“Leader of the Pack,” The Shangri-Las -The Toast

After collapsing into a post-baby-travel-day stupor at my mom’s house last night (all the Gravol, none of the vomiting!), I found myself “watching television,” as opposed to “watching individual shows,” which I think is the most salient difference between not-having and having a DVR-like device.

If you have a DVR, you record shows and watch them, and if you don’t, you’re more prone to just trance-ing out and flipping through the channels. NOTE: The Golden Age of Television we currently inhabit is a very, very limited phenomenon.

At any rate, Mary Wilson was hosting 60s GIRL GROOVES on PBS, and it was the most incredible thing imaginable for very tired people. To wit, this, the most delightful performance of “Leader of the Pack” on I’ve Got a Secret, featuring two human-looking brunettes, a blonde doing something with her hair that could easily become big next year, and…ROBERT GOULET ON A MOTORCYCLE. Enjoy.

Nicole is an Editor of The Toast.

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bgprincipessa 108p · 603 weeks ago

I haven't had TV for about a year and a half and find that I watch more shows than ever. Active watching, not passive, so at least it is intentional and there are much fewer commercials, but it's still unhealthy.

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fondue with cheddar 84p · 603 weeks ago

Me too! I went without TV for years, and now I watch Netflix constantly. Regular TV too, but not as much.

I've developed a lack of tolerance for TV commercials almost as strong as that of radio commercials since I started listening to public radio.

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bgprincipessa 108p · 603 weeks ago

The general lack of TV commercials has made them completely unbearable now. I find them grating and much harder to tune out than I used to.

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fondue with cheddar 84p · 603 weeks ago

Exactly. They're still not as grating as radio commercials, though. Whenever my boyfriend listens to the radio I have to leave the room because otherwise I feel the need to yell, "SHUT UUUUP!" at them.

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icebergmama 113p · 603 weeks ago

We don't have cable any more - I watch (all totally legally I'm sure) New Girl, Game of Thrones, Elementary, and Australia's Next Top Model, and that's IT!

Let me here recommend Australia's next Top Model - it's disappointingly un-diverse, racially speaking, but every so often one of them will call another one a moll or a bush-pig, and I get all misty for home ;)

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jhsaxena 136p · 603 weeks ago

I always loved that the Shangri-Las were the bad girls of the girl groups. Love them.

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heid · 603 weeks ago

My 4 year old daughter and I watched this and she kept asking about the hairstyles. I explained to her that they were called "bee hives". I noticed her just standing and staring at the tv and not moving. I asked her what was up. She replied that she was waiting for the bees to buzz out of their hair.

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icebergmama 113p · 603 weeks ago

I love how they're dressed in knee-length skirts and sensible pumps.

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paperbgprincess 107p · 603 weeks ago

This song was playing in the pizza parlor where I ate lunch today!

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quadrophonicsound 70p · 603 weeks ago

It looks like she has short-haired wig just perched precariously on the top of her head, on top of her normal hair.

(Also I love this song. When I was a kid, I listened to "Oldies" radio pretty exclusively, and I loved songs with a plot line, even if they were terrible. Which this is not.)

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mbculver 114p · 603 weeks ago

ROBERT GOULET ON A MOTORCYCLE.

My dad had a record (yes, a record, it was the 70s) called "Top Hits of the 50s" and I listened to it all the time. This song was prominently featured, but my favorites were "Calendar Girl" and "Be My Little Baby."

The latter only got more awesome when it was featured in the sex scene in Dirty Dancing.

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casioforest · 603 weeks ago

I actually have this song! Its on an incredible 9-volume (possibly more, but that's all I've found so far) series called "Girls in the Garage". I listen to them all constantly.

“Leader of the Pack,” The Shangri-Las

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