TOMORROW COAST TO COAST {JAMES BROWN, AL SHARPTON, MUHAMMAD ALI} {EXCERPT} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of late-night topical interview programs hosted by Tom Snyder, with Hollywood reports from Rona Barrett. On this show, Snyder is joined by "Godfather of Soul" James Brown, boxer Muhammad Ali, activist the Rev. Al Sharpton, rocker John Cougar, and Hollywood actress Shelley Winters. Brown and Ali presumably appear to discuss the potential social unrest of black youth in American urban areas stemming from recent social and economic developments. Snyder is visibly angered, however, when Ali admits that he knows nothing of the show's topic and agreed to appear on the program only for the free plane ticket and New York City hotel room. The Rev. Al Sharpton, of the National Youth Movement, joins the panel and comments on the need for black youth to be inspired and to have positive role models. Brown takes umbrage when Snyder refers to some young people as "hopeless." Sharpton advises Snyder that people shouldn't be so concerned with a "long, hot summer" as with the conditions that provoke such outrage. Next, Rona Barrett reports from Hollywood on network television industry news. Indiana-bred rock singer John Cougar then performs "Ain't Even Done with the Night" and comments on his allegiance to small town life, how he landed a recording contract, and why he agreed to use the stage name "Cougar" rather than his family name, "Mellencamp." Snyder and Winters then discuss how she went from sex symbol to serious actress; how today's sex symbols are newsanchors rather than actors; what implements she used to augment and support her sizable bosom early in her career; and her assertion that although film star Marilyn Monroe was exceptionally intelligent she played "sex bomb" roles for too long. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements.
Details
- NETWORK: NBC
- DATE: May 6, 1981 12:30 AM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:56:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:35673
- GENRE: Music; Talk/Interviews
- SUBJECT HEADING: Actors; Blacks - Social conditions; Blacks - Youth; Boxing; Motion picture acting; Parkinson's Disease; Rock music; Sex symbolism; Sports; African-American Collection - News/Talk
- SERIES RUN: NBC - TV series, 1973-1982
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Alpo dog food
- TV - Commercials - American Express Traveler's Checks
- TV - Commercials - Bubbilicious gum
- TV - Commercials - Denorex shampoo
- TV - Commercials - Dentyne gum
- TV - Commercials - Foster Grant sunglasses
- TV - Commercials - Freshen-up gum
- TV - Commercials - J C Penney department store
- TV - Commercials - Keebler crackers
- TV - Commercials - Meguiar's Lifetime Poly Sealant System
- TV - Commercials - Rustoleum
- TV - Commercials - Sears
- TV - Commercials - Trident Sugarless Gum
- TV - Commercials - U.S. Navy
- TV - PSA - Ad Council U.S. Savings Bonds
- TV - PSA - Ad Council for Interfaith Hunger Appeal
- TV - PSA - Ad Council for The United Negro College Fund
- TV - PSA - American Heart Assiociation -- High blood pressure treatment
- TV - PSA - Council for Better Hearing and Speech Month
- TV - PSA - Council on Family Health -- Read Medicine Labels
- TV - PSA - National Multiple Sclerosis Society
- TV - PSA - Small Business Week
- TV - PSA - U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare -- second medical opinions
- TV - Promos - "CHiPs"
- TV - Promos - "NBC Magazine"
- TV - Promos - "The All-Star Salute to Mother's Day"
- TV - Promos - "The Boatniks"
- TV - Promos - "The People vs. Jean Harris"
CREDITS
- Cougar, John (See also: Mellencamp, John Cougar and Mellencamp, John) … Singer, Guest
- Tom Snyder … Host, Interviewer
- Rona Barrett … Reporter
- Ali, Muhammad (See also: Clay, Cassius) … Guest
- James Brown … Guest
- Al Sharpton … Guest
- Shelley Winters … Guest
- Lorne Greene … Talent, Alpo dog food commercial
- Karl Malden … Talent, American Express Traveler's Checks commercial
- Sammy Cahn … Talent, National Multiple Sclerosis Society PSA
- Lou Ferrigno … Talent, Council for Better Hearing and Speech Month PSA
- Cliff Robertson … Talent, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare PSA
- Waylon Jennings … Talent, American Heart Assiociation PSA
- Monroe, Marilyn (Norma Jean Baker)