This had to be a tongue-in-cheek performance. They're quite rowdy!😂

@fredthejunkman

7 ай бұрын

Yeah, they sucked.

@gregorysharp

7 ай бұрын

Since the drummer isn’t drumming really and totally forgets she’s the drummer at points. Yeah. Don’t care. I’m a Ladybugs fanboy now. ❤❤❤❤

@StephanieJeanne

7 ай бұрын

@@gregorysharp You know what this reminded me of? Gilligan's Island when the ladies miraculously had mop-top wigs and tried to be a band. 😆✌️ Edit: might have just been Mrs. Howell with the wig. Lol

@JCNDCIII

7 ай бұрын

@@StephanieJeanne The Honey Bees! It was just Mrs. Howell. But I was thinking the same thing when I saw this.

@StephanieJeanne

7 ай бұрын

@@JCNDCIII Yes! You Need Us. 🎶 Lol

Beatles. Ladybugs. I get it. 😁

@putraappm

7 ай бұрын

🪲🐞

@NeighborofKT

7 ай бұрын

And the girl from Dobie Gilles....Zelda.

@gregbaker9857

7 ай бұрын

I got it too, how the hell do I get rid of it!

@PAULLONDEN

2 ай бұрын

*@lonestarfriend* Wowzers ...good for you........

After an unprecedented amount of success, the band broke up and many blame it on Jocko Ono, the rhythm guitar player's new boyfriend.

@televinv8062

7 ай бұрын

😅😅

@JasonSmith-jr7jh

7 ай бұрын

You speak truth and wisdom, kind Sir! Jocko ruined many woman. I'm wasn't that sad when I heard the news in 1969 that Jocko was electrocuted whilst eating buttered scones in a bubble bath...the result of a primitive toaster oven falling into the tub.

@lajuanascruggs3947

7 ай бұрын

I didn't like the lady bugs sound. No talent. Sorry, except for the music.

@donnanolfi2970

7 ай бұрын

😄

The Ladybugs are a fictional band. They were created for Season 1, Episode 27, of the TV series Petticoat Junction. The episode is titled "The Ladybugs." The episode originally aired on Tuesday, March 24, 1964, two days after this live performance. Synopsis "Beatlemania comes to Hooterville." The Ladybugs are: Jeannine Riley (Billy Jo Bradley, bass guitar, but she is playing it like a rhythm) Pat Woodell (Bobbie Jo Bradley, vocals) Linda Kaye Henning (Betty Jo Bradley, Drums) Sheila James Kuehl (Sally Ragsdale, Lead Guitar, Zelda on the Many Loves of Doby Gillis)

@MissBrensLaw

7 ай бұрын

Thank God 😮 Because I was losing faith in our Baby Boomers after seeing this hit mess!

@sistagirllondon

7 ай бұрын

Thank you for the explanation. Cos i wasn't getting it. Jackson Five FOREVER ❤

@markjulianoriginalhooli2217

7 ай бұрын

I knew that was Zelda from Dobey Gillis she's one of the early celebrity lesbians she was in the Beverly hillbillies also

@harrygrimley4352

7 ай бұрын

Thanks. Great research.

@lajuanascruggs3947

7 ай бұрын

They were awful!

Beatlemania running wild! 🙂

The girls from "Petticoat Junction," along with Sheila James from "Dobie Gillis."

@StephanieJeanne

7 ай бұрын

Wow, the collab I never knew of.😄

@ronrice1931

7 ай бұрын

Sheila James! Thank you.

@philc8575

7 ай бұрын

Thanks! For some reason I thought Dawn Wells was in there before I saw the video!!!

@luckylady7542

7 ай бұрын

I thought I recognized them from some where. Thanks😊❤

@sallylapradd2900

6 ай бұрын

Shelia (James) Kuehl did an interview, and said Ed Sullivan didn't know the Ladybugs were a spoof band. He though they were a real band.😂😂😂

They were real !! LOL At the time I was 7 yrs old I'm 66 yrs old I've never seen that episode of petticoat junction But I remember the Ed Sullivan episode, now that i seen it again since it was first on TV. Dang they look goofy in those outfits , lol What great memories I have watching that show with my Grandpa and Grandma 😊

@lajuanascruggs3947

7 ай бұрын

Awful noise

I remember watching "The Ladybugs" on "Petticoat Junction." Of course the group consisted of Billie Jo Bradley, Bobbie Jo Bradley, Betty Jo Bradley, and their friend. It was awesome!

They are so cute✨💚💜💙✨💃✨

If I'm not mistaken, I believe another 60's band covered this song. Their name escapes me at the moment.

@architennis

6 ай бұрын

Uh, yes, except that "other band" didn't cover it. They wrote it.

@WeirdScienceComics

3 ай бұрын

The Honey Bees

This appearance of "The Ladybugs" on the Sullivan show, aired March 22, 1964, two nights before "The Ladybugs" episode of Petticoat Junction episode aired.

Ha, these were four actors from Petticoat Junction. They did it in that show but I didn’t realise it caught on so much as to get on Sullivan.

@lajuanascruggs3947

7 ай бұрын

Really? I thought it was terrible. I wondered how in the world Ed sullivan allowed that kind of stuff on the aire.

@nibsvkh

7 ай бұрын

@@lajuanascruggs3947 Both shows were on CBS…not Ed’s decision.

This is great 😄

Kinda like the Detergents doing Leader of the Laundromat 😄

@StephanieJeanne

7 ай бұрын

Hilarious!😂

@philc8575

7 ай бұрын

Wow! My old brain vaguely remembers that!!

@PAKiller1

7 ай бұрын

I remember it.. I felt so hopeless standing there, my fathers shorts were everywhere

Fantastic... love that those ladies can hold their own! High energy performance... some phenomenal dance moves! 💃 Happy Wednesday... thank you for sharing! 💖

@AHAproductions712

6 ай бұрын

It’s from a tv show

@josephconner3742

6 ай бұрын

You can't be serious! This was more like amateur night at the apollo, or Karaoke from hell!

This was really fun to watch. TY for sharing it. God Bless You & stay safe.

And to think they later transitioned and then became the biggest band ever Thank You science

Believe it or not, I remember watching this as a 5 year old in our home in NW Detroit in 1964. I haven't seen it since, but I remember it in the BeatleMania of that era. Now, I recognize the women as actresses on a CBS show. American Capitalism - The Best!

@josephconner3742

6 ай бұрын

You watched this, yet even as 5 year old you didn't feel insulted by Ed Sullivan?! This is the first time I've seen this and I can't believe these tone deaf screaming mimis were actually given screen time!

I missed that show

Thanks for this video and the smiles! Now I know where the "Honeybees" cane from in that "Gilligan's Island" episode...the writer must have seen this performance....:)! Have a great day!

@That60sGuy

7 ай бұрын

Exactly!

Love it! Lots of ‘60s shows did Beatles tie ins. Besides Petticoat Junction, the Munsters did one too.

Missed seeing her in 2002, when she and the late Robert "Bob" Ulrich (and wife, Heather Menzies & there new baby w/ nanny were in Denver for appearing in stage musicial, Chicago.

Drummer is hilarious!

The Ladybugs are the girls from the show "Petticoat Junction" (Linda Henning, Pat Woodell, Jeannine Riley along with fellow actress Sheila James). As another commenter mentioned, Sheila starred on "Dobie Gillis" but she appeared in the "Petticoat Junction" episode in which they formed the Ladybugs. Somehow they got an actual appearance on the Ed Sullivan show! Probably a bit of cross-promotion, as well as doing it for a lark. I would love to see Bobby Vinton sing "My Heart Belongs to Only You" on this episode! :) The girls could actually sing quite well although I don't know if this style is their forte. I prefer their ballad recordings such as "Thirty Days Hath September".

@KingHarvestHSC

7 ай бұрын

I did recognize Linda Henning right off.

@mclark42

7 ай бұрын

Sheila James played Zelda on Dobie Gillis.. When was she on Petticoat Junction?

@TomElvisSmith

7 ай бұрын

@@mclark42 Only as a guest star in "The Ladybugs" episode of "Petticoat Junction".

@mclark42

7 ай бұрын

@@TomElvisSmith I'll have to find that one! Always loved her on Dobie.

@flintdavis2

7 ай бұрын

Girl in the water tower?

The song does have that vibe of Beatles and I think they didn't last longer 😊

@harrygrimley4352

7 ай бұрын

Deanfaw. Please tell us your joking or young. It was a spoof on the Sullivan show. It was the petty coat junction girls doing a Beatles song.

@Marvinguigar

3 ай бұрын

They were not a real band it was just a comedy skit from petticoat junction they're not even playing their own instruments.

They ain't the honey bees, but.......😂

@raygunn1083

7 ай бұрын

😂

CUTE! They must have held those mop top wigs on with super glue. Lighten up, folks. This was a comedy act and is not supposed to be taken seriously. They are actresses from a sitcom.

@rosajohnson5212

7 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Those wigs didn't budge!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

We're supposed to lighten up by allowing these tone deaf babes to torture us?! Really?!

i need a black rosewood 🌹 Fender Stratocaster 🎸🤩🔥✨ Just Like That HeLLA rAd hellaciously Awesome Lady Bug is Jamming Out On .

Very funny line and idea bill

Ssuupermax

No wonder no one ever heard of them.

I saw you standing there ❤

unfortunately, cut out is the end where Sullivan introduces them all and explains who they are....but most everyone knew that anyway right?

I remember these girls. My sister and her friends did a pantomime to this record. It was pretty embarrassing.

@donnanolfi2970

7 ай бұрын

😄

always loved Sheila James, but damn....

Pretty good if they appeared a couple of months after the Beatles first show!!

Hilarious!

Clearly not playing any instruments!

@lajuanascruggs3947

7 ай бұрын

Yep. Drummer dead give away.

@GaryMcCall-xq3qm

7 ай бұрын

​@@lajuanascruggs3947😊

@rawheadrex1972

7 ай бұрын

Not to mention there’s not a bass guitar anywhere on that stage, but you can hear one.

You Go Girls! Ha! Ha!

At 1st, I thought that was the actress Eve Arden on drums.

Oh my!! If this could just be real, all my dreams would come true. They're the original yoga pants crowd, or so it seems.

Made me want to buy a can of raid fast.🧨

Lead guitarist is a cutie

Those are the chick's from Petticoat Junction. 👌

Lolololol 😂😂😂

More lady stones than Beatles lady bugs lol

I don't think they were actually playing their instruments. Or actually singing. Or actually on the Ed Sullivan. Or actually a band.

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

Oh they were singing alright! Unfortunately, they're all tone deaf!

awesome drummer.

@jonathanking9666

7 ай бұрын

They were not actually playing the instruments. Horrible performance.

So if The Beatles were nicknamed The Fabs, would they be nicknamed....The Lads? : )

Didn't one the girls played in the series of Dobie Gills show?

Yikes! That was physically painful!

How long had designs been able to be put on blouses like the ones depicted in this video up to this point? They are pretty. So are the ladies.

They were very good.Was this released as single.

Do my eyes deceive me - but isn’t one of the ladies Zelda from DOBBIE GILLIS?

really???

Is the tiny guitar player Sheila James Kuehl, of Dobie Gillis?

@AJSL88

7 ай бұрын

That's the lead guitarist?

This person on lead guitar looks like Prince Valiant .

Probably these kind of 'homages' to his band made Lennon disown the Beatles' "moptop" phase.

They Really Have That SWINGNING BEAT ALRIGHT !!!!! The LADYBUG'S are JUST TERRIFIC!!!!!

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

Obviously, you're just as tone deaf as they are!

Beatles concerts were only about 30 minutes long. That's not much longer than this clip.🤣

@ericdailey8587

7 ай бұрын

10 times longer.

Что за год?!Дамочки стебутся..😂👍🏻

😂😂😂

💀..Wow..!!! ..Damn .!!!..Do dig them sweaters tho..!!

Sheila James Aka Zelda Gilroy from Dobie Gilliis TV show on guitar (second from left). Great haircuts

Pretty weak-sauce novelty even at the time, but I have to admit the guitarist at far left is rather hot! 👍🔥

🤣🤣🤣

Any one notice that the drum sounds does not match the action of the drummer?

Any of them still alive?

@AJSL88

7 ай бұрын

That's a good question who's got that answer?

Is that Zelda from the Dobie Gillis show on the left 2nd from the end???

What year was that?

Looks like Zelda on bass. Dobie Gillis Zelda.

Listening closely, I think I only heard 1 short line of harmony. The rest was 4 girls singing the same note together.

@tlw1950

5 ай бұрын

Kinda like Bananarama...

Who were in the ladybugs group

I'm sure these ladies are sweet and great if they even still alive but I thought the Ed Sullivan Show had standards. Some of the best musical acts ever in history where on that show and I think I'd be a little concerned if my Act was before or after this insult to The Beatles.

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

True! The Ed Sullivan show became Amateur night at the Apollo!

何だよコレは😂😂😂

Damn! That was horrific! Seemed like some Lucy Ricardo scheme to get on stage at Ricky's club..

As credible a musical group as many that were launched by Beatlemania. They should have got a spin off comedy series to compete with that other created band on TV.

So they arnt actually playing the instruments?

The Beatles fans will hate me, but I always thought the Petticoat Junction girls did this better. I didn't realize that they performed it on Ed Sullivan though.

@josephconner3742

7 ай бұрын

So you obviously prefer shouting over singing! Okay! To each his own!

@LeoA2600

7 ай бұрын

@@josephconner3742 It's a real stretch to refer to anything that the Beatles ever did as "singing". ;)

@josephconner3742

7 ай бұрын

@@LeoA2600 so you're insinuating that the Beatles couldn't carry a tune, but these screaming memes can?! Hate to break the News to you Buddy, you're obviously tone deaf!

@josephconner3742

7 ай бұрын

@@johngoody8204 he obviously also loved Pat Boone covering the tunes of Little Richard and Fats Domino! LOL

@LeoA2600

7 ай бұрын

@@josephconner3742 I'll still take Linda Kaye Henning and company over those long haired British bums.

I prefer the ladybugs lol 🐞

That was really bad ! They were lucky to even get a spot on the Ed Sullivan Show. These girls were lucky not talented.

@recordguy4321

7 ай бұрын

on come on now, there are as good as Freddy and Dreamers

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

I agree! Nepotism goes a mighty long way!

I don't think they're playing their own instruments

Zelda?

@dariowiter3078

7 ай бұрын

Yep, that's Zelda from the Dobie Gillis show, along with the three chicks from Petticoat Junction. 🙂

Back when you could take a crap, call it a Beatles cover and you'd get on Ed Sullivan.

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

Taking a crap would be vastly more entertaining!

Y'all know that they are not really playing those instruments.

This boomer is having trouble remembering this group. Forgot to take my Prevagen.

The mark of a great song is a cover can be done horribly and still be a toe-tapper

So a thing from 'Petticoat Junction'. I am surprised Sullivan allowed this on his stage. Even lip syncing they manage to sound awful. And what exactly is that drummer doing?

@fredthejunkman

7 ай бұрын

That act was so cheesy. Makes me wanna puke.

@susanbrogan3267

7 ай бұрын

Same here. Is this for real?

@fredthejunkman

7 ай бұрын

@@susanbrogan3267 No. Just a one time spoof of The Beatles.

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

​@@johngoody8204I don't think that they're lipsynching, because if that were the case, it would probably sound better! They're just shouting!

Who says women can't be funny?

@stephenhowell5611

4 ай бұрын

I laugh at them all the time.

What the heck

I like the solo played on bass..🙄

w.t.f. ???

Lennon-McCartney royalties? 🤔 😂

Yikes!

Ha ha, it's like I'm in an alternate universe and the Beatles are actually girls!

@josephconner3742

5 ай бұрын

The Beatles are actually girls, and tone deaf to boot!

You gotta be kidding me! Excuse me while I go throw up!! Lol

And people resented The Monkees for not playing THEIR own instruments…sheesh!

They first smoked pot with Janis Joplin during their first U.S. tour

Uhhhh.. yeah. No.

They are not great. Who booked them? Ed Sullivan probably had a fit.