The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

Jan Berry: Self

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Announcer : And now, Electronovision presents your hosts for 'Command Performance'. Two of America's most exciting young stars - Jan and Dean!

  Dean Torrence : Hi.

  Jan Berry : We'd like to start it off tonight with a fantastic act. The guy who started it all back in 1958: Chuck Berry!

  Chuck Berry : [singing]  Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreeens, There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, Where lives a country boy named Johnny B. Goode, Who never ever learned to read or write so well, But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell, Go-go! Go, Johnny, go! Go...

• Jan Berry : Tonight they're ready for Mr. Soul, the dynamic Marvin Gaye!

  Marvin Gaye : [singing]  Oh, oh, yeah, yeah, I try to put my arms around you, All because I want to hold you tight...

• Jan Berry : You've heard a little bit of one type of surfin' sound, now we'll go with another one.

  Jan Berry , Dean Torrence : [singing]  Don't be afraid to try the newest sport around

  Dean Torrence : It's catching on in every city and town

  Jan Berry , Dean Torrence : You can do the tricks the surfers do, Just try a Quasimodo or the Coffin too

  Dean Torrence : Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me...

• Jan Berry : Come on now, let's hear a roar.

  Dean Torrence : The sweetest sound: Leslie Gore.

  Lesley Gore : [singing]  Maybe I know that he's been a cheatin', Maybe I know that he's been untrue, But what can I do...

• Jan Berry : Okay, let's have a warm welcome to the real surfers, the one and only, the five and only, Beach Boys!

  Themselves : [the Beach Boys - singing]  If everybody had an ocean, Across the U.S.A., Then everybody'd be surfin', Like Californi-a, You'd see them wearin' their baggies, Huarache sandals too, A bushy bushy blond hairdo, Surfin' U.S.A...

• Jan Berry : All right, Mr. Nitzsche, how about a downbeat for the baby lovin' Supremes

  Diana Ross : [singing]  He gave me the eye, But I just passed him by, I treated him unkind, But he didn't seem to mind...

• Jan Berry : You are about to meet probably the wildest guy in the business today.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : Wait a second. He's brought down houses from coast to coast.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : Cool it a second, will ya. And border to border.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : The Flames are right here, tonight! Yeah, right here. James Brown and his Famous Flames!

  James Brown : [singing]  You got your high-heeled sneakers on, And your slip-in mules, You got your high-heeled sneakers on, And your slip-in mules, You're alright, You know you're out of sight, You got a shapely figure mama, That keeps us uptight, You got a shapely figure mama, That keeps us uptight, You're too much, You know you're out of sight...

• Jan Berry : Here they are, those five fellows from England, The Rolling Stones!

  Mick Jagger : [singing]  I said the joint was rockin', A goin' 'round and 'round, Yeah, reelin' and a-rockin', What a crazy sound, But they never stopped rockin', 'Til the moon went down...