99) Grateful Dead Movies, TV Shows, Videos, Radio, Ads p3
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This article is from the Grateful Dead FAQ, by John J. Wood, Eric Nay and Ihor Slabicky tcgdd@hotmail.com with numerous contributions by others.
99) Grateful Dead Movies, TV Shows, Videos, Radio, Ads p3
Mermaid - ( ) In one scene in this movie, starring Darryl Hannah and Tom
Hanks, the "mermaid" is sitting in pizza shop, looking out the window. In
the background, on the Radio City Music Hall marquee, can be seen "EFUL DEAD".
Vietnam: A Television History - (1981) This thirteen week documentary series
was broadcast on PBS. The opening and closing themes were scored by Mickey
Hart and Bill Kreutzmann, and include Merl Saunders and Bobby Vega.
Today Show - ( ) Gene Shalit interviews Garcia on the March 21, 1981 show.
Gruga Halle - Grateful Dead ( ) The show from March 28, 1981 at the Gruga
Halle, Essen, West Germany was broadcast on television and radio in Europe.
This included a most visually unusual "Drums" segment with the Flying
Karamazoff Brothers juggling around Mickey Hart.
Endangered Species - ( ) John Perry Barlow has a small role as an undercover
government agent in this 1982 release.
Tomorrow Show - (NBC) Tom Snyder interviewing Garcia, Ken Kesey, Weir, Hart,
and Kreutzmann on May 7, 1981. Includes acoustic performances of "On The Road
Again", "Dire Wolf", "Deep Elum Blues", and "Cassidy".
Late Night With David Letterman - (NBC) Garcia and Weir appear on the April
13, 1982 broadcast and play "Deep Elum Blues" and "The Monkey And The
Engineer". During a discussion about the band's album releases, Bob Weir
said, "If we ever put out a good album, they'll buy that too."
Backstage Pass - ( ) A 1982 syndicated show produced by Video West. It had
a segment on the Dead and includes an interview with Garcia.
Portrait Of A Legend - ( ) A 1982 half hour syndicated series on the Dead
with videos from various places and interviews with Garcia and Weir.
Nightline - ABC News ( ) Garcia was interviewed September 3, 1982 about the
U.S. Festival.
The Last Word - ABC News ( ) This news and features show had a live segment
from the December 31, 1982 show.
NBC Overnight - NBC News ( ) An October, 1983 segment on the Dead by Linda
Ellerbee along with interviews.
The Sounds Of San Francisco - Video West ( ) A one hour show hosted by Greg
Kihn included a segment about the Dead.
Haight-Ashbury Revisited - Front Row Video ( ) This 1983 show included
footage of the Dead playing and interviews with band members.
Heartbeeps - ( ) With Andy Kaufmann and Bernadette Peters. The sounds of
Jerry Garcia's guitar appear as the voice of the "baby" robot.
Deadhead - ( ) A short movie made in the early 80's about a girl who
convinced her boyfriend to ram their car into a brick wall at maximum speed
while playing "Freebird". He dies, she survives, and goes onto become a
tour-head. There are pictures of the girl with Bobby Weir and other Dead
members (Mickey Hart and Phil Lesh ?) outside a concert.
Hell's Angels Forever, Forever Hell's Angels - ( ) The Jerry Garcia Band
(Garcia, Kreutzmann, Kahn, and Saunders) performs on the Hell's Angels
"Pirates Party" boat ride of September 5, 1973 on the "SS Bay Belle" (yours
truly makes a cameo appearance). Executive producers are Jerry Garcia and
Clare Frost. Released in 1983. An unreleased studio version of "It Takes A
Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry" is played over the closing credits.
This movie was re-released as "Hells's Angels".
Mask - ( ) With Cher. The soundtrack includes "Ripple" from "American
Beauty".
One More Saturday Night - ( ) Al Franken and Tom Davis. Garcia overdubbed
the guitar solo and provided soundtrack production.
Prevent Forest Fires - USDA ( ) Mickey Hart of the Grateful Dead talks on
this radio PSA about preventing forest fires while "Fire on the Mountain"
plays in the background. Other groups also appear on this 1984 record.
New Year's Eve, 1985 - Grateful Dead ( ) A live broadcast of the second set
from December 31, 1985 on the USA cable network show "Night Flight". Ken
Kesey did the psychedilisized color-commentary during the midnight countdown.
The broadcast was co-hosted by Bill Walton and Don Novello ("Father Guido
Sarducci").
Rex Radio - (KPFA, San Francisco) A radio program hosted by Phil Lesh. It
is broadcast on the second Monday of each month at 10pm on KPFA, 94.1 MHz.
The show began broadcasting in 1987.
Eyes of Chaos/Veil of Order - Phil Lesh and Gary Lambert (KPFA, San Francisco)
A monthly radio program hosted by Phil Lesh and Gary Lambert, featuring new
and/or weird music. Produced by David Gans. Broadcast on the second Monday
of each month, 9pm on KPFA, it replaced Rex Radio in mid-1992.
Farm Aid - var. ( ) "Samson And Delilah" > "The Wheel" > "I Need A Miracle"
from the July 4, 1986 show were included as part of the Farm Aid broadcast.
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