RIP: My Friend Martin Mull, You Will Indeed Be Missed!

In the late 1970s, I was a student at Drew University. Imagine everyone's shock when Flo and Eddie waltzed into the cafeteria one lunchtime. They did a mini concert, including "Kama Sutra Time." In the cafeteria. At a school with a seminary. It was the most surreal experience of my life. Of course the room went wild!

I was there! About the funniest night of my life. I went for Mull but Flo & Eddie stole the show with their Joni Mitchell -Led Zeppelin medley. I’ve been looking for this for years. Holy crap, that’s me at 9:05 standing up behind Wolfman, er, Mailman Jack.

I could not believe Greg Hawkes later with the CARS was on Sax. Fantastic. BTW I am a Huge Flo and Eddie fan!!

Hearing about the passing of Martin Mull I started looking at his videos and what a fabulous rabbit hole I fell into! What an incredibly talented man he was. I hope he had as much fun as he made us feel, from the first time I saw him on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman on....

RIP Martin Mull. He was hilarious. I never saw this special until now. Also a big fan of Flo & Eddie AKA The Turtles. Hang in there, Howard...I'm not sure how long he's got.

I saw this (only once) on PBS Channel 12 (WYES) out of New Orleans as a kid and have sarched for it ever since! Couldn't remember the name of the show, only that it featured Flo & Eddie! I totally forgot that it was my introduction to Martin Mull, too! For years I tried to recall where I had seen the Sweet Steaks" Lucky Charms parody. In my mind, and perhaps it was later edited out, but I'd remember a huge "SPLAT!" sound (that sounded more like a shart) when the kid flattened the mascot. Thanks so much for posting such a a great memory of youth, and such a clear copy, too! RIP Martin, you were loved and adored!

This is a real gem here!

God, I miss the 70s.

"She was outta sight but there was no way to tell her." One of my all-time favorite Martin Mull lines.

weird and wonderful! Its strange that Eddie was waxing nostalgic for the sixties while in the 70's lol but he's right the music changed so much since his days as the lead singer of the Turtles.

OMG thanks for this...great songs by Martin Mull. RIP.

Still holds up. Martin is so dynamic, and Flo and Eddie's Elenore performance was perfect. Loved the cereal ad too, what the hell.

PBS has certainly changed in 45 years

"It's a fine line between Joni and Yoko Ono." No truer words...

My first Flo & Eddie experience was when they opened for David Ziggy Stardust Bowie at Winterland (San Francisco) in 1972. It was a Halloween weekend concert, and Bowie was not well known then. I was there to see Flo & Eddie - I had seen them with The Mothers before. By the time I left, part way through Bowie's show there were maybe 200 people there - in a hall that holds many thousands. He was pissed off!

OMG...Share this a Jillion times..It's Christmas eve 2020. Boy do we ever need this!

Flo and Eddie, knew them from Zappa, but also always knew that those were the guys of the Turtles.

I loved going to Bun 'N Run when I was a kid. Sometimes Happy Kyne would be there, at the the register or working the grill. RIP, Martin. You were wonderful and one of a kind.

I think the funniest thing I have ever heard was by Martin Mull interviewed by Norm McDonald about 10 years ago. MM told a joke so utterly scabrous I nearly fell on the floor laughing.

This is absolutely perfect !

How did I not know Martin Mull played guitar? This is awesome

Watched this so many times back then. Thanks for putting it on. Wow what great memories!!!

Martin Mull Live at the Roxy really impressed me i gotta look for it here on KZfaq.

I think Howard Kaylan was the best pure vocalist of bands in the 60s. If you watch videos of the Turtles on the Ed Sullivan show there was no lip syncing, it was live vocals, and he was incredible!

"Licks Off Of Records" with a "Turn On Your Lovelight" horn backing?!? nice!!

The algos ignored my repeated Fernwood Tonight data and never showed me this. I've never seen it. Found it by clicking on Flo & Eddie interviewing Zappa.

Happy Kine for President '24...If he's still around. 😵‍💫

Howard and Mark always brought it

It would be awesome if tape of the stereo simulcast could be synced to this

Thanks for posting. Like

Greg Hawkes later joined the Cars

Flo and Eddy did weirdly excellent backup vocals for T Rex.

I’ve never seen Martin Mull play guitar before!

I knew he did airbrush paintings, but I missed the music thing.

Martin Mull and His Talking Furniture

No way. Greg Hawkes from the Cars on saxophone.

Bravo! Bravo!😃

Hey Mart -o!I I finally sold that couch you left in my yard. I had no idea you were leaving.I hope that creator will let you rest in peace for christs sake.You were right that chick Marylin wasn't the marrying kind.We miss you and your talent down here!

I have searched FOR YEARS for the fake cereal commercial that appears at the beginning of this show. Somehow in the weird world of the internet, I found it today by accident. I thought it had to be from early SNL, but I was floored to find it here when I went poking around for a little fun time with Flo and Eddie. My memory of it was a bit off on some of the details, but I remembered the Troll of the Bowl and the "sugar-coated, sugar fortified little bits of sugar" line. The entire show surrounding the cereal commercial had dissolved in my memory, but I clearly remembered the kid flattening the troll on the breakfast table. Mystery solved, thanks to Flo & Eddie!

Greg Hawkes on sax before The Cars. 😎

Flo & Eddies Moving Targets lp

LOL ,he leaves us with a tune we can,t remember what the song was frame 23:23 to 25:02 he sings orderve .what the hell is the name of that song he sings lol ANYBODY? HELP . REST IN PEACE MARTIN MULL

This is great. Only saw Flo & Eddie once at My Father's Place in Roslyn NY. They were doing a Who theme with covers... ET Limbo... And a bunch of their amazing music. One of the top concerts I ever went to. Better than Zappa, and I'm a big Zappa fan.

Alot going on behind the scenes at this time ....read Howard Kaylan's book (pgs 201-202). Makes intro at 39:59 more ironic.

Do the Nothing!

before Tim and Eric 23:03

the tragically hip are excused

What’s that second funky song?

Who's the fellow on the Travis Bean guitar?

Honest to God Martin, where do you get those crazy ideas?

Thanks. Loved it. Who was Wolfman Jack?

Martin Mull was not a great musician but he was an excellent entertainer. Flo and Eddie were great musicians and entertainers. This vid is most entertaining.

It's Barth Gimble

I heard Mull plays a guitar but didn't know he's a picker

#snort

Martin Mull, king of false modesty...

Thank you for everything Chris! Here’s something for you: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/arOjo8-m36_Umok.html

Is that Coke on his stash.

I heard that Martin Mull plugged into any socket. Could be wrong.