Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Paul Revere and the Raiders


Paul Revere and the Raiders....ahhh, still one of the best bands around, and they're still performing! I remember seeing them in the sixties with lead singer Mark Lindsay. Above I met Paul Revere and have to say....the guy looks great for 73 years old, and this picture was taken just a week ago. Oh ya....just in case you're wondering, I'm the guy in the black coat, Paul is the other., lol

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Paul Revere

I had talked to Paul Revere (Paul Revere and the Raiders) and told him that I was drawing a cartoon-caricature of him....here's what I came up with!
Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Monday, November 15, 2010

Book 'Em Danno!

Sorry for such a late post. This probably isn't news now, but James MacArthur died on Oct. 28th this year.

You'll best remember him from Hawaii Five-O, his start though was with Disney movies like Kidnapped and Swiss Family Robinson.

James was an adopted child to two well established entertainment icons, Helen Hayes and Charles MacArthur. I didn't know that he was a awesome flamenco guitarist. He'll best be known for being the recipient of the phrase "Book 'Em Danno!"

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Thursday, October 7, 2010

Edward C. Platt

What would the sixties sitcom "Get Smart" be without "The Chief?"
Edward C. Platt played The Chief, but before this role, he was on broadway, and was a bass-baritone singer, at a professional level, thus his great low voice, even studying music at Julliard.


After the series ended, he played smaller roles in mostly comedies. Sadly, he committed suicide at the age of 58 years old. I always think that every character on TV has to have another character playing opposite him or her to make it a successs, Edward C. Platt helped make agent 86's role (Maxwell Smart) a successful one.

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Thursday, September 30, 2010

Happy Birthday Fred Flintstone!

Today is Fred Flintstone's 50th birthday! Happy Birthday Freddy! This was and still is my all time favorite cartoon show. I had the great pleasure to meet his creator....Bill Hanna. The Flintstones were fashioned after a sitcome called "The Honeymooners.Another great show....too bad today's show's didn't have the imagination the older ones had....
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Wednesday, September 15, 2010

The Twist!

Ahhh...The Twist! A world wide dance craze that started in the early 60's. Most of us associate Chubby Checker with the version we all know, but it was first on the B-side of a Hank Ballard tune.

Hank Ballard was to appear on American Bandstand, but his version was to gritty, so Dick Clark had Chubby Checker smooth it out a bit....thus became the hit we all recognize.But an early version of the dance goes as far back to Africa.

It would be a "fun" way though to get rid of that "spare tire"..........

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Englebert Humperdink

I remember I had this record in the sixties.....great record! The thing about Englebert Humperdink that some bands today don't realize is that he's sold more records than any of your five most popular bands of today.


He's sold over 150 million records, 64 gold albums (and back then to receive a gold album you had to sell MANY more than you do now), and 24 platinum records.....not many other groups can rival those numbers.

Born Arnold Dorsey in India, his luck started to come about after Tom Jones manager suggested a name change....thus...Englebert Humperdink.

The guy has one of the best set of pipes on him in popular music, and in his 70's he still tours and records. You gotta love an entertainer that keeps doing that, and it's not just for the money!

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Barbarella


I argue with my son all the time about the 60's decade women looking MUCH better than the leading ladies of today.....I still think I'm right, proof up above!
Jane Fonda made the sci-fi movie in 1968 titled "Barbarella." I've read she was sorry for listening to her then director husband Roger Vadim to make the movie as she had turned down the roles for "Rosemary's Baby" and Bonnie and Clyde." to do Barbarella. (I'm sure later on he slept on the couch for that one....)
As a side note, the eighties band "Durand Durand, got their name from a character in the movie, Dr. Durand-Durand. Not much of a movie, but the visuals are "interesting." LOL

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Doctor Zhivago

One of my all time favorite 60's movies....better yet, one of my favorite movies period. Taken from the book written by Boris Pasterak, and directed by David Lean (he also directed Bridge over the River Kwai, and Lawrence of Arabia).

A love triangle, but with some history included, the main cast members were Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. I had heard that some of the scenes were shot in Saskatchewan, Canada and Spain as well as Finland.

If you view it, get plenty of rest beforehand (or drink a Red Bull)....it's a long one, but well worth it! Oh yes....you'll be humming the theme song "Lara's Theme" for a couple days afterward!

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Thursday, August 26, 2010

Paul Lynde

Popular 60's character actor and comedian Paul Lynde was as colorful in his private life as he was on TV. Heavy drinking and his lifestyle in the "swinging sixies" helped cause a heart attack at an early age....never the less.....he always brightened up the TV screen on any show he appeared on in the sixties.
Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Monday, August 23, 2010

Barbara Eden's Birthday!

Barbara Eden from the sixties sitcom, I dream of Jeannie, turned 76 today! I think she still looks great!
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010

The Jetsons

Hanna-Barbera's futuristic cartoon, The Jetsons, premiered on television in 1962. I seen the other day on the news that a flying car was now in production in North America.....maybe George Jetson and his family we'rn't that far off on the cartoon.


On the cartoon they have moving sidewalks.....years later Cesars Palace in Vegas came up with that. If you noticed on the Jetsons, the television screens were really thin, just look at T.V.'s now.....remember, these drawings were in the days of thick, bulky T.V.'s.

On the show George only worked 9 hours a week..........I guess they really missed on that one......

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Sunday, August 15, 2010

I almost have the whole sixties-seventies set of DVD's of Hawaii Five-O,
Again, today's television and movie producers have taken a 60's show and brought it out to the younger generation.


Hawaii Five-O started it's first show in 1968 and starred Jack Lord and James MacArthur....I havn't seen any of the new shows yet, but like anything else...usually nothing is better than the origional.

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Friday, August 13, 2010

1965 Corvette

All I can say about a 1965 Corvette is....does it get any better?
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Sixties style lunchboxes...




I'm back!!! Here's a couple of my sixties style lunchbox's that are in my studio. (Kel Studios). I just loved the simple, cartoon style caricatures used in the sixties as compared to the over exaggerated rude ones out now. Fun, lively colors as well.....

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Thursday, November 12, 2009

The Equals


So sorry for the long delay in posts. I was at a caricaturist convention in Ohio last week (the special guests were four artists from Mad Magazine).
Then I had to do an illustration myself for a magazine.
I thought I would post this sixties British group called " The Equals." They were formed in 1965 and the lead singer is Eddy Grant, you may remember him from the eighties hit "Electric Avenue."
The band had a bit of bad luck in the sixties, having all members injured while in a car accident in Germany, plus their biggest hit..."Baby Come Back" didn't chart in England at the time...only to be a hit later on. Still one of my favorite sixties songs....love the guitar riff! I'll be back to regular posts now...thanks for hangin in there!

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios

Sunday, November 1, 2009

sixties sitcoms












Sorry for the lack of posts in the recent week.....I had a rush magazine caricature job and am getting ready for a caricature convention n Ohio.
But here are a couple sixties sitcoms you might remember watching...one thing I like about the sixties is the imagination they had for sitcoms, not like nowadays where they take place in one setting and are crude to each other, I don't find sitcoms nowadays funny at all. I'll be back in a week..more to come....cheers!



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Monday, October 26, 2009

Burke's Law

As corney as it was, I loved Burke's Law, even though he was a police chief chauffered around in a Rolls-Royce. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, and ran from 1963 till 1965.

When the show had Anne Francis on some of the episodes, it spawned her own show...Honey West.



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Sunday, October 25, 2009

Two more

Jeese...I don't mean to sound like an "obituary blog," but two more sixties celebrities passed last week. We all know about Soupy Sales, but also Montreal born Jseph Wiseman, or better known as "Dr. No," from the 1961 James Bond film....Dr. No.

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Thursday, October 22, 2009

Al Martino

We lost sixties crooner, Al Martino on October 13th. When sixties rock and roll dominated the charts, only a few easy listening artists could make a go of it, Al being one of them.

Even though I love sixties rock and roll, I still love the tunes of Al Martino, songs like, "I Love You More and More Everyday," Spanish Eyes," "I Love You Because,"....you get the idea.

Mr. Martino did pretty good considering he started out as a bricklayer!

Sixties Beat! by Kel Studios