Comments on: "It was kinda like a black American Bandstand..."

"It was kinda like a black American Bandstand..."

The Card Cheat — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:29:05 -0800

Detroit. Channel 62. One of the hottest TV shows in Detroit between 1975 and 1987. "Here for us with The Scene, you got to see people you knew from school or there was a chance you'd run into them at the mall." "It had a lot of impact on me as far as being a deejay and being exposed to music that I wouldn't ordinarily be exposed to." "I got two left feet; I'd just make a fool out of myself. And you'd have some people down there that would do that, but the energy was - you didn't care." [Previously on MeFi.]

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:31:05 -0800

Make sure and click on the "80's legends the Funkateers" link in the "Previously" post.

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Fri, 09 May 2008 01:48:16 -0800

it seems to me that this may have been syndicated to at least one other michigan station for a bit - i swear i saw it on ch 47 in lansing once - either that, or reception was really, really good

By: k8t

k8t — Fri, 09 May 2008 02:28:53 -0800

P.T. - reppin' for Channel 47 too! 517 in the house. ;)

By: Fuzzy Skinner

Fuzzy Skinner — Fri, 09 May 2008 05:41:32 -0800

Channel 62! Home of old reruns, religious fanatics, and The Scene! (My mom helped run one of the religious fanatic shows, and eventually hosted her own show for a short time.) At my high school, Cass Tech in Detroit, I would often overhear kids asking, "You on The Scene last time?" or, "You gonna be on The Scene, man?" My whiteboy brain interpreted "on the scene" as meaning being wherever it was that the cool kids were hanging out that week. Finally someone asked me if I was going to be on The Scene. I asked what that meant, and it was finally explained to me. I burst out laughing! But asker was serious. My school friends somehow thought I bore a passing resemblance to John Travolta, and Saturday Night Fever was a huge hit, so the idea that I would be there was not out of the question. To them. Of course I could never dance a step, and "a passing resemblance to John Travlta" only meant that I was white and skinny, and had dark hair that was kinda stacked up and combed back, but it was closer to a bushy jewfro than to the slick 'do Travolta sported. Ahhh, yes, The Scene. Thanks for the post.

By: briank

briank — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:05:30 -0800

I liked the Ricki Lake version better.

By: mkb

mkb — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:38:54 -0800

I'm partial to The New Dance Show, myself.

By: kristinahoge

kristinahoge — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:30:39 -0800

Too many links is too much for my feeble mind.

By: Dizzy

Dizzy — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:32:52 -0800

That was fun! Thanks, c-cheat!

By: mert

mert — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:21:09 -0800

Ah, the Scene. Right after Kimba, the Rocky Bullwinkle show, The Arab Voice of Detroit and all the other odd programing on WGPR (WHere God's PResence Reigns), the first black owned television station in the USA. This is where I learned about surrealism.

By: The Card Cheat

The Card Cheat — Sat, 10 May 2008 06:40:30 -0800

I remember New Dance Show fondly, too (I grew up in Sarnia, Ontario, where we received most of the Detroit stations), and some of the religious broadcasters were a hoot...there was one dude named "Bishop Nemo" (he wore a blue, sequined bishop's hat and robe, but I don't think he was Catholic) that I've scoured the web looking for, but he appears to be lost to history.