that was later. I think that was Brad's first movie, wasn't it? Yes, and that was Paul Play, but some were all the reason that. Can you remember? OK, I think it might be a Johnny Depp, Johnny Depp for film. OK, so one of us
could be right tell us and the answer is put it out of our misery okay and he was it wasn't Brad Pitt by the way Brad Pitt is not in the yes you're right Ben and I'm sorry Phil it wasn't Johnny Depp oh so it was chuckles it wasn't chuckles I thought you did
He swined. He slid me down that path. I must tell the radio orders. He was winking at me when he said Chuckles Bradley. I thought there was a clue. Not to be trusted. It was a little bit of dust in my eye. That was all. So Ben got it right. Ben got it right. Paul Hogan turned down the wrong. Wow.
Paul Hagen was in a lot of films. Sadly, he was the one who turned it down. She'd be screaming about that, wasn't he? Was one of the biggest films of the years. After the... I can't think of his name. After the Dundee franchise sort of peed it out, there really wasn't that much for Paul, was there? No.
Tell us about your mate Larry King. Oh Larry King yes well this is television in 1990 and the Larry King show is on CNN and I was a regular watcher this we had cable TV so I loved it because he had fantastic guests on and he was a good interview he was a really top interviewer and anyhow
This particular time in the show he had Sammy Davis Jr. Sammy Davis Jr. of course came to Australia on several occasions was a member of the Rat Pack, although he was a terrific singer. But here is Sammy Davis Jr. in an interview with Larry King on his TV show.
you were supposed to star in the defiant ones with Elvis Presley and that wound up being what Tony Curtis and Sidney Portia, right? Yes, it did. That would have been wild. You and Elvis Presley in the defiant ones. I think it would have been wild if Elvis and I could have done anything together because we were good friends and we both had the same love for audience, the same love for performing, and he was a good friend.
You know, when they think of me, they think of me with with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, or Shirley MacLean, who have dear friends and buddies at Liza, but they never think of me knowing and being buddy buddies with Elvis. And he was he was just a wonderful guy, but there were a lot of reasons for it. First of all, they didn't want. I don't think the Colonel wanted Elvis to do that kind of piece because you must remember that was very controversial at the time. Elvis was a tortured soul. Was he not? Yes, he was.
I made a guest appearance on the Larry King show. You may not be aware of that, Andrew. In what formal shape? Well, I was sitting watching it in my pajamas one morning. It was the day of Frank Sinatra's funeral. They had a panel on and they were talking about the funeral. Larry King said, if anyone would like to contribute, here's the number.
So I thought it ought to be lovely to say, you know, Frank and work with my cousin Diana Traskin helped her along the way. And so I picked up the fan and doll, the number, and suddenly they said, yes, you're next on, what's your question? No. And suddenly I was on the Larry King show. Yeah, that's incredible. You would think the lines would be just absolutely jammed for something like that, wouldn't you? You would think so. You would think so. You know, I thought, what question am I going to ask?
When you never got around to diana did you know i never got around to diana i i i first thing i thought well hang on jerry louis is supposed to be the few was jerry louis at the funeral no no no no no there will be a big panel we had them all there's surely jones and all the big stars on the panel and they're all no no no no he wasn't there and then i'm about to go diana and he said well cut now we go to the commercial
Yeah, but something else happened in Asia, didn't it? Yes, there was a sicano Announcy's retirement, so they cut the Asian food, so I lost half the world in my big mouth. Oh, how sad. So I was hardly on an America in the UK. I couldn't do a shot, couldn't I? They're still talking about it in America. No, you can't be people in the street. None of you know Sammy Davis cooked for me in his suite at the Hilton.
Absolutely. You're kidding. No, no. For Pete Smith and Bert and Patty and myself and maybe Don Lane, I can't recall, but yes, we all went back to the suite after the show. Had a wonderful time. What was he like? Oh, fantastic.
Yeah. I liked a recording he'd made of a ballad called, When the Wind Was Green. And he said, thank you very much. Nobody else has ever acknowledged that song. Thank you. And when eventually I left the room he said, and thank you for When the Wind Was Green. Honestly. Yeah, well, what about we? I shared a seat on a plane to Sydney with Ian Terpy, mate. Good on you. Yeah. No, you're bad. No, it's pretty damn good. Well, when are you going to write your book? Your autobiography.
That'll be about chapter three.
The short book isn't. Not too many pages. Hey, at this stage we're talking paragraphs. It's not pages. Several paragraphs. Headlines. Yeah, wait for my biography. It's called... Get off the... No, what's it called? Get off the red car, but I don't want to see stars. It hasn't been written yet, but it'll be ghosted eventually. Yeah, on any day now. It's 10 or 30.
and 26 to 11 deep into the timetable with Kevin Trask at the year's 1990 and Civil War. Well, the Civil War documentary was a nine-parter by Ken Burns and it was a remarkable piece of... What a fantastic series. It was fantastic. They used photographs, letters from home, all sorts of things they could get their hands on. Great narration, beautiful narration by whoever did it. But they should play it on TV again. I think it was a just a terrific series.
So in let's go back now to 1990 when it first came out and hear a little bit of the Civil War. A week before the Battle of Bull Run, Sullivan Baloo, a major in the second Rhode Island Volunteers, wrote home to his wife in Smithfield. July the 14th, 1861, Washington, D.C. Dear Sarah,
The indications are very strong that we shall move in a few days, perhaps tomorrow. Unless I should not be able to write you again, I feel impelled to write a few lines that may fall under your eye when I am no more. And I am willing, perfectly willing, to lay down all my joys in this life to help maintain this government and to pay that debt. Sarah, my love for you is deathless.
It seems to bind me with mighty cables that nothing but omnipotence can break. And yet my love of country comes over me like a strong wind, and bears me irresistibly with all those chains to the battlefield. The memory of all the blissful moments I've enjoyed with you come crowding over me. And I feel most deeply grateful to God and you that I've enjoyed them for so long.
and how hard it is for me to give them up and burn to ashes the hopes, future years. When God willing, we might still have lived and loved together and see our boys grown up to honorable manhood around us. If I do not return, my dear Sarah, never forget how much I loved you, nor that when my last breath escapes me on the battlefield, it will whisper your name.
How poignant was that? This American Civil War went for four years. It's a dreadful time in American history. Do you know, I'm aware that every republic in the world has had a civil war? Did you know that? Really? Take that in, if you will. Now, who passed in 1990? Well, Ava Gardner, she was good, wasn't she? She was here for On The Beach. Rex Harrison, he was here for a show at the comedy. They all came over, didn't they? Eve Arden, she was on in Sydney. You told me, yes. Yeah, Sydney.
Who else we have? Terry Thomas. I don't know if he came. Did he come to Australia? I'm not aware. He doesn't know. He passed away in 1990. And Paul Bailey died at the age of 72 in 1990. She was a
you know, a tremendous performer in America. She did Hello, Dolly. She was the first Afro-American to play Dolly Levi. And she had a hit called It Takes Two to Tango, which was probably her biggest hit in the 1950s. But here she is with Bing Crosby, the old Pearl Bailey. And she was a terrific singer with Gone Fishin. You were asking, I know where you were. You had gone. Fishin.
You ain't workin' anymore. Not anymore like me had. I'll pass by your door, you raps, but you had gone, bitches. If I ever get back in this chorus, it'll be a very good song. Don't know how I sing this song.
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Great fun, great fun. Fabulous. Now come on Ben, join in with Andy and myself for Kevin's Mystery Voice. Well, what about Johnny Ray, the passing of Johnny Ray, are we going to mention that Phil? Okay, yeah. Yeah, he died at the age of 63. That's very young. He's very young. Sadly the victim of alcohol. Yes. Did you see him on stage? I did, and interviewed him, and it was a great pleasure to meet you. Did you interview him? I did, and did you still got that recording?
I think so. It was transferred to Cassette, and I had it on Reel to Reel, but I met him at the Irving Rockman's Hotel, and interviewed him there. That was it, the Regency Hotel there, which was diagonally opposite the comedy Theta, wasn't it?
from memory? Yes. Yes, yes, yes. And even then, and this was a late morning interview, not early morning, but there was a bottle of, that's very serious. Cooking sherry there. Well, sadly, a lovely man, very gentle, very pleasant, and quite hard of hearing by the stage. Yes, I think you went completely deaf in one of you, and the other ears started to pick up as well. Now Phil, you had a problem with him. I remember you saying something about electrical problems with him.
No, I never met the man. I went to see him at the pully and the sound broke down. That's it. Yeah, the sound broke down. And he started abusing everybody. And I don't blame him. You know, he's putting on a show. Yeah. They should have a standby mic at least. Absolutely.
Well, he did pass away at the age of 63 in 1990 and came to Australia quite a bit. He had big fan bases in the United Kingdom and Australia. Bigger than what he had in America. He had more hits in this country than he had in his home country. Oh, really? Absolutely. Now, Bob Horsforth, the late Bob Horsforth, managed to do an interview with him, too. So here's Bob Horsforth talking to, well, look for to your interview in the future, Andrew. But here he is talking to Johnny Ray.
Firstly, let's speak to a young man who traveled to Australia for the third time and again packed them in. Yes, it's Johnny Ray.
Who would you say is the nicest journal lady you've ever met? Queen Elizabeth. I suppose you met her on quite a few occasions too. No, I've only met the Queen once. And when was that? November 7th, 1955. What hour? Well, that was the biggest deal of my life, meeting the royal family and thinking for it. Well, approximately how many chews do you record a year?
Oh, I wouldn't have had any idea because of many times various of them. Yes, you record several or maybe just a few songs and the release date fluctuates from one release to the next. I'd say maybe two dozen. Would you name some of your best sellers? Ah, such a night. Cry. A little like Cloud to Cry.
walk on the baby back home. Well, I don't know. You see, I'm not really a Johnny Ray fan. I don't have any of my records at all. So I thought I really don't know what tells me what doesn't actually. Oh, very humble man. Great. Let's take a break, folks. Hands up Ben, Andy and the flipper. All in favor of the mystery voice after this break.
Guys, let's hear it for Simon feeling very sorry for himself. Bedridden with the flu and just not up to scratch. Take care, Simon, we care about you and we miss you heaps. Let's hear it for Simon, everybody. Yeah, go on your Simon. Just take it easy, mate. Take it easy, mate. We can't do the listen a bit on the mystery voice but today because Simon's not here. But I guess we can just have a shot at it or you guys can have a shot at it. Yeah. And people at home can stick their chest out if they get it right.
And they can text in as well to 0477 693 693. Will you handle that? Will you? Oh, absolutely. So text in, name suburb 0477 693 693. Oh, that's good news. OK, let's go to the mystery force. It is a male, boys. And when you speak, angels sing from above.
Yes alive yes, and this was recorded about 1990 though. It's a fairly In the roundabout there. Yeah, no 80s tonight. This person was he's even 1990 popular in 99 movie star. Yes, still alive. Yes, we're told yes
Has he been here? Did you tell us he's been to Australia? I think he has. I'd never met him or anything, but I think he may have been here. Not the star of Fraser. Are you talking about Kelsey grammar? No, not Kelsey grammar. Could it be someone like Clint Eastwood? Clint Eastwood. That's a good guess. No, it's not Clint. Is this guy a comedian? No.
Does he make records normally? No. So this was like a one-off? Yes. And is he in dramatic movies? Yes. OK. And he's still around working? You're working well here, Phil. Are you still working yet? Yeah, no. He's not. OK. He's retired. Come on, Andy. Any ideas? James Garner. Someone like that? James Garner.
That's your answer, James, now. Yes, it is. Sorry, it's not correct. How could you say that? And your face doing a lesson? How could you make that mistake when we've already been told a man is still all right? Okay, Brady. Were they more of a TV person? I was desperate. You've got to pay attention. Were they more of a TV person? Shut your mouth. Both of you. Come on, Ben. Were they more of a TV person, Kevin? No, no, not TV. I'd like to hear it again, please, Ben. Thanks.
And when you speak, angels sing from above. Every day words seem to turn into love songs. Give your heart and soul to me. And life will always be love you.
Did you say Chuckles Bradley? Well, just a desperate check. And he could it be a pretty boy like Brad Pitt, do you think? No, I don't think so. I don't think it's an older guy. This voice is very reminiscent of somebody we know. I've got a feeling when he says, when Kevin gives the answer, or someone gives the answer, it'll be someone we know. Yeah, and you think, oh, shall I know that?
But why is it hot? What about hot Leonardo DiCaprio? Very good guess, but it's not Leonardo. And not Brad Pitt? No. Russell Crowe? Russell Crowe? No, no, not Russell Crowe. OK, Tom Cruise? Not Tom Cruise. No, it would be Tom Cruise. Oh, he's made it the odd record. A movie star. Around in the 90s. Not making movies now. No. Give us a clue. Well, he's Decemberly famous. Not that I can recall, no.
now he's uh... he has retired he made a number of films for the western uh... i don't think you've made a western okay uh... jean hackman uh... like a jean hackman yes it's so nickelson jack nickelson is correct
Well done. Oh, place. Oh, wow. Place that laurel brief. Now we know. I'm just going to defend the cameo. Yeah, please. And when you speak, angels sing from above. Every day words seem to turn into love songs.
Give your heart and soul to me and life will always be. Love you.
Well done Andy, yes. I love the song too isn't it a great song? Take me to your heart again. Originally of course Edith Piaf isn't it? Who else got that right Ben? Well congratulations to Russell of Mooney Pons. He got Jack Nicholson right off the bat about five minutes ago. We also had Phil of Mill Park, he was second and then we had a bunch of other guesses including Bruce Willis, Nicholas Cage, Jack Bakkerak,
Okay, John Malkovich and William Shatner. Okay, thanks folks. That was a beauty kept well done And now let's look at radio in 1990. Well 1990s you when remember when began and the late Keith McGowan was doing the overnight show at 3 a.m. With Trobe Street and two young fellas by the name of Brady and Bruce Mansfield started the very first Remember when no no the first one was Neville Ray. Oh, yeah, that was the one with Neville rag and
Clucks and clear. Yeah, Lenny Holmes. Oh, Lenny Holmes. That's one of the reasons there was a much earlier. Yeah, Paul Cronin, 1979. Yeah, Paul Cronin, 1979. But I mean, the first time for these boys, this is the first time. Oh, I see. The duo were on their... On the eve of Christmas Eve, or what? So that is how many years ago film? Well, 90, about 35 years. Yeah. 34 years. 34 years. So we're going back to that night and we're going to hear the boys in action with the very first time and the comments from Keith McGowan.
Well, good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to tonight's edition of Remember When, a special Christmas edition, so to speak, of six hours of wallowing in marvellous nostalgia, nostalgia of Melbourne, and to share the hot seat Philip Brady. Good evening. Hi, folks.
Good to see you, Bruce. It's 10 years since I've sat in this chair. It's wonderful to be back at the Macquarie Palace again. And what a week it's been with all the Christmas shopping. I guess everyone's feeling a little frazzled, writing cards, putting up the tree, sending presents. Yes, indeed. At that time of year. And we couldn't have been hit by a worse storm last night that sent the whole city into havoc. And I drove, actually, through Bournon.
and Canterbury today and the actual hadn't trees. Urela, for example, was almost, you know, shifted with the force of the wind. You know, I missed it. The storm that is. Where were you? In North Croix, and we didn't feel a thing out there. I was a dinner guest of some friends of ours, and we had a little lightning, but that was all. And it's not amazing. And I believe that Footscray was the worst effective.
Well, for all those people who are inconvenient, we hope you've mopped up and you're back on your feet again now. A lot of friends of mine were flooded out overnight. Did they come and stay with you? No, no, no, I'd bolt and close the door. I know you, no room at the inn. I know you, Bruce. That's right, keeping him named the Christmas spirit.
Quite remiss, I haven't said thank you to Bruce Mansfield and Phil Brady. Congratulations to Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady for a marvellous remember when the preceding six hours, just terrific to hear the two together. Bruce Mansfield and Philip Brady, there's some huge talent there, some bit memories and that's going to be a great radio program and judging by what they put together tonight for their first effort. It's just a grow and grow and grow and attain heights that have never been achieved before. So welcome Bruce and welcome Philip Brady.
Good to hear all those voices again. Six to eleven, it is remember when we must take a break in Kevin Trask's Time Tunnel, getting near the end of the Time Tunnel here, or the end of the tunnel itself, and Songs of 1990, Mr. Trask. Okay, join in Ben. Who's saying these songs, boys? You can't touch this. No, I'll be out in there. MC Hammer. Very good from the rocks. Good. Am I supposed to live without you? How am I supposed to live without you? How am I supposed to live without you?
Eric Smith? Michael Bolton? Yeah, Michael Bolton is correct. Hey, how's that? Nothing compares to you. Oh, I'm going to do this. Go on, I'm going to miss you.
No, no, no, Ben. No, I'm sorry, I'm out of that one. Millie Vanilli. Oh, okay. Oh, okay. We're Smilly Miming, lip syncing. Millie, I don't know, it could have been, could have been Vanilli Miming, I don't know. What about Blaze of Glory? No. That was...
Simon will get this. I can hear him screaming at home right now. You ready? No? No. Don't know. Bon Jovi. Oh, Bon Jovi, yes. He's favourite. Love Shack. Oh, B52s. Yeah. Lay down your guns.
Come on. Australian. Wasn't Kylie? No. Man. Male. Johnny Cash. No, it wasn't. No, Johnny Cash. Glenn Short. No, no. Jimmy Barnes. You're breaking your good record there, boys. What about vision of love?
Was that Chuckles Bradley? It's Chuckles Bradley, yes, that's correct. I thought he was a two or nine Andy, but it's Max of Chuckles. And last one, Blue Sky Mine. Come on, Peter. That was Midnight Oil. Correct. And John Farnham had his big hit out and the album released on the 24th of September, 1990 had a song called Shane Reactions. See you next week, yeah. Good night, boys. And next week we go to 1968. Goodbye now. Good night.
