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		Don Cornelius parts with "SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL Train" (news.yahoo.com)		34
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Suicidal Writer		2008-06-20 03:19:59 AM

I can't even find it on TV anymore. It, like Showtime at the Apollo and Grand Ole Opry, get respect for their history, but the shows are essentially dead and nothing like they once were.

Peaceboy		2008-06-20 03:34:47 AM

Bits:

1) Loved this show.

2) Don Cornelius is/was the badassest motherfarker to ever host anything on TV that was hostable.

3) Favorite Don Cornelius moment ever, though, was when he was in the booth at Wrigley talking to his pal Harry Caray during a Cubs broadcast.

4) They used to run this show on Saturday afternoons when I was little, not too long after they'd air American Bandstand, which just made AB look that much dorkier. It's like how they package Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy back-to-back.

5) Over 35 years later and I still have no clue what Afro Sheen does.

DerekSD		2008-06-20 03:49:39 AM

it makes your afro flammable.

not as bad as jheri curl juice, though.
won't wreck the collar of your member's only jacket either.

SuperCatBarf		2008-06-20 03:50:06 AM

I used to watch Soul Train all the time when I was a kid. To those of us from small-town Iowa, it was pretty exotic.

nomadmalachi		2008-06-20 04:05:26 AM

It ran for 37 years and there is only 1,100 hours of broadcast? That seems a little off. Wasn't the show an hour long?

bearded clamorer		2008-06-20 04:35:31 AM

I loved him in "Planet of the Apes"

Sir Cumference the Flatulent		2008-06-20 04:52:36 AM

First thing I thought of was the SNL skit with Belushi as Samurai Hitman, who was contracted to whack the two Dons: Cornelius and Kirshner.

Too bad I can't track down the video.

} my lawn
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TheHopeDiamond		2008-06-20 05:17:30 AM

Soul Train was ok, but it wasn't fit to pick up The Scene's dirty socks.

Proof! (new window)

WhyteRaven74		2008-06-20 05:20:44 AM

good bye super cool soul man

Crewmannumber6		2008-06-20 07:55:23 AM

Don Cornelius is still alive?

DWitchiewoman		2008-06-20 08:16:41 AM

nomadmalachi:
It ran for 37 years and there is only 1,100 hours of broadcast? That seems a little off. Wasn't the show an hour long?

That is precisely what I was thinking. Who hijacked the missing Soul Train?

I loved this show back in the day.
It's probably the reason I gots soul today
Thank you Don, for education on Saturdays...

vudukungfu		2008-06-20 08:24:53 AM

I learned a lot of good moves watching that show.

OtherLittleGuy		2008-06-20 08:26:51 AM

When Soul Train came on, Saturday morning cartoons were officially over.

/good night soul man

utter_bastard		2008-06-20 08:36:51 AM

Um, he is not dead. He sold the show to another company.

creeto		2008-06-20 09:05:35 AM

Isn't that a picture of Bill Cosby?

matalo		2008-06-20 09:13:24 AM

Cornelius?

DammitCatQuitJumpingOnMe		2008-06-20 09:21:56 AM

Commodores on Soul Train

Joe_diGriz		2008-06-20 09:40:49 AM

My favorite part of watching this was to locate the token "white guy who thinks he can dance (but can't) that we let in to make everyone around him seem that much cooler". There was almost always one.

rekoil		2008-06-20 10:08:45 AM

nomadmalachi: It ran for 37 years and there is only 1,100 hours of broadcast? That seems a little off. Wasn't the show an hour long?

Back when videotape was a lot more expensive (and harder to store) than it is today, it was pretty common practice to tape over old show footage - no one really thought that the show might have historical value, and like I said, videotape and warehouse shelf space didn't come cheap.

Quite a few Doctor Who episodes (pops) befell the same fate in the 60s and 70s. Folks are *still* trying to find bits and pieces of those.

13ItemsInA12ItemOrLessLane		2008-06-20 10:24:00 AM

I always liked the hot dirty asian chicks on Soul Train.

MilesTeg		2008-06-20 10:26:31 AM

Does not approve.

One_Cent_Tenth_Spatula		2008-06-20 10:40:29 AM

But the SOOOOOOOOOOUUULLLL Mass Transit System is ok right?

Paula's Beautiful Bloodshot Eyes		2008-06-20 10:44:54 AM

Grrr....correct link.

Link (new window)

bbush54321		2008-06-20 10:49:19 AM

This thread is a Stone Gassss!

Crocodile		2008-06-20 10:58:18 AM

I, too, assumed that this was news of his demise.
Whew.

Dialectic		2008-06-20 10:59:29 AM

Two Things:

1)The hot Asian girl with the long hair who was an awesome dancer. Wow!

2)The hip clothes that the dancers would wear on the show.

godiluvbeer		2008-06-20 11:29:41 AM

glad to see I'm not the only one who thought he died from just reading the headline.

kenwastinger		2008-06-20 11:52:41 AM

OtherLittleGuy: When Soul Train came on, Saturday morning cartoons were officially over.

/good night soul man

...and they tricked you with that damn cartoon opening!

Mr. Fenster Manifester		2008-06-20 01:00:22 PM

RIP smooth mutherfarker

imfallen_angel		2008-06-20 01:16:06 PM

matalo: Cornelius?

thanks... I was going to post it..

when I hear that name, that's now the first thing that pops in my head...

darn movie corrupted me.

_/multi-pass

GastnGruvn		2008-06-20 02:53:16 PM

Suicidal Writer:I can't even find it on TV anymore. It, like Showtime at the Apollo and Grand Ole Opry, get respect for their history, but the shows are essentially dead and nothing like they once were.

Turn on WGN at 1:00 central on Saturdays and you're in for a real treat.

mybabysmomma		2008-06-20 03:26:14 PM

Turn on WGN at 1:00 central on Saturdays and you're in for a real treat.

Not really, it's no where near as good as it used to be back in the day...now it's mostly one big long commercial.

leadmetal		2008-06-20 08:30:33 PM

I don't think there is any missing "Soul Train" episodes.

Just some math... 52 weeks in a year * 37 years = 1924

That means if they didn't take a week off there would 1924 episodes.

Now, an hour slot on TV is really about 40-45 minutes of show.

so... 1924 * .75 = 1443 hours.

We are looking at a max of 1443 hours.

They have 1100 hours of tape: 1443 - 1100 = 343

343/.75 = 457 episodes 457 / 37 = 12 weeks worth a year.

1100 hours of soul train = 40 episodes a year.

I think that's probably all of it or damn near close.