Back in 1969, ABC was trying a lot of unique programming ideas. One of them — well ahead of its time — was Music Scene, which was a combination music show, talk show and sketch show, hosted by David Steinberg. It was one of the then-rare attempts to attract a young adult audience to prime-time TV…and here was another unusual thing about it. It was a 45 minute series. Not a half-hour. Not an hour. 45 minutes.
There was a lot of talent involved, including Lily Tomlin who went from Music Scene to Laugh-In. Here's the episode for 1/12/70, which turned out to be the last one, edited down to only include the scenes with guest host Groucho Marx…
