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Ep. 222 Today's Peep Remembering the TV Show "Room 222" and My Crush on Karen Valentine, Plus the Flaming Red Hall of Fame Afro, Great Laughs as we Censure the "Dem Choir" with Pink Floyd, Today's Record Spin is a "Shame"
Pat explores the nostalgic theme song of "Room 222" while recounting fond memories of the 1970s TV show starring Karen Valentine, connecting his love for the song to how the Dodger Stadium organist plays it during baseball games.
• Personal memories of a seventh-grade teacher crush and daydreaming through history lessons
• Brief acknowledgment of personal loss and gratitude for listener support
• Discussion of Al Green's music and a creative audio mix blending Pink Floyd with House Democrats' protest singing
• Story behind Bob Seger's "Shame on the Moon" from a never-played white label promotional record
• Reflections on Lent and New Year's resolutions continuing into March
• Reminiscing about classic television shows and their impact on our memories
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Speaker 1:Hey, it is Pat's Peeps podcast number 222. And for me I need to. I got to go with room 222. I don't know. Like Vince said, vince is one of my listeners to the podcast and to the Pat Wall Show. By the way, I'm the host of the Pat Wall Show on KFBK Radio in Sacramento, 93.1 FM, 1530 AM, and live on your free iHeart app. Vincent said yeah, you got to play Room 222. Dang, I love this.
Speaker 1:It's one of the theme songs that I remember so well. I was just a wee lad. Who is this? Jerry Goldsmith, I think that. Did this. Anyone remember Room 222? Karen Valentine. They had that guy, david Guy Bernie was his name, david Joloff, or something like that. They had that guy, david, oh God, guy Bernie. Was his name, david Joloff, or something like that. He had the biggest redheaded afro ever. That dude has to be in the Hall of Fame when it comes to afros. You know, just a huge, flaming red afro.
Speaker 1:You know what else I love about this song as a Dodger fan sorry if you're not a Dodgy fan, but as a Dodger fan, I love the baseball organists at the Dodger games. The Dodgers are still old school, remember this theme. And the Dodgers still have a ballpark organist. Oh God, karen Valentine. So cute ballpark organist, oh god, karen valentine, so cute, oh my gosh, he was so cute.
Speaker 1:But the dodger organist, he'll play that song and I'll be watching a game, right, right, and I can never figure out. I'll start laughing because and the organist will do all kinds of little hidden gems from deep in the past that are obscure, and I love obscure. And he'd play Room 222, and I remember thinking I wonder how many people in the crowd even know what that is. I mean, to a lot of people you got to be of a certain age, I think, to get that, but to a lot of people it's probably just this theme song. They don't even know what it is, it's just playing. But for those of us who get it, it's classic. But I couldn't figure out. So I started paying attention to, like when that song would play and I would hear it. Okay, why now? And when I started noticing and it was the most obvious thing of all anytime it's two balls, two strikes, two out two, two, two. You can hear that song. You'll play that. He or she, whoever, excuse me, is playing the baseball organ there at dodge stadium, but I love that.
Speaker 1:You know, karen valentine, how come she never gets mentioned as as one of the cutest women on TV. She played a teacher, alice Johnson, if memory serves me correctly. I mean, this was a great cast. Lloyd Haynes was in this. I had to look this up because I didn't remember all of their names. To be honest, I'm not great, as I always tell you, with actors and actresses, but Lloyd Haynes, pete Dixon, denise Nicholases, liz McIntyre, I remember all of them. Michael Constantine is Mr Seymour uh, seymour Butts, no, I don't know. Uh, how interesting Heshamu played by Jason Allen, who is essentially my son's name, half-brother to my son.
Speaker 1:I just lost Timothy Jason Allen. I never knew that. That was the character's name, like I say, david Jolliffe as Bernie, with that amazing flaming red afro. Judy Strangess as Helen Loomis, and on and on and on. Anyhow so, karen Valentine, I'm telling you right now, if I had a teacher and I did in seventh grade, I cannot remember her name. She used to wear these plaid skirts. I'm in seventh grade, I cannot remember her name. She used to wear these plaid skirts. I'm in seventh grade, you know, playing football and baseball. Oh, my goodness, did I have a crush on her Boy. She was beautiful, you know. She reminded me of Angie Dickinson. And so what are you in 12th grade? You're like 13. My hormones are raging. I'm just looking at her. She could be up there talking about history and the.
Speaker 1:Byzantine era, the Marco Polo, and I'm just like, ah, in a dreamland, let me see if I have. Let me see if I have. I don't know if I can do this. My dreamland buttons over here. I haven't played those in a long time. Which is the dreamy one? No, that's not. Hold on, let me see. That's not good. Oh, there it is, there it is. That'd be me right there. Meanwhile, lewis and Clark, the expedition. She's up there wearing the plaid skirt. She had blonde hair. Angie Dickinson, that's me. That's in my mind as I'm scribbling on my peachy folder. You know the name of a rock band or a Rams helmet, and she's up there. Ulysses S Grant was in there. I love you. Anyhow, thank you for going along with my tangent here on pat's peeps, 222, room 222, where I was like karen valentine, oh so sweet. Take your seats please. I'd have had the biggest crush on her. There's no way I would have been able to concentrate.
Speaker 2:I have a few announcements to make Before we get started. One there has been an epidemic of smoking in the lavatory.
Speaker 1:I love you.
Speaker 2:Students are warned that anyone found smoking anywhere On school grounds will be severely punished. Two Our next open house for parents will be. Thursday, the 15th at 7.30 in the cafeteria. Please impress upon your parents. The importance of attending these meetings. Why are those open houses always on Thursday? I don't know why my parents said they'd really like to come, except it conflicts with their bridge night. Tell them change their bridge night. Hey, I never thought of that. Oh yes. Yes, I've been wanting to mention this for a while.
Speaker 2:Please do All women will be competing for a place on the high school quiz bowl TV special.
Speaker 1:Oh God, she's so great. Just cute as a button. Just as cute as a button there.
Speaker 2:You mean, some of us get the chance to be on TV. Well, you get a chance to compete. Richie, you know you all do.
Speaker 1:Thank you, that's all I'm asking for is a chance to compete. That's all Meanwhile, in other news, Love and happiness.
Speaker 1:I'm very thankful for the condolences and the support I've received from everyone, from everyone. I thank you. As I get more details on my son and what is next, I will pass that on to you, but thank you as I'm trying to cope still, I am trying to cope and I am trying to cope and this is one of my best ways of coping. Thank you for your support. I love all of you. You know I got to talk about Al Green. I love talk about Al Green. I love me some. Al Green, reverend of Soul.
Speaker 2:Man, I love this dude.
Speaker 1:Remember, I don't own the music, I don't own the rights. It's Al Green. Democrats throwing the house into chaos After ten moderates joined the GOP. Punish Al Green. Check out these horns, serious Now, of course I don't mean that Al Green, not that great Al Green, this other Al Green, not that great of Al Green, we'll call him not that great Al Green, I will.
Speaker 1:Now the Dems have thrown this house into chaos. Ten moderates joining the GOP to punish this dude who stood during Trump's speech to Congress. Claims that what he said was taken with intentionality. And now they voted to censure Al Green, a Democrat from Texas, thrown out of the address from Trump to a joint session to Congress. A very embarrassing night for Democrats. Even Democrats are saying that it's embarrassing and it was awful. 10 Democrats joining the Republicans and voting for the measure. Green himself voted present President Along with first term. I don't even care whatever, but I'm just going to tell you this. Here's what they're saying Al Green's childish outburst exposed the chaos and dysfunction within the Democratic Party Since President Trump's overwhelming win in November and his success in office thus far. It is not surprising. Thus far. It is not surprising 198 democrats refuse to support green censure, given their history of radical inflammatory rhetoric fueled by trump derangement syndrome, says house majority whip tom emmer.
Speaker 1:Minnesota, before the formal censure could be read out to green Democrats, upended the House floor proceedings by gathering I'm sorry A small group of them. This is so embarrassing. Every time they show these phony protests I mean this tiny group of people they tell you america is protesting. No, they're not. You got a little group. But every time they sing whether it's chuck schumer, I'll tell you what he's the. Don't even give me start on chuck schumer. I mean, this guy is unbelievably bad. Anyhow, we shall overcome. Speaker Mike Johnson was forced to call the House into a recess after failing multiple times to quell this quote protest. So here is how that went. Let's just take a listen. Here we go.
Speaker 3:This is how the process played out On this vote. The yeas are 224. The nays are 198, with two answering present, the resolution is adopted Without objection. A motion to reconsider is laid on the table. The House has come to order. The House has come to order. Shhh, will Representative Green present himself to the? Well, oh, I guess you have to shh.
Speaker 1:You got to shush him Now they're gathering.
Speaker 3:We are the world. By its adoption of House Resolution 189, the House has resolved that Representative Al Green be censured, that Representative Al Green forthwith present himself in the well of the House of Representatives for the pronouncement of censure, and that Representative Al Green be, censured. With public reading of this resolution by the Speaker.
Speaker 1:Listen to this. I'd just like to have them Christmas caroling at your house. The House will come to order. The House will come to order.
Speaker 2:I just like to have them Christmas caroling at your house. I forgot the words.
Speaker 3:The house had come to order. The house had come to order.
Speaker 1:What were the words? I forgot the words? Tell me the words I forgot. Stop it, start singing. I don't know, I don't know.
Speaker 3:The house had come to order Clear the well please Clear the well the house has to order. Clear the well, please Clear the well the house has to.
Speaker 1:Clearing the well, ah, oh, no, no, no, ah. Where are the words go? All right, stop it, just sing La, la, la, la, we love.
Speaker 3:Pursuant to Clause 12A of Rule 1, the house will stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair.
Speaker 1:Yay, Recess Now. So that's a yeah, I thought as I was listening to that.
Speaker 3:The House has resolved.
Speaker 1:Yeah, let me get back to this. The will of the House of Representatives.
Speaker 3:Let's get back to this and that Representative Al Green be censured.
Speaker 1:Al Green baby. I love Al Green be censured. Al Green baby I love Al Green.
Speaker 3:The public reading of this resolution by the speaker.
Speaker 1:Okay, here we go. So I thought I would take that the overwhelming singing from this tiny group of Democrats. Anyone out there a Pink Floyd fan like I am? I love Pink Floyd Anytime I hear things, I like to mix stuff, just goof around with that. I'm going to try to do this on the fly. Anyone hip to the Pink Floyd album metal? It's got echoes, it's got, you know, central page pillows. It's just a great record and this is one of my favorite songs by them. This is a song called Fearless and in the end of Fearless, as they're playing this out, it's a real dramatic song. I used to play this quite a bit still do play it, actually at the very end of my radio show. I just thought it was a great ending to a show. But they've got this group of people singing so I thought I'd mix this in here. Let's listen to the house small group of the house choir, the house dem choir, mixed in with some Floyd. Here we go.
Speaker 2:And who's the fool? Who wears the crown?
Speaker 1:No doubt in your heart Pat's peeps 222, you know.
Speaker 2:And every day is the right day. And as you rise above, here we go.
Speaker 1:We'll wait till the music kicks in. Here you look down.
Speaker 2:Hear the sound of the faces in your heart.
Speaker 1:It's a great tune. All right, here we go, here we go. Let's try this out.
Speaker 3:Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, Ha, ha, ha, ha ha. Bye-bye. That's a good order. I'm going to switch. It's come to order.
Speaker 2:The house had come to order.
Speaker 3:The house had come to order. Clear the well. Please Clear the well. The House has to continue its business Pursuant to Clause 12A of Rule 1,. The House will stand in recess, subject to the call of the chair. Ha ha ha, ha ha.
Speaker 1:Ha, ha, ha ha. Ah, I love that. I love it. I love that, I love it, I love it. It's the Democratic Choir, it's the Al Green Protest Choir. Very nice, very nice.
Speaker 1:Let's see what else we have for you today. Hey, it's a Friday. I hope you have a nice weekend planned. I hope you are continuing with your New Year's resolutions. Here we are on March 7th. I have continued with mine. Oh, by the way, lent Anyone? I mean, this is what Is this? Day one or two of Lent? Day one, well, I guess. Day two, technically Ash Wednesday, like I mentioned, and then Lent, 40 days. You may or may not participate in that, but either way, good luck to you with that.
Speaker 1:I pulled a record from my rare record collection today and this record here is. Let let me see, hold on. This is a white label record. It is on Capitol. It is in beautiful condition.
Speaker 1:1982, capitol Records, not for sale, stereo. On this side it's the same song on both sides. Both sides are in stereo, but it is really it's in. Let me pull it out of the sleeve here. Take a look at it again. It's just in beautiful shape. Guarantee little dust on it here and there. Guarantee this has never even been played. This record has been sitting on a shelf since there. Guarantee, this has never even been played. This record has been sitting on a shelf since 1982. No one has ever taken it, ever until this moment, and put it on a turntable. So we will listen to it together, as we always do here on the Pat's Peeps podcast.
Speaker 1:So it's a song recorded, written and recorded by Rodney Crowell. Who's Rodney Crowell? Well, this was on his 1981 self-titled album. Now, wait a second, because it ain't Rodney. This is a cover of Rodney's song and it was the lead single from this artist's 1982 album, which I'll give you the title to that momentarily Glenn Frey, the late great Glenn Frey from the Eagles, joining the lead singer. This artist and his band on the background. Harmony on the vocals on this song.
Speaker 1:This song spent four weeks in number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart, top of the adult contemporary chart. The song also went to number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 Pop Singles Chart, top of the adult contemporary chart. The song also went to number 15 on the country chart in early 1983, and that marked this artist's only top 40 entry on that chart, on the country charts. This artist's certainly much more remembered for rock music. Billboard magazine reviewed this song very favorably, saying that his trademark acoustic guitar sets the tone, followed by an easygoing vocal, nice-looking rhythm Cashbox, saying that fans of this artist's ballad side will unquestionably take delight in this mostly acoustic country pop sort of hybrid from Rodney Crowell, which this artist went ahead and made his own In an article in 1983, speaking with Cream, this artist said it's more like a Western song, a cowboy song, than it really is a country and Western song, and the track is flawless.
Speaker 1:He said the best and the tightest track on the album. He said they cut it in two hours and everyone decided that it was the miracle track and then they had to decide to use it or not because the album was going to be a real rock album. He says I purposely didn't write any medium tempo songs for this one because I wanted to be hard rocking with a few ballads for pacing. But then they figured they'd throw it on and see what happened. And the next thing, you know, capital guys are saying, hey, that's the single, and he goes and he laughs it off, goes fine, whatever it takes. So hey, thank you, rodney. It's a great song, he says, but I'm beholden to the lad for writing it. So this came out November 30th 1982. Put it on the turntable here. From the album the Distance, bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band Shame on the Moon, pats Peeps 222.
Speaker 2:Until you've been beside a man, you don't know what he wants. You don't know if he cries at night. You don't know if you don't. When nothing comes easy. Old nightmares are real. Until you've been beside a man, you don't know how he feels. Once inside a woman's heart, a man must keep his head. Heaven opens up the door when angels fear to tread. Some men go crazy. Some men go crazy. Some men go slow. Some men go just where they want. Some men never go. Oh, blame it on midnight.
Speaker 1:Ooh, shame on the moon. I am very, very grateful for you listening. Thank you so so much. And again, thank you for all of the support, all the condolences and your love. It's just greatly, greatly appreciated. Song again Now, every song reminds me of my son now and I will have more details on that because I share what I can. But again, thank you for listening. I hope you listen to my show, the Pat Walsh Show as well, and if you would please, if I could encourage you, please, it would mean so much to me and to the businesses we're just trying to do right by you and the businesses, and now especially, we can all use a good deal right For buying things. If we're looking for things candles or wine or olive oil or whatever we can offer so far To our ever-growing business group of businesses. If you'd give it a look, patspeepscom. Patspeepscom. Thank you All right, god bless. See you on the moon. Shame on the moon. Good night.
