- A festive party, often with dancing. Also called shindy.
- See shindy (sense 1).
[Probably alteration of SHINDY.]
shindig
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- A big, exuberant party: celebration, shindy. Slang bash, blast, blowout. See group, restraint/unrestraint, work/play.
| Word Origin: shindig |
Origin: 1857
On the American Frontier (1676), the partying sometimes grew strenuous. During the course of the nineteenth century, we came up with an appropriate name for it: shindig. The word may well have come from shindy, meaning "a row or commotion," known since the 1830s. To cut shindies was "to make a ruckus." By the late 1850s, someone evidently had mistaken shindy for a mispronunciation of shin dig, a kick in the shins, such as might happen during the course of a shindy. An 1859 dictionary of Americanisms indeed defined shindig as "a blow on the shins. Southern."
Shindig in the sense of "a boisterous dance or party" made its way to the West, appearing in a Bret Harte story in 1871: "'Is this a dashed Puritan meeting?' 'It's no Pike County shindig.'" We are more laid back about the shindigs we hold nowadays; no matter how noisy, they rarely involve bruises.
| Wikipedia: Shindig! |
For other uses, see Shindig.
| Shindig! | |
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| Genre | Musical variety |
| Created by | Jimmy O'Neill Sharon Sheeley Art Stolnitz |
| Starring | Jimmy O'Neill |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Selig J. Seligman Leon Mirell |
| Running time | 30 minutes (September 1964-January 1965) 60 minutes (January-Fall 1965) 30 minutes, twice-weekly (Fall 1965-January 1966) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Original run | September 16, 1964 – January 8, 1966 |
Shindig! is an American music variety show which aired on the ABC TV from September 16, 1964[1] to January 8, 1966. The show was hosted by Jimmy O'Neill, a disc jockey in Los Angeles at the time[2], who also created the show along with his wife Sharon Sheeley and production executive Art Stolnitz[3]
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Synopsis
The series first aired for a half-hour every week, but was expanded to an hour in January 1965. In the fall of 1965, the show split into two half-hour telecasts, on Thursday and Saturday nights.
Shindig!'s premiere episode was taped in Britain with The Beatles as the guests. The series featured other "British invasion" bands including The Who and The Rolling Stones. Shindig would continue to broadcast episodes from London throughout its run.[2]
Many popular performers of the day played on Shindig! including Sam Cooke, Lesley Gore, Bo Diddley[4], and Sonny and Cher.
Shindig!'s success prompted NBC to air the similar series Hullabaloo starting in January 1965.
By October 1965 the show was having ratings problems (Time magazine said "early-season tide [was] running against the teen scene"[5]) and in January 1966, Shindig! was canceled and replaced in its Thursday time slots by Batman.[2]
Series regulars
Accompanying the music acts of the week, Shindig! also featured a dance troupe called the Shin-diggers. One of the regular dancers was Teri Garr, who would go on to find success as an actress. The Shin-diggers' assistant choreographer, Antonia Basilotta, later changed her named to Toni Basil, most widely known for the 1980s song "Mickey".[6]
The series house band, the Shin-diggers (later renamed the Shindogs), featured a young Glen Campbell, Joey Cooper, Chuck Blackwell (drums), Billy Preston, James Burton, Delaney Bramlett, Larry Knechtel (on bass) and pianist Leon Russell.[6]
The Blossoms, an all-female vocal group featuring Darlene Love, backed up many of the performers and were occasionally featured in spotlight performances. Donna Loren, Jackie DeShannon and Bobby Sherman were also regular vocalists on the series.[6]
Musical guests
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Celebrity guests
- Ted Cassidy
- Patty Duke[12]
- Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
- Rosey Grier
- Tommy Kirk
- Vincent Price
- Alan Sues
- Raquel Welch
- Orson Welles
Guest hosts
- George Chakiris
- Zsa Zsa Gabor
- Carolyn Jones
- Boris Karloff
- Hedy Lamarr
- Jack E. Leonard
- Hugh O'Brian
- Mickey Rooney
- Ed Wynn
VHS release
In 1991 and 1992, Rhino Entertainment and WEA released a series of Shindig! Presents VHS videos featuring highlights from the series.[13]
In popular culture
- Shindig! was mentioned in The Ramones song "Do You Remember Rock N' Roll Radio?" as "Do you remember Hullabaloo, Upbeat, Shindig, and Ed Sullivan too...?"
- Shindig! made an appearance on a 1965 episode of The Flintstones as "Shinrock!" with host "Jimmy O'Neillstone". The episode featured musical guests The Beau Brummels, appearing as "The Beau Brummelstones," who performed their hit song "Laugh, Laugh."[14]
References
- ^ Time listings: ABC completes its roster of new shows, a September 1964 article from Time
- ^ a b c Shindig!, Rod Barken from tvparty.com
- ^ Art Stolnitz, 79, executive from Variety
- ^ Pioneer of a Beat Is Still Riffing for His Due, a February 2003 article from The New York Times
- ^ "First Down". Time magazine. Friday, October 22, 1965. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,941418,00.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31. "Meanwhile ABC, which closed the gap on the competition for the first time last season, momentarily dropped out of contention again, primarily for riding too long with fading favorites. The network was caught with seven of the bottom 13 Nielsens, including the eight-year-old Donna Reed Show, 13-year-old Ozzie and Harriet. With the early-season tide running against the teen scene, the two segments of Shindig are being cancelled, and Ben Casey's slide to 73rd seemed to indicate that the doctor series are sickening unto death."
- ^ a b c Wharton, David (1999-12-14). "'Shindig!' Tapes Bring 1960s Rock Back to Life". Los Angeles Times (bobbysherman.com). http://www.bobbysherman.com/shinart.htm. Retrieved 2007-12-21.
- ^ "Johnny Cash: A Family Album". Time magazine. August 4, 2003. http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101030922/familyalbum/2.html. Retrieved 2009-01-31. "1964: Cash tapes an episode of the ABC musical-variety program Shindig!"
- ^ The Pop Life, an October 21, 1981 article from The New York Times
- ^ Time listings, a May 1965 article from Time
- ^ Bobby Hatfield Dies at 63; Righteous Brothers Tenor, a November 2003 article from The New York Times
- ^ Doug Sahm, Musical Voice of Texas, Dies at 58, a November 1999 article from The New York Times
- ^ Time listings, a June 1965 article from Time
- ^ The Shindig! Series VHS Release from Amazon.com
- ^ Childs, T. Mike (2004). The Rocklopedia Fakebandica. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0312329440.
External links
- Shindig! at the Internet Movie Database
- Shindig! at TV.com
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| Translations: Shindig |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - gilde, fest, bal
Nederlands (Dutch)
opschudding, feestje
Français (French)
n. - ramdam, nouba (fam)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Krach, Streit, Party
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) ψυχαγωγική συγκέντρωση, χορός, ξεφάντωμα, πατιρντί
Português (Portuguese)
n. - baile (m), festa (f), entretenimento (m)
Русский (Russian)
веселая вечеринка с танцами, танец, шум
Español (Spanish)
n. - baile, fiesta, jarana
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - brakfest, jätteparty
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
狂欢会, 吵闹, 舞会
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 狂歡會, 吵鬧, 舞會
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 떠들썩하고 흥겨운 모임, 무도회
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) شجار, حفله راقصه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מסיבה עליזה, ריב, תגרה, מהומה
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