Buddy offered to have three or even four days a week all black, but that wasnt it. This Committees committee, under the watchful eye of Arlene, chose new members, taught the dance steps, and enforced the demerit system, which could result in suspension or expulsion. Why not do The Deane Show on TV again? Why? Id wonder. She wasnt even a fan of the show. I took off my steady ring and threw it down. Arguably the first TV celebrities in Baltimore. So you cant imagine how excited I was when I finally got a chance to interview these local legends twenty years later. With the nation in a divisive place, he argued, viewers are looking for entertainment that can be really healing. The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani saw a similar dynamic at play when Hairspray, the musical, debuting shortly after 9/11, won over fans: Hollywood and Broadway producers have decided [what] Americans want is nostalgiathe logic being that people in times of trouble will gravitate toward comfort entertainment that reminds them of simpler, happier times [such as] the candy-colored Broadway musical Hairspray., Hairsprays history of race in America suggests that racism is an issue of attitudes rather than of policies. The Funtown reference is powerful because it captures one of the ways that Jim Crow segregation and white supremacy played out for children and teenagers. Buddy Deane, a native of Pine Bluff, was one of the first radio hosts to understand the appeal of Rock n' Roll in its infancy, the host of a popular 60s teen dance show, the inspiration for a film and musical character in Hairspray, and so much more. The first page of the essay, for example, features a full-page picture of black protestors in 1962 in Times . Sources: www.IMDB.com -- Buddy Deane Biography; www.OzNet.com - A Collection of Articles About Buddy Deane; www.Variety.com -- Winston J. John Water's himself said that in his movie, he "gave it the happy ending that it didn't have". And the whole concept of the Committee changed. He got a great review in The New York Times. This article is among features at explorepinebluff.com, a program of the Pine Bluff Advertising and Promotion Commission. Then we made up on camera.. Like many couples, Joe and Joan met through the show and became an item for their fans. (Special to The Commercial/OzNet.com/ExplorePineBluff.com). I even won the twist contest with Mary Lou Raines (one of the queens of The Buddy Deane Show) at the Valley Country Club. The Buddy Deane Show was taken off the air because home station WJZ-TV was unwilling to integrate black and white dancers. Originally known as The Buddy Deane Bandstand, the show first went on the air at 3 p.m. Sept. 9, 1957, and aired for two hours; the show often preceded the Mickey Mouse Club. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! It was even in the papers. In 1985 the Committee members are for the most part happy and healthy, living in Baltimore, and still recognized on the street. We would always do The Dirty Boogie, the one you arent allowed to do, he said. You are watching the "Buddy Deane Show." "The Buddy Deane Show" defined a new generation of rock & roll as well as dance on television in the late 1950s. The show featured only white kids dancing, so Scruggs wrote him a letter in the fall of 1958 to . I used to lie in bed at my parents house, and there was an African-American community up the street and they went by singing along to the radio. On the last day of the show, January 4, 1964, all the most popular Committee members through the years came back for one last appearance. My parents didn't talk much about racism, and as a result I grew up learning to love everybody. We got out of the limousine and there was a huge crowd that went crazy when Divine jumped out, and it was such an exciting night, Waters said. I wanted to get into the record businessand years later he did. No matter how progressive we become, there will always be those who will still hang on to the tradition of hate. I got these letters from the Naval Academy, Helen remembers, so I went there one day, and all the midshipmen were hanging out the windows. This discrimination was explicitly or tacitly supported by an array of advertisers, television stations, music producers, city authorities, and federal communications officials. The Buddy Dean Show was the inspiration for the "Corny Collins Show" in the 2007 musical. MPT did a segment which included interviews with former African American dancers who appeared on the show. And according to Arlene, Buddy encouraged one popular Committee member (Buzzy Bennet) to teach himself to read so he could realize his dream of being a disc jockey. Nicknamed "Buddy" as a child, Deane developed an early love for radio. "I remember it well," recalls Evanne. Oddly enough, few of the Deaners Ive talked to went on to show biz. Though black and white . I couldnt be bothered with education. The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924-2003), and aired on WJZ-TV (Channel 13), the ABC affiliate station in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #96: Short-Lived Integration Of The Buddy Deane Show, Jun 1, 2011 By TheUrbanDaily Staff. It was very interesting to see my conversation quoted in this article. All of those dances were real, they were real dances, we didnt make any of them up and two were cut out. That really hit home then., He adde, That scene where Tracy and [Link] are making out outside and the homeless guy walks up the street singing, that is exactly true. I had always studied dance, and I wanted to go on [the show]. On the air before Dick Clark debuted, the show was a hit from the beginning, says Arlene today. "Hairspray" will continue at East Ridge High School through April 23. . All on Pulaski Highway. Perhaps the highest bouffants of all belonged to the Committee member who was my personal favorite: Pixie (who died several years later from a drug overdose). It's not just about police brutality. . In his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King, Jr. spoke to what it meant for young black people to be excluded from entertainment spaces like the Buddy Deane Show. Hairspray was the actors first film, before Dead Poets Society, which came out the next year. Ninfa O. Barnard Special to The Commercial I was a misfit. 1 DJ in 1962 by Billboard mag. I wanted to dance., We had a saying: The show either makes you or breaks you,' says Kathy. It was horrible/ says Joe. Linda reverently describes her Committee membership as the best experience I ever had in my life. They later became members of the Permanent Committee, the hall of fame that could come back to dance even after retiring. Buddy wanted it to end happily, but WJZ angered Deaners when it tried to blame the ratings. Teenagers who appeared on the show every day were known as "The Committee". In Little Rock, white teens went from protesting integration at Central High School to dancing in the afternoon on Steves Show. Actor: Hairspray. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. The star system was born. Deane died in Pine Bluff on July 16, 2003, after experiencing complications caused by a stroke. The Committee, initially recruited from local teen centers, was to act as hosts and dance with the guests. Weve been searching for her for years, even Ricki Lake couldnt find her when she had her TV show., John Waters and members of the original cast of Hairspray. [citation needed] With an ear for music seasoned by many more years as a disc jockey than Clark, Deane also brought to his audience a wider array of white musical acts than were seen on American Bandstand. Buddy Deane was the host of a Baltimore dance show that ran on TV from 1957 to 1964 six days a week. I focused on the 1957-1964 television series The Buddy Deane Show in part because I'm interested in documenting old school African American originated line dances, and the Buddy Deane Show's 1958 or 1959 clip of The Madison appears to be the earliest surviving film of that dance.I believe that The Buddy Deane Show is important in part because it documents aspects of Americana such as the way the teenagers (or at least White teenagers] in the late 1950s and early 1960s dressed, danced, interacted, and also documented (through retrospective interviews such as the one quoted in Excerpt #2 of this post) attitudes and values of that time. three, two, one. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. Ric Ocasek as the Beatnik cat; Pia Zadora as the Beatnik chick; Production. 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And the girl Deaners, God, hair-hoppers as we called them in Towson, the ones with the Etta Gowns, bouffant hairdos, and cha-cha heels. Advertisement. Buddy Deane was the host of a Baltimore dance show that ran on TV from 1957 to 1964 six days a week. Buddy Deane used to boast that every major rock 'n' roll star of the era appeared on the show, except Elvis Presley and Rick Nelson. "Do You Love Me" by The Contours, or "Hide and Go Seek" by Bunker Hill). I remember it well, recalls Evanne. And it was not unique: Dick Reids Record Hop in Charleston, West Virginia; Ginny Paces Saturday Hop in Houston, Texas; John Dixons Dixon on Disc in Mobile, Alabama; Bill Sanderss show in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Dewey Phillipss Pop Shop in Memphis, Tennessee; and Chuck Allens Teen Tempo in Jackson, Mississippi, were all segregated dance shows. Jul 24, 2017 - Explore Bruce Clarke's board "Buddy Dean Show", followed by 154 people on Pinterest. offered an unfiltered, uncompromising celebration of Black literature, poetry, music, and politics, capturing a critical moment in culture whose impact continues to resonate today. Hairspray is firmly rooted in 1960s America, but it offers both sophisticated and (tellingly) simplistic ways of understanding racism today. WJZ's show aired from 1957 to 1964 and was popular among Baltimore teens, promoting dances like the twist, mashed potato, and the Madison. On this day in 1979, Sweeney Todd first opened on Broadway . Every day after school kids would run home, tune in, and dance with the bedpost or refrigerator door as they watched. Mary Lou laughs at the memory of doing a pimple medicine spot on camera. Print Headline: Buddy Deane Show was huge hit for young viewers in the late 1950s, Copyright 2023, Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. Most are happily married with kids and maintain the same images they had on the show. Even today Gene and Linda are the quintessential Deaner couple, still socializing with many Committee members, very protective of the memory, and among the first to lead a dance at the emotion-packed reunions. The Buddy Deane Show was a teenage dance party, on the air from 1957 to 1964. Motormouth Maybelle, a fictional black deejay and civil-rights activist played in the NBC version by Jennifer Hudson, sings: You cant stop today as it comes speeding down the track / Child, yesterday is history and its never coming back / Cause tomorrow is a brand new day and it dont know white from black. In the films narrative, this utopian vision of a colorblind future solves the problem of segregation and racial injustice. Maybe that was a good choice because Divine was 40 then., She played against-type, certainly. Waters: We used to go to the hotel and hed say, Come in, and hed be in bed with a cleaning woman smoking pot., It was Tracy saying to Link: Please dont look at my legs without the benefit of nylons.. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Joe started working for Buddy as teen assistant and, along with Arlene, oversaw the Committee and enforced the strict rules. Washington D.C.'s The Milt Grant Show offered "Black Tuesday" and Baltimore's The Buddy Deane Show had "Negro Day" because . Each reunion (and a new one is in the works) ls bigger than the last. Museum Day; Art; Books; Design; Food; Music & Film; Video; Newsletter; Travel. John Waters wrote the screenplay under the title of White Lipstick, with the story loosely based on real events.The Corny Collins Show is based on the real-life Buddy Deane Show, a local dance party program which pre-empted Dick Clark's American Bandstand in the Baltimore area during the 1950s and . Buddy Deane, a native of Pine Bluff, was one of the first radio hosts to understand the appeal of Rock n Roll in its infancy, the host of a popular 60s teen dance show, the inspiration for a film and musical character in Hairspray, and so much more. I was totally star-struck and had as much fun that night as I did at the Cannes Film Festival. The black cops would stop us and say: This isnt Greenwich Village, you know. The Deane program set aside every other Friday for a show featuring only black teenagers. "I still go to the Buddy Deane reunions," he says. 2003. As you can see from the December thread my question concerning African Americans was totally dismissed by the Committee member who was speaking. It was so painful. It suggests a way of understanding race that allows viewers to disavow bigotryframed in the story as the belief that white and black Americans should live in separate sphereswithout acknowledging, confronting, or seeking to overturn the actual structures of discrimination. That's one of the things that the Black Lives Matter movement is talking about. Some kids on the show went a little nuts, with stars in their eyes; they thought they were going to go to Hollywood and be moviestars.. Vanessa Udon plays Motormouth Maybelle, who hosts the monthly Negro Day on the Corny Collins Show. Arlene Kozak, Buddys assistant and den mother to the Committee. Id get letters saying, If you show up at this particular hop, youre gonna get your face pushed in. ' And Evanne still shudders as she recalls, Once I was in the cafeteria. Winston Joseph Deane was born on Aug. 2, 1924, in Pine Bluff. He left behind his wife, Helen Stevenson Deane; his three daughters, JoEllen, Dawn, and Debbie and their families. Greetings, Pat Brun.Thanks for commenting in this pancocojams discussion thread. These were the first role models I knew. Waters grew up with "The Buddy Deane Show" in Baltimore, and modeled his fictitious "Corny Collins Show" after it. After you sprayed it, youd get toilet paper and blot it. Other vices were likewise eschewed. His childhood nickname was Buddy. The early look of the Committee was typically 50s. You are history. Every rock n roll star of the day (except Elvis) came to town to lip-synch and plug their records on the show: Buddy Holly, Domino, the Supremes, the Marvelettes, Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, and Fabian, to name just a few. [1] He was 78. Almost every rock 'n' roll star except Elvis graced the Deane Show stage. The Corny Collins Show is based on the real Buddy Deane Show which, interestingly, was cancelled in 1964 for refusing to integrate black and white dancers, a core theme in this musical. From 1964 to 1984, Deane hosted a show and owned KOTN-FM and KOTN-AM radio stations at Pine Bluff. Kathy switched to a great beehive that resembled a trash can sitting on top of her head. I must have had ten different phone numbers, says Helen, and somehow it would get out. In 1948, Deane married Helen Stevenson, his childhood sweetheart, whom he first met when he was just four years old. In 2003, "Hairspray" went on to sweep the 57th Annual Tony Awards, winning a total of eight awards. It was similar to Philadelphia's American Bandstand. You had to wear nylons. 'Buddy Deane' really did have "Negro day" once a month -- it was called worse in some neighborhoods in Baltimore. Image Credit: OzNet.com Winston Joseph Deane was born on August 2, 1924, in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. Soon after, he and his family moved to Memphis, Tenn. I graduated from an HBCU, lived through racism, marched on Washington with Martin Luther King, and was active in fighting injustices in Baltimore County at the height of the Civil Rights Movement. However, unlike during the song "The New Girl in Town" where the Dynamites get there song stolen by 3 committee members, the Buddy . To this day, Im reluctant to tell some of my black friends I was on Buddy Deane because they look at it as a terrible time.. In 1950, he moved to Baltimore to WITH. It is hosted by the titular Corny Collins, with the exception of the monthly Rhythm and Blues special which is hosted by Motormouth Maybelle . GOD HELP US! 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Hairspray encourages its audience to take the fight to integrate a teenage TV show seriously, but it does so through songs, dances, and costumes that celebrate and satirize the 60s. Racism is passed down from one generation to the next. "Where: 800 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD 21201. "How 'The Buddy Deane Show' really went off the air is the white kids crashed Negro Day to integrate it. "How 'The Buddy Deane Show' really went off the air is the white kids crashed Negro Day to integrate it. She was one of the chosen few who went to New York to learn how to demonstrate the Madison, and was selected for the exchange committee that represented Baltimores best on American Bandstand. I'm sure they could have reached out to me via these posts, but did not. You will be redirected back to your article in, Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Now a receptionist living near Towson with her husband and two grown children, Arlene remains fiercely loyal, organizing the reunions and keeping notebooks filled with the updated addresses, married names, and phone numbers of my kids. She met Winston J. If you leaned on one side, the next day youd just pick it out into shape. All Rights Reserved. The more hair spray, the better. Theatre producer, Margo Lion, saw a television broadcast of the film in 1998 and started to conceive it as a stage musical. I was playing bongos on them in between takes because it was hilarious and he thought it was hilarious and I didnt stop to think, what the hell am I doing?, shared actor Holter Graham, who was 15 years old during filming. . I saw the show as a vehicle to make something of myself, remembers Joe. It was a real kick! Her fame even brought an offer to join the circus. At her appearances at the record hops, kids would actually scream when youd get out of the car: Theres Mary Lou! Here, Clark's memories of American Bandstand are nested in an overview of important events in U.S. history from the 1950s and 1960s. You Cant Stop the Beat, for example, is an upbeat dance number that resolves the issue of segregation on the Corny Collins Show. She was the one of the biggies who refused to be on the Board (they had power; a liked because of it). Or the Bob-a Loop? Chaseman had this idea for a dance party show, with Buddy as the disc jockey, and Buddy asked Arlene to go to work for him. Today they seem opposites. Deane even played a small role in the movie, which premiered to moderate success but went on to become a cult classic. The "Corny Collins Show" in Hairspray is loosely based on the Baltimore teen dance program called the "Buddy Deane Show." One Baltimore woman fought to get black teens on the popular show back in . I used to get death threats on the show. They just wanted to know if you were real. I guess Helen Crist was the first drapette: the DA, the ballet shoes, oogies [tulle scarves], eye shadoweyeliner was big thenand pink lipstick., Helen Crist. Some fifty years later, the mindset is STILL the same. Please read our Terms of Use or contact us. Sure, as a teenager I was a guest on the show. The action of the musical takes place in 1962 and centers around Baltimore's teenage obsession with the television program The Corny Collins Show, a stand-in for an actual Baltimore production of the day, The Buddy Deane Show. They are still referred to, good naturedly by some, as the Ken and Barbie of the show. Gene, a member of the first Committee, and I underline first, later became president of the Board. The racial integration of a take-off of the show, dubbed The Corny Collins Show, provides the backdrop to the 1988 John Waters film Hairspray. While at WITH, Deane was the first Baltimore disk jockey to capitalize on the new musical phenomenon that was rock 'n' roll. Yet Joe was a dropout when he went on the show and then, once famous, went back to finish. For example, Carole King appeared on the show playing her single "It Might as Well Rain Until September", nearly a decade before she burst to popularity with her landmark 1970 album, Tapestry. Mary Lou was the last of the Buddy Deane superstars, true hair-hopper royalty, the ultimate Committee member. He was one of the first disc jockeys in the area to regularly feature rock and roll. The Hairspray Live! In 1950, Deane moved to Baltimore to host 1230 AM WITH after Stan Kenton, a performer and guest he was interviewing, informed him of the opening at the radio station. . BLACK MUSIC MOMENT #96: Short-Lived Integration Of The Buddy Deane Show. By representing this realityin bubble-gum, technicolor clarityHairspray does something that pure documentation, at times, cant: It makes a difficult part of a nations history accessible (and entertaining) to millions of viewers. I was with this guy named Jeff. Deane organized and disc-jockeyed dances in public venues across the WJZ-TV broadcast area, including much of central Maryland, Delaware, and southern Pennsylvania where tens of thousands of teenagers were exposed to live recording artists and TV personalities. The Buddy Deane Show was a teen dance television show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane (1924-2003), and aired on WJZ-TV (Channel 13), the ABC affiliate station in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. From 1968 into 1973, the public television variety show SOUL! Buddy Deane. The Buddy Deane Show was over. Deane died in Pine Bluff, Arkansas on July 16, 2003, after suffering a stroke. The rivalry with Dick Clark meant that Deane urged all his performers not to mention American Bandstand or visits to Clark in Philadelphia. Bill Haley and the Comets did their premier perf of "Rock Around the Clock" on Deane's show, and Deane was named the No. The 1988 John Waters film, newly adapted into an NBC live musical, presents a view of racial discrimination thats by turns nave and enlightening. This sort of nearsighted, if not disingenuous, framing persists today, whether in affluent parents in New York City insisting their opposition to school rezoning proposals is not about race, or in arguments suggesting that the best way to address racism is to stop accusing people of being racists.. Committee members included Mike Miller, Charlie Bledsoe, Ron Osher, Mary Lou Raines, Pat(ricia) Tacey, and Cathy Schmink. On Wednesday, NBC is broadcasting Hairspray Live! In my on-going search for African American footage I stumbled across this article in Google. The first stars I could identify with. Joe Cash has Jonas Cash Promotions, in Columbia and Silver Spring.. (my own promotional firmwe represent Warner Brothers, Columbia, Motown85 percent you hear in this market)and Active Industry Research, in Columbia (a research firmIm chairman of the board). Every day Id come to the studio in knee-highs, and Id have to take them off. I was aggressive. The films executive producer Craig Zadan argued that what makes Hairspray work is, you never feel like were on a soap box, or were preaching to you, or were saying this is a lesson you need to learn and yet, hopefully, you come away from it with something serious to talk about afterwards. There is no guarantee that viewers will take up these discussions, but Hairspray offers plenty of material for those who choose to do so. At 21, I married a professional football player, Helen remembers, and he made me burn all the fan mail. In Hairspray (1988), Tammy Turner assists Corny Collins on the show. We used to go to stand in front of Reads Drugstore, and people would ask for our autograph.. Was it really twenty years ago? Many parents and local officials were angry. Kings mention of Funtown is preceded by references to lynch mobs, police brutality, and the airtight cage of poverty, and followed by references to hotel segregation and racial slurs. But by far the most popular hairdo queen on Buddy Deane was a 14-year-old Pimlico Junior High School student named Mary Lou Raines. His show became one of the highest rated stations in the country. These dances included the Mashed Potato, the Stroll, the Pony, the Waddle, the Locomotion, the Bug, the Handjive, the New Continental and the Madison. With the rising pressures of integration, the producers decided that the show must either be integrated or canceled. But Hairspray also resonates for at least one of the same reasons it did in the 80s: It shows how seemingly innocent moments in popular culture were also sites of struggle over who was worthy of being a counted as a somebody in America. The Buddy Deane Showwas a teen dancetelevision show, created by Zvi Shoubin, hosted by Winston "Buddy" Deane(1924-2003), and aired on WJZ-TV(Channel 13), the ABCaffiliate station in Baltimorefrom 1957 until 1964. The main thing was your hair was flat, the antithesis of Buddy Deane, she says, chuckling. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC. In early 2003, Deane sold KOTN and three other stations he had acquired over the years. Many top acts of the day, both black and white, appeared on The Buddy Deane Show. This Article is related to: Film and tagged Divine, Hairspray, IFC Center, John Waters. I dont think Ill ever get over missing it, if you want to know the truth., Many of the Committee members spouses faced an even bigger adjustment. You cant do this. I remember once we all got arrested at the drive-in for underage drinking, and the black kids didnt get out and the white kids did. The film would spawn a 2002 Broadway musical adaptation starring Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur, and a 2007 film adaptation of the musical starring John Travolta and Nikki Blonsky. People already were excited about it, but after the election they were saying, Boy, do we need this now, Meron said while promoting the new television musical. How The Buddy Deane Show really went off the air is the white kids crashed Negro Day to integrate it. I still believe that footage is out there somewhere. Deane also played songs that other disc jockeys, including Dick Clark, refused to present to mostly white teen TV audiences because the acts sounded "too black" (e.g. "The Buddy Deane Show," which aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore from 1957 until 1964. . What: The Buddy Deane Show was a teen rock-and-roll dance television show that aired on WJZ-TV in Baltimore, Maryland from 1957 until 1964. . American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. 'The Buddy Deane Show' was over . We have a telegram, Buddy would shout almost daily, for Mary Lou to lead a dance, and the cameraman seemed to love her. In December 1963, producers at Baltimores WJZ-TV cancelled the Buddy Deane Show rather than integrate the popular teen dance program. The big garage-type door they remember would open, and theyd all pile in, past George and Mom, the Pinkerton guards who used to keep attendance, and crowd into Arlenes office to comb their hair, confide their problems, and touch up their make-up. Hairspray movie was inspired by this show and was based off of the the events but unlike the movies, instead of the show being integrated, it was cancelled. Or Snuggle Dolls? Although the Committee was a valuable promotional tool for WJZ at the time, and belonging was a full-time job, no one (except teen assistants) was paid a penny. The Buddy Deane show aired 6 times a week and had a dance committee just like in hairspray. 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