Malibu U

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

Just got a copy of this today and its rather an amazing piece of Doors history to say the least.....more sepia than black and white but I dunno if thats the copy or how the show went out....starts with a burning house and a siren then cuts to The Doors on a fire engine playing 'Light My Fire'....Jim is NOT there but Ronny stands in front of the band facing them so we only see his back....he looks pretty uncomfortable throughout but seems to amuse himself with the girls draped over the fire engine.....he is wearing a stripy hooped T shirt and we keep seeing Jim in the same shirt miming the song but without the fire engine as a backdrop.....So Jim must have turned up later to shoot some footage for the show that could be spliced in to the Doors stuff....
The band look cool and unconcerened that thier lead singer did a dissapearing act and seem oblivious to his absence....
I can only play it on my TV with my multi region DVD player at the moment and can't play it on my computer but am hoping to get some info on the programmes I need to be able to stick it on an ftp site for everybody to download......
Incredible piece of Doors history, like the Jim footage from FSU ....why the hell don't the band get all this stuff onto a disc and let the fans see it all for themselves.....

Malibu U (ABC TV) Leo Carrillo State Beach
Los Angeles, California - August 25th 1967.

Ronny Krieger replacing Jim on the shoot has his back to the cameras!
The Doors spend two day in late July or early August filming a video for 'Light My Fire' while standing around a 1940s fire engine on Leo Carrillo State Beach
north of Malibu, California. The shooting goes as scheduled however unbeknownst to the directors Morrison never shows up. Jim has become so disgusted with lip synch television presentations that he simply dissapears for this one. The Doors convince Robby Kriegers (non-identical twin) brother Ronny to stand in for Morrison and never allude to Jims abscence.

Malibu U is a summer special hosted by Rick Nelson and operates on the ludicrous premise that Malibu U is a mythical beachside university with Nelson as dean.
Doors On The Road

[jym]

well, the back of his head certainly looks like Jim's!

I gotta check it out.

[ensenada]

thats what i like (sorry love) about Jim. he stands up for what he believes i.e. not lip syncing. and if dosnt wanna do it, he fookin didnt. and why the fuck should he? its bollox...all these tarts that sell their music to adverts as well, jim stood against it and so he should. why give your creation to a bunch of capatilst, greedy money grabbin twats. why use your creativity to sell a product and someone elses product at that!

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

jym said:

well, the back of his head certainly looks like Jim's!

I gotta check it out.

I doubt many people who saw the show noticed that the lead singer was missing....Ronny never shows his face and just keeps his back to the camera....Jim is spliced in several times so it gives the impression that he is there........It would be a real coup if The Doors would release a DVD of all the TV appearances that are out there and maybe spend a bit of time doing a commentary and remembering whatever they can about the shows......maybe someone should suggest that to Jampol...... ;D

[ensenada]

that would make a superb dvd alex. who the hell controls what they release? why dont they do something worthwhile like that...but no..instead they do fuckin boot yer butt with the worst cover imaginable, when everyones got the boots on there anyway...prob apart from me but not only that, they charge an extortionate amount for THEIR fans to fuckin by it. they could atleats make the cover palatable, and not as though it could have been scribbled together by an autistic 2 year old! WTF!?

[TheWallsScreamedPoetry]

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Malibu U 1967