[78-L] Not ONE mention..

[David Weiner]

After his death and subsequent elevation to legend, SNL did a great
commercial spoof, for "The Elvis Coat Show." A concert evening with
Elvis's actual coat on a hangar onstage, twitching in time to the King's
music. "You've seen all the fake Elvis coat shows, now see the real
thing!" 

Dave Weiner

On 8/17/12 12:22 PM, "David Breneman" <david_breneman at yahoo.com> wrote:

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>
>I remember this very well.  It was the summer after I graduated from
>high school (the proverbial "best summer of your life").  By that time
>Elvis was a joke, a self-parody.  The fat, sweaty guy that the blue-
>haired ladies went to see in Vegas if the Liberace show was sold out.
>We all liked "thin Elvis" - songs like Treat Me Nice, Hound Dog and
>Don't be Cruel; but contemporary Elvis, and especially Gospel Elvis
>were a ticket to nap time.  I remember very well the skit that Akroyd
>and Belushi did on SNL (I think it predated the Blues Brothers) where
>they played a Vegas act called "The Elvii".  Akroyd was rockabilly
>Elvis and Belushi was jumpsuit Elvis.  It was perfect.
>
>What amazed me was, that as soon as he died, he regained instant
>credibility, and all the Elvis collections started showing up on
>TV.  "It's Elvis, THE KING!"  Not to be disrespectful, but dieing was
>the best career move he made.
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