RIP: My Friend Martin Mull, You Will Indeed Be Missed!

RIP Martin The most under appreciated talent ever!

In the late 1970s, I was a student at Drew University. Imagine everyone's shock when Flo and Eddie waltzed into the cafeteria one lunchtime. They did a mini concert, including "Kama Sutra Time." In the cafeteria. At a school with a seminary. It was the most surreal experience of my life. Of course the room went wild!

@davidburke709

24 күн бұрын

Howie Kaylan liked something I said on Facebook once. I squealed like a little girl.

Hearing about the passing of Martin Mull I started looking at his videos and what a fabulous rabbit hole I fell into! What an incredibly talented man he was. I hope he had as much fun as he made us feel, from the first time I saw him on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman on....

RIP Martin Mull. He was hilarious. I never saw this special until now. Also a big fan of Flo & Eddie AKA The Turtles. Hang in there, Howard...I'm not sure how long he's got.

"She was outta sight but there was no way to tell her." One of my all-time favorite Martin Mull lines.

I was there! About the funniest night of my life. I went for Mull but Flo & Eddie stole the show with their Joni Mitchell -Led Zeppelin medley. I’ve been looking for this for years. Holy crap, that’s me at 9:05 standing up behind Wolfman, er, Mailman Jack.

@genevievegelatto8447

2 жыл бұрын

Haha! That’s SO cool!

@mr.blackhawk142

2 жыл бұрын

Blue shirt and white pants? WoW! Is this 1976? The clothes styles looks like it IS! I remember watching Fernwood 2-Nite back in the day in Vancouver right across from Robson Park on Carolina st.! I had just bought a new 20" Toshiba TV to watch the 1976 Canada Cup!

@blueridger28

2 жыл бұрын

That's so cool

@QuaaludeCharlie

Жыл бұрын

So Cool . The Turtles.:) QC

@completeMonti

6 ай бұрын

I attended a Soundstage downbeat jazz show in Chicago in 1976 and remember they taped *all afternoon* and there were several wonderful songs that didn't make it on the show. So my question is -- do you recall anything from that day that isn't in this broadcast? I'd love to hear any anecdotes. This is one of my very favorite shows and that's amazing that you were there.

I saw this (only once) on PBS Channel 12 (WYES) out of New Orleans as a kid and have sarched for it ever since! Couldn't remember the name of the show, only that it featured Flo & Eddie! I totally forgot that it was my introduction to Martin Mull, too! For years I tried to recall where I had seen the Sweet Steaks" Lucky Charms parody. In my mind, and perhaps it was later edited out, but I'd remember a huge "SPLAT!" sound (that sounded more like a shart) when the kid flattened the mascot. Thanks so much for posting such a a great memory of youth, and such a clear copy, too! RIP Martin, you were loved and adored!

God, I miss the 70s.

@tomcooley3778

Жыл бұрын

It was fun from what I can remember. Hey ya got any acid?

I could not believe Greg Hawkes later with the CARS was on Sax. Fantastic. BTW I am a Huge Flo and Eddie fan!!

@tomcooley3778

Жыл бұрын

Me too.

@AllTheBestCO

2 ай бұрын

​@@tomcooley3778 Coo!

@videojeffrobetustak5129

Ай бұрын

Thanks, l wasn't if that was Greg Hawkes it sure looks like him!

@ricaard

18 күн бұрын

Isn't there at least one Cars song in which he plays sax? I seem to recall one.

My first Flo & Eddie experience was when they opened for David Ziggy Stardust Bowie at Winterland (San Francisco) in 1972. It was a Halloween weekend concert, and Bowie was not well known then. I was there to see Flo & Eddie - I had seen them with The Mothers before. By the time I left, part way through Bowie's show there were maybe 200 people there - in a hall that holds many thousands. He was pissed off!

Still holds up. Martin is so dynamic, and Flo and Eddie's Elenore performance was perfect. Loved the cereal ad too, what the hell.

OMG thanks for this...great songs by Martin Mull. RIP.

OMG...Share this a Jillion times..It's Christmas eve 2020. Boy do we ever need this!

I loved going to Bun 'N Run when I was a kid. Sometimes Happy Kyne would be there, at the the register or working the grill. RIP, Martin. You were wonderful and one of a kind.

Thank you, Martin, for the music, myrth, and magic. Rest in Peace...

weird and wonderful! Its strange that Eddie was waxing nostalgic for the sixties while in the 70's lol but he's right the music changed so much since his days as the lead singer of the Turtles.

"It's a fine line between Joni and Yoko Ono." No truer words...

This is a real gem here!

PBS has certainly changed in 45 years

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

So has the music business.

@PeterByker

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMaxfieldActs the American studio audience has undergone some big changes as well.

Watched this so many times back then. Thanks for putting it on. Wow what great memories!!!

I was a Flo and Eddie fan after hearing Billy the Mountain by the Mothers. I only knew Martin Mull as a comedian and did not discover his music until recently!

This is absolutely perfect !

Flo and Eddie, knew them from Zappa, but also always knew that those were the guys of the Turtles.

@williamwoody7607

28 күн бұрын

Also backup vocals for Marc Bolan and T Rex.

@clannad99germany70

28 күн бұрын

@@williamwoody7607 yes.

Howard and Mark always brought it

Martin Mull Live at the Roxy really impressed me i gotta look for it here on KZread.

It would be awesome if tape of the stereo simulcast could be synced to this

How did I not know Martin Mull played guitar? This is awesome

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

He's multi-talented: fine artist/illustrator, singer/songwriter/guitarist, television writer, and actor.

@billlynn3196

3 жыл бұрын

You must have missed Martin Mull & his Fabulous Furniture in Your Living Room. www.amazon.com/Martin-Mull-Fabulous-Furniture-Living/dp/B000VZJSDO

@daveh3997

2 жыл бұрын

@@billlynn3196 And his other albums: Normal I'm Everyone I've Ever Loved Near Perfect/Perfect Martin Mull: Sex & Violins Days of Wine and Neuroses No Hits, Four Errors: The Best of Martin Mull

Martin Mull's IMDB credits begin in 1976 as well, with 49 episodes of Mary Hartman Mary Hartman. RIP Martin Mull

Sad news, his passing. I actually played (trombone) behind him, in Harrah's Tahoe orchestra in maybe the early '80s. Martin was opening act for some headliner. He had the same homey little set around him on stage, a small table w/ a shaded lamp, and an easy chair, like he was at home in his study. On the table were a few magazines. Ted Kennedy was pondering running for President in those days, so I brought in an old issue of Reader's Digest with a cover story about the Chappaquiddick incident. A few minutes before curtain up I handed the magazine to Martin, who was tuning his guitar, and asked him if he'd heard what Kennedy had responded when asked if he would seek the nomination. He hadn't heard. "I'll drive off that bridge when I come to it." Martin chuckled warmly, thanked me, and placed the Digest on his little table. He was a sweet guy.

Happy Kine for President '24...If he's still around. 😵‍💫

The algos ignored my repeated Fernwood Tonight data and never showed me this. I've never seen it. Found it by clicking on Flo & Eddie interviewing Zappa.

"Licks Off Of Records" with a "Turn On Your Lovelight" horn backing?!? nice!!

I think the funniest thing I have ever heard was by Martin Mull interviewed by Norm McDonald about 10 years ago. MM told a joke so utterly scabrous I nearly fell on the floor laughing.

Greg Hawkes later joined the Cars

I think Howard Kaylan was the best pure vocalist of bands in the 60s. If you watch videos of the Turtles on the Ed Sullivan show there was no lip syncing, it was live vocals, and he was incredible!

Martin Mull and His Talking Furniture

Bravo! Bravo!😃

I’ve never seen Martin Mull play guitar before!

@stevew2724

2 жыл бұрын

In the early '70s I saw him at the school I attended. He played guitar as part of his "Living Room" Tour. The second act was Commander Cody (RIP). Mull played along with the band.

Greg Hawkes on sax before The Cars. 😎

Hey Mart -o!I I finally sold that couch you left in my yard. I had no idea you were leaving.I hope that creator will let you rest in peace for christs sake.You were right that chick Marylin wasn't the marrying kind.We miss you and your talent down here!

I knew he did airbrush paintings, but I missed the music thing.

No way. Greg Hawkes from the Cars on saxophone.

So I'm watching this movie called Late Night with the Devil and at the end I hear this old song that caught my ear. So since it's 2024 and I have a cell phone I do what any modern American would, I Shazam it. The song was Keep it Warm by Flo and Eddie. So you can imagine the rabbit hole I've found myself in! And what makes this whole thing even stranger than it already is, as I'm Googling all these names I find out that Martin Mull "was" an American comic actor? Why am I just finding this out on July 13? But wow, I've already invested about 3 hours finding out that MM passed and The Turtles are also Flo and Eddie, and Greg Hawkes from the Cars played with MM, next I'm gonna watch a documentary about F & E. Also, it's nice to go through a comment section that is full of trolls, smart ass kids, or some other degenerate, everyone here seems pretty cool! Like a gathering of kindred spirits or something. Living in the time that we are it's nice to escape for awhile!

Flo and Eddy did weirdly excellent backup vocals for T Rex.

Flo & Eddies Moving Targets lp

Sorta late night postal comedians...Cliff Claven!

Alot going on behind the scenes at this time ....read Howard Kaylan's book (pgs 201-202). Makes intro at 39:59 more ironic.

Honest to God Martin, where do you get those crazy ideas?

I have searched FOR YEARS for the fake cereal commercial that appears at the beginning of this show. Somehow in the weird world of the internet, I found it today by accident. I thought it had to be from early SNL, but I was floored to find it here when I went poking around for a little fun time with Flo and Eddie. My memory of it was a bit off on some of the details, but I remembered the Troll of the Bowl and the "sugar-coated, sugar fortified little bits of sugar" line. The entire show surrounding the cereal commercial had dissolved in my memory, but I clearly remembered the kid flattening the troll on the breakfast table. Mystery solved, thanks to Flo & Eddie!

@skjdave

2 жыл бұрын

The SNL one was for "Quarry".

Do the Nothing!

This is great. Only saw Flo & Eddie once at My Father's Place in Roslyn NY. They were doing a Who theme with covers... ET Limbo... And a bunch of their amazing music. One of the top concerts I ever went to. Better than Zappa, and I'm a big Zappa fan.

LOL ,he leaves us with a tune we can,t remember what the song was frame 23:23 to 25:02 he sings orderve .what the hell is the name of that song he sings lol ANYBODY? HELP . REST IN PEACE MARTIN MULL

@PeterChoyce

27 күн бұрын

I think it's called "Ah France," it's on the Live in Living room LP. It may be called "hors D'ovre" tho. i forget

@williambault2469

27 күн бұрын

@@PeterChoyce i will look ,thank you so much

the tragically hip are excused

What’s that second funky song?

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

Good question. It's dance track "Do the Dog" from DAYS OF WINE AND NEUROSES, and the mailman outfit supports that.

before Tim and Eric 23:03

Thanks. Loved it. Who was Wolfman Jack?

@haroldkrishna4116

7 ай бұрын

Are you (like me) an old Boomer being sarcastic or are you younger and asking seriously? Just curious.

@SoItGoesCAL34

7 ай бұрын

@@haroldkrishna4116 Yes, I'm an old fart :) I never saw this show but have now watched all the YT videos. I think I was probably asking who was playing the part of Wolfman Jack. Happy Holidays, Harold.

@haroldkrishna4116

7 ай бұрын

You too!@@SoItGoesCAL34

@timcoughlin1557

6 күн бұрын

Ending credits say Joel Corey

Who's the fellow on the Travis Bean guitar?

It's Barth Gimble

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

And not his twin brother, Garth.

@jimcampbell8061

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMaxfieldActs If memory serves,Garth had passed by the time Barth fled to Ohio to avoid charges of payola and assaulting a cheerleader.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

@@jimcampbell8061 Yes, Garth was impaled on an aluminum Christmas tree.

@jimcampbell8061

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisMaxfieldActs My favorite was Tom Waits..The line re the Bun and Run as "$1.98 for all you can stand" I still use today for some places.

@mr.blackhawk142

2 жыл бұрын

Close, but that's ACTUALLY his twin bro Garth!!! :P

Martin Mull was not a great musician but he was an excellent entertainer. Flo and Eddie were great musicians and entertainers. This vid is most entertaining.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

Martin Mull was a good guitar player and singer, and an excellent songwriter and wordsmith.

@philsaggitariusa3738

3 жыл бұрын

this. some love for fernwood tonite also.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

@@philsaggitariusa3738 And the later America Tonite.

@mr.blackhawk142

2 жыл бұрын

@@philsaggitariusa3738 It was SO funny, and Gerry made a good straight-man for MM!

@nickrussell9646

5 ай бұрын

Not a great musician?

I heard Mull plays a guitar but didn't know he's a picker

Martin Mull, king of false modesty...

Thank you for everything Chris! Here’s something for you: kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZoGn0s6uqqzWmrg.html

#snort

Is that Coke on his stash.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

3 жыл бұрын

I think it's just a blond mustache, but it was 1976. so anything is possible.

I heard that Martin Mull plugged into any socket. Could be wrong.

@ChrisMaxfieldActs

2 жыл бұрын

He joked about that sexual behavior in his music often enough. Not just satire? Who knows? And honestly, who cares?