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JAMES EARL JONES - HOST - WELCOMES EVERYONE TO SHOW AND DISCUSSES THE AFRICAN AMERICAN TRADITION OF DANCING - SLAVERY DAYS - BLACK DANCES CAKE WALK, LINDY HOP - INTRODUCES MEMPHIS DANCE ORIGINATOR RUFUS THOMAS
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RUFUS THOMAS
DO THE BREAK DOWN
(live)
MEMPHIS MUSICIAN, DEE JAY RUFUS THOMAS INTRODUCES HIS NEW FUNKY DANCE - DRESSED IN HOT PINK GOWN AND SHORT PANTS
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PERFORMANCE ENDS
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| 00:06:16 374.27 |
AFRICAN AMERICAN CAST TV COMMERCIAL FOR GERITOL LAXATIVE - WORKING MOTHER PAMPERING HUSBAND AND TAKES GERITOL FOR HER ENERGY
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| 00:07:16 433.9 |
JAMES EARL JONES INTRODUCES YOUNG COMEDIAN RICHARD PRYOR - INTERVIEW WITH RICHARD PRYOR ABOUT BLACK COMEDY AND BLACK HUMOR GREAT, FUNNY INTERVIEW..HE LIKED ABBOTT & COSTELLO AND JERRY LEWIS AND NOT AS MANY BLACK COMICS. (HF-YTV)
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INTERVIEW ENDS
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JAMES EARL JONES TALKS ABOUT SINGER CAROLYN BLAKEY
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CAROLYN BLAKEY
I'VE GOT TO BE ME
(live)
SOUL SINGER
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| 00:26:23 1581.23 |
PERFORMANCE ENDS
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| 00:30:13 1811.7 |
JIMMY SMITH
INSTRUMENTAL
(live)
AFRICAN AMERICAN JAZZ ORGANIST WITH HIS BAND
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| 00:33:04 1982.37 |
PERFORMANCE ENDS
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| 00:35:09 2107.5 |
PAINTER / POET / ACTOR BERNIE CASEY IS INTERVIEWED AND DISCUSSES HIS POETRY AND ART - BLACK LIBERATION CIVIL RIGHTS , BLACK EQUALITY THEME, POWER TO THE PEOPLE, BLACK POWER
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| 00:42:11 2529.03 |
CAROLYN BLAKEY
ON THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE
(live)
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SONG ENDS
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JAMES EARL JONES INTERVIEWS RUFUS THOMAS ABOUT " THE BREAK DOWN" AND ABOUT YOUTH DANCES, TALKS ABOUT HIS EARL YEARS AS A TAP DANCER AND PERFORMER IN MEMPHIS - TALKS ABOUT 11 YEAR TALENT NIGHT IN A MEMPHIS THEATER - TALKS ABOUT BLACK DANCES
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| 00:51:40 3097.73 |
RUFUS THOMAS
THE FUNKY ROBOT
(live)
PLUS HIS INTRODUCTION! - INTRODUCES HIS NEW DANCE SONG - DEMONSTRATES THE DANCE WITH PRETTY FEMALE AUDIENCE MEMBER - A CROSS BETWEEN MICHAEL JACKSON'S MOON WALK AND THE FUNKY CHICKEN !. (HF-YTV)
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SONG ENDS
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JAMES EARL JONES SAYS GOODNIGHT - SHOTS OF JIMMY SMITH AND OTHER SHOW GUESTS OVER CREDITS
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