Eagle-eyed pop-culture fanatic reader Steve T. points out that the woman with the gigantic black wig in the astounding Bing-Crosby-Meets-the-Beatles clip I posted earlier is Bobbi Gentry, who sang “Ode to Billy Joe.” This just gets better and better. UPDATE: Another alert reader, Dave at Garfield Ridge, has scoured the Internet and discovered that this clip comes from an October 11, 1969 episode of “Hollywood Palace,” which aired on ABC.
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