[78-L] Mischa Elman on Family Guy

[Michael Biel]

David Lennick wrote:
> The show dealt with the impending End Of The World, including a brief history of civilization. "The First Television Program" showed a few seconds of Elman (playing a gavotte by Popper or Gossec, I forget), probably from a Vitaphone short.
 

You mean the one with Elman looking off into the heavens! 

>  It was followed by a balop 

Boy THERE's an ancient term!!!!  It was ancient when I took Video 1 in 
1966!  (But we did have a Belop machine!)

> reading "Stay Tuned For 80 Years Of Crap".  dl
>
>   
They must have heard Elman's Mendelsohn Violin Concerto recording on 
Vanguard!!!

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com