The T.A.M.I. Show (1964)

Dean Torrence: Self

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Announcer : And now, Electronovision presents your hosts for 'Command Performance'. Two of America's most exciting young stars - Jan and Dean!

  Dean Torrence : Hi.

  Jan Berry : We'd like to start it off tonight with a fantastic act. The guy who started it all back in 1958: Chuck Berry!

  Chuck Berry : [singing]  Way down in Louisiana close to New Orleans, Way back up in the woods among the evergreeens, There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood, Where lives a country boy named Johnny B. Goode, Who never ever learned to read or write so well, But he could play a guitar just like a-ringin' a bell, Go-go! Go, Johnny, go! Go...

• Dean Torrence : And now for that grooviest of groups, the fantastic Miracles!

  Smokey Robinson : [singing]  You take sugar and spice, Everything nice, And youve got a little girl, yeah yeah...

• Jan Berry : You've heard a little bit of one type of surfin' sound, now we'll go with another one.

  Jan Berry , Dean Torrence : [singing]  Don't be afraid to try the newest sport around

  Dean Torrence : It's catching on in every city and town

  Jan Berry , Dean Torrence : You can do the tricks the surfers do, Just try a Quasimodo or the Coffin too

  Dean Torrence : Grab your board and go sidewalk surfin' with me...

• Jan Berry : Come on now, let's hear a roar.

  Dean Torrence : The sweetest sound: Leslie Gore.

  Lesley Gore : [singing]  Maybe I know that he's been a cheatin', Maybe I know that he's been untrue, But what can I do...

• Jan Berry : You are about to meet probably the wildest guy in the business today.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : Wait a second. He's brought down houses from coast to coast.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : Cool it a second, will ya. And border to border.

  Dean Torrence : Where are the flames?

  Jan Berry : The Flames are right here, tonight! Yeah, right here. James Brown and his Famous Flames!

  James Brown : [singing]  You got your high-heeled sneakers on, And your slip-in mules, You got your high-heeled sneakers on, And your slip-in mules, You're alright, You know you're out of sight, You got a shapely figure mama, That keeps us uptight, You got a shapely figure mama, That keeps us uptight, You're too much, You know you're out of sight...