If you're of my generation you'll probably remember Bert Parks as the perennial MC of the Miss America beauty pageant. He wasn't particularly talented and I never saw him do anything else on TV or in film but he did provide a sort of paternal feel to his role as host/harem eunuch. Parks also got to sing "There she is...Miss America" as the newly crowned winner took her walk of victory.
A good friend who has contributed to the Blob as Steiner, the Stern Brothers, kent@verbagecontroldata etc. has sent me a video that shows how untalented Parks truly was! (his own take on a McCartney and Wings classic that probably has Sir Paul spinning in his grave) This must see is a classic of poor directing and an over reaching ego and had me wanting to dust off my bazooka. The back-up dancers are every bit as bad and there's a great trumpet faux pas at the very end by the lead player who was probably so distracted by the preceding debacle that he entered early with what sounds like a very small and squeaky fart. http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=nJBDcb7kq_g
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