Well the connection of Buddy Deane to KAAY is very remote. I guess the connection is me.
When I left KAAY to become manager of KCLA, Pine Bluff, AR, Buddy Deane and KOTN was my main competition.
Who is Buddy Deane...well for those of you who don't know, he has been the subject of 2 major motion pictures, and a broadway play...Hairspray.
In 1988 John Waters made a movie based on Buddy's Baltimore TV dance show. Buddy played a bit part in the movie and when it premiered in Pine Bluff, Buddy told me, he was somewhat embarassed by the movie.
If Buddy were alive today, he would be proud of the broadway musical Hairspray that opened in 2002.
Now the same people who wrote and produced the broadway play, have made in into a new movie that is in theaters now with John Travolta. I saw the movie recently, only because of my interest in Buddy Deane. If you like show tunes and broadway dancing, this is a good movie. If you are a kid, you will probably walk out. At least the original film used the music of the time. All three are intent on building a plot around racial tensions of the time. John Travolta does do a good job.
All of this to plug a book by a friend of mine. Tony Warner, (read previous posts). He has recently updated his original book. The photographs are of the original book and cover. The book $25.00 + shipping. $5.00 Priotity mail and $2.50 Media Mail class. May I remind you that the book "Superjock" about Larry Lujack autographed, are selling for almost $200. So ask Tony to autograph your copy and buy several. Put them up and wait for them to go out of print.
To purchase books, email Tony at : tonywarner@earthlink.net
Pictures of the original book back and front cover above
Click onthe pictures to enlarge and read
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