Just saw a funny moment on the Jerry Lewis Telethon. Steve Lawrence, who ages at about half the rate of Dick Clark, was singing "New York, New York." He wandered out to the bleachers with a wireless mike to get some audience members to join in singing the words, "New York, New York" but the folks in the seats seemed quite non-participatory. That was okay because Lawrence had a "plant" in the front row — a gent in shorts and tennis shoes, who perhaps did not anticipate being on-camera when he put on that outfit. Lawrence thrust the mike in his face and the guy sang "New York, New York" in better voice than Steve Lawrence…so Steve clapped his hand over the guy's mouth to shut him up and hurried off to find an audience member who didn't sing so well.
I know. It was one of those moments you had to see, but it made me laugh and I thought I'd mention it here. I wonder how many home viewers recognized that the guy in the audience was Jack Jones.