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''New Wave Theatre'' was a television program broadcast locally in the Los Angeles area on UHF channel 18 and eventually on the USA Network as part of the late night variety show ''Night Flight'' during the early 1980s. The show was created and produced by David Jove, who also wrote the program with Billboard magazine editor Ed Ochs. It was noted for showcasing rising punk and new wave acts, including Bad Religion, Fear, the Dead Kennedys, 45 Grave, The Angry Samoans and The Circle Jerks. Peter Ivers, a Harvard-educated musician with a gregarious personality and a flair for the theatric, was the host for the entire run of the show. The format was extremely loose, owing partly to the desire to maintain the raw energy of the live performances and partly to the limited production budget. The program was presented in a format dubbed "live taped", in which the action was shot live and the video was then interspliced with video clips, photos, and graphics of everything from an exploding atomic bomb to a woman wringing a chicken's neck. The show started with a montage of clips from punk/new wave acts while the title appeared and the theme song, an abrupt mixture of Fear's "Camarillo" and The Blasters' "American Music", played. Ivers would appear at the beginning and end of each show wearing dark glasses, spouting a stream of consciousness spiel about life, art and music. Besides the top-billed music acts, short skits were shown, including Sri Maharooni, a chain-smoking Indian fakir speaking about the meaning of life, and Chris Genkel (played by actor Robert Roll), a pitchman hawking bizarre products for "gherkins" from his company, Genkel Wax Works, in Adonai, Illinois. Celebrities, including Debra Winger and Beverly D'Angelo, were known to show up at ''NWTs tapings; Elvira, Mistress of the Dark, who'd just begun hosting ''Elvira's Movie Macabre'' on KHJ-TV, appeared on Episode #2 and delivered one of the Genkel Wax Works commercials that week. ''New Wave Theatre'' came to an end in March 1983 when Ivers was found bludgeoned to death in his LA apartment. Ivers' friend, movie producer/director/writer Harold Ramis offered Jove help and the result was a pilot show for local TV (KTLA) called ''The Top'' directed by Jove, produced by the then prolific music video producer Paul Flattery (he and Jove first collaborated on "Stop In The Name Of Love", a video for The Hollies, which incorporated many of Jove's signature public domain footage montages) and executive produced by Harold Ramis. Ramis basically lent his name (as well as industry clout, contacts and credibility) to the show which was conceived partially to continue the spirit of ''New Wave Theatre'', but also to take advantage of the then-emerging music video scene. (Flattery's music video resume was a who's who of the 80's). Chevy Chase was the initial host, but during the taping of his monologue at the head of the show, he went off-script and invited a heckling (and drunk) audience member on stage with him. After hurling the guy off-stage, a fight broke out between Chase and the audience and Chase walked off the show. Shooting continued and then a week later, inserts were shot with Andy Kaufman as the host (in his last public appearance). ''The Top'' got good ratings but despite enlisting Rodney Dangerfield, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Cyndi Lauper, and The Romantics to perform during the pilot, the relationship between all of the parties - Jove, Flattery, Ramis and the KTLA executives - was so damaged by Jove's often bizarre and erratic behaviour that no more episodes were produced. Rhino Video released two volumes of the best of ''New Wave Theatre'' in 1991 (Rhino Video numbers RNVD 2903 and RNVD 2904). Both are out of print, but used copies are not hard to find. ==Media== * Video of FEAR performing ("New York's Alright (If You Like Saxophones)" ). Includes Ivers attempting to interview FEAR singer Lee Ving. * Video of Red Wedding performing ("We Make History" ) on ''New Wave Theatre'' (RealVideo format). Includes ''NWT'' opening title segment. * Audio of Castration Squad's ''NWT'' performance of ("A Date with Jack" ) (MP3 format). Includes Ivers interviewing band members. * The full footage from Bad Religion's ''New Wave Theatre'' appearances from 1980 and 1982 are part of the bonus features on the 2006 Bad Religion Live DVD ''Live at the Palladium''. *Circle Jerks performing "Wild in the Streets" on "NWT" including introduction by host Peter Ivers as "L.A.'s most terrifying new band needing no introduction". After the song, a clip of the show's title card is shown while the pre-commercial music plays.〔http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UY7snfJTgeE〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「New Wave Theatre」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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