Heck, I'm grateful for growing up in the 80s! We still had some Krofft back then, in the vain of Land of the Lost, Barbara Mandrell and her sisters, Pryor's Place and D.C. Follies.

@@bryanloveseighties Nice, but I bet you saw the reruns of cartoons from the 1970's like I saw the reruns of the 1960's

A magical decade that I love and cherish.

Still Do!

Mickey was at the very end of their big run. I think he played on their final regular non greatest hits album "American Pastime" which had only one cut from Danny Hutton that was left over from previous album and mostly Corry and Chuck doing vocals. A great LP and very much in line with the disco sound but it did not sell like the other albums.

msg me when you get that chance, I'll go with you!

I just just asked google why Flatbush left the band in the second season and it doesn't say much of anything.

@@MrNoturaveragerednek I read somewhere that it was because Bert was working on an album at the time, and left the show to focus more on music.

That's why we're weird now. Glam Rock. But being a kid in the 70s was the best.

Mee two my childhood

Do you know what Brooklyn and pantyhose have in common ?? FLATBUSH.

Same here.

Wishful thinking

It's possible that the person/people who post on KZfaq under the name "YouCanDanceToit!"...may...be willing to post the full performance (if that has not happened already)....

I knew about Michael Lembeck, but had no idea Louise duArt was in it, too. She even hosted her own game show called Rodeo Drive.

I just found out she was with this group. I watched this as a kid.

I loved Louise as "Nashville". Her first season glitter cowgirl look was sexy. By season two, she lost the cowgirl hat and with a different style in denim clothing with butterfly design. It was cute, but the first season costume made me have a crush on her as an 8-year old boy in 1976.

This was my childhood growing up This show was on the head of the Fonz craze of happy days

Epic Records did issue an album by The Kongs in 1978, but it got lost in the shuffle. By then, disco was the craze, and early 1970's glitter was fading out a little.

That's what she said

This show was often copied, never outdone.

Agreed 😊​@@Eddie42023

That stated....in the above interview....he claimed to be loving what he was doing there. (The question that should now be asked--->Did he ever--from circa September 1977 onwards--ever publicly repudiate what he said; on this specific American Bandstand episode? [I will now presume that Bert did not have a subsequent oppourtunity to perform a song--as a solo artist--on this specific TV show.])

I heard that someone asked Mickey McMeel about that, and he said that Bert quit to work on his 1977 self-titled album for Capitol Records, which sadly flopped, and ended his major label music career.

I agree. Nashville (played by Louise DuArt) was sexy. I love cowgirls, even "glitter' cowgirls, and Nashville represented it. By season two, she changed her look and wardrobe by wearing denim, and she lost the cowgirl hat and went hatless, though she still had her mini-afro, though it was no longer colored blue, and was slightly bigger than it was in the first season. Her afro went from blue to au-natural brown by 1978. The band itself was a cross-examination of KISS with Fonz of "Happy Days", though their music was more pop-oriented than KISS. Superchick was fine, but give me Nashville any time. I was 8 years old when the band debuted on ABC TV.

That is, a much less vulgar version of Gene Simmons. Gene could be extremely outrageous in his opinions at times, Mickey McMeel A/K/A "Turkey" was much more loveable. Bert Sommer, who played the role of "Flatbush" was originally a hippie singer/ songwriter from the late 60's who recorded for Buddah Records, and appeared at "Woodstock" in 1969, though he didn't get much of a headline act. "Kaptain Kool & The Kongs" was an attempt for Bert to change with the times in the mid-70's, and change from hippie singer to glam pop star. Bert passed away a number of years ago (1990), and is well remembered by those who grew up with him. R.I.P., Bert.

+Garden Plots Before Kaptain Kool. In 1974 Micheal Lembeck was on an episode as a hood on Barney Miller With long hair and a beard And the audience went crazy after He shaved he was young and cute then the girls screamed like mad In the tv audiences of Barney Miller

That’ll save you some therapy dollars.

Kroft Saturday mornings were best part of the mid 70s as a kid. I still remember the lyrics to Land of the Lost. Late 60s Early 70s Hannah Barbara had it sewn up with Scooby-Doo Doo and Wacky Racers.

Didn't they actually perform/appear on the Saturday, September 18th, 1976 TV show?

I agree. Though Nashville was hot stuff to me, Superchick was personally picked by Sid & Marty and the ABC staff to be the heartthrob idol for the boys in the audience. I didn't care, to 8-year old me, cowgirls were hot, and Nashville was a sexy chick in her own right. Even as she changed her costume and wardrobe during the second season, she was still a hottie. The Native American cowgirl on "Bigfoot & Wildboy" was also super hot. I loved the way she rode her horse in the episodes.

:'(

Yes they did...but they're still awesome. Especially if you remember them from childhood. Every Saturday morning on ABC 7:00 am central time 76-77.

Really? I don't know. I remember the show and even tracked down the album on ebay, and the lead singer definitely sounds like Michael Lembeck singing. Maybe the Osmonds pitched in with backup vocals.

The Osmonds discovered them And finance the kroft supershow And the TV executives stole it out From under Sid and marty kroft And gave it to the bay city rollers Which pissed me off

Remember this is a kid.. the worst manufactured band ever...lol

Clinger and Lembeck did their own singing. I listened to a recent interview with Michael Lembeck where he talked about it. The Osmond's contribution was just song writing.