As we know, after F-Troop ended its run, Larry Storch supplemented his voice work (i.e. Cool Cat) with various guest appearances in primetime. We've previously seen him on Mannix. Soon, we'll pull up something from Love, American Style.
However, we've got a 1971 episode of The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour. Larry appears in three sketches with Glen, including one in drag around the 12 minute mark, and in a pirate skit with Glen and Liberace. Additional guests include Linda Ronstadt, Jerry Reed, and Neil Diamond. Murray Langston, later known as the Unknown Comic, was part of the repertory company.
Too bad they didn't have room to let Larry sing, too.......
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Outside of a verse or two in a couple of F Troop episodes ("Reach for the Sky, Pardner", for example) I can't think of Larry singing anywhere. Usually left that to Tuck, who had plenty of experience after playing Professor Harold Hill over 2,000 times. ;)
And why didn't Forrest Tucker get to do "The Music Man" on TV?
Good question. He played the role more times than anyone, even Robert Preston, when all was said and done.
All of it on Broadway, I take it.
Belatedly:
Forrest Tucker was the #1 road company Harold Hill; he did several national tours of Music Man over the years, including one very long stay here in Chicago.
Tuck was so popular here that after he stopped touring, he came back to the Windy City and had a fair-sized run as a morning-drive radio personality on WCFL (1000 On Your Dial!).
By The Way:
When Robert Preston left the Broadway company of Music Man, his replacement was Bert Parks (who got rave reviews).
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