Jack Shelton

Anthony Lenzo

Does anyone remember or is old enough lol to remember Jack Shelton from TV variety shows ? I think he had a Merv Griffith
gig.Was a great player .

Bruce

@Anthony-Lenzo Yes.

Vulgano Brother

@Anthony-Lenzo I also remember him from "I'm just a bill," and saw him on "Dragnet" a couple of times. He reminded me of Larry Mondello from "Leave it to Beaver."

robertwerntz

@Anthony-Lenzo had that big Harry James sound

Dale Proctor

He also starred in the old TV sitcom, “Run, Buddy, Run”.

Dale Proctor

@Vulgano-Brother said in Jack Shelton:

@Anthony-Lenzo I also remember him from "I'm just a bill," and saw him on "Dragnet" a couple of times. He reminded me of Larry Mondello from "Leave it to Beaver."

Yes, he sang on a few of those “Schoolhouse Rock” shorts. “Conjunction Junction” was another one.

Anthony Lenzo

@Dale-Proctor Yes !That's right conjunction junction...I knew a kid in high school that reminded me of Jack was a cool guy never in trouble look like he didn't have any problems was a likeable nice guy type.Anyway I saw Jack Shelton on Merv Griffith one night and they had Jon Faddas on ..so Mr.Faddas plays a solo and all,and Merv was a Jackass that night and turns to Jack and says "How come you don't play like Jon.I could see Jack get annoyed at Merv for that wise remark .Just wasn't nice.

SSmith1226

@Anthony-Lenzo said in Jack Shelton:

….Anyway I saw Jack Shelton on Merv Griffith one night and they had Jon Faddas on ..so Mr.Faddas plays a solo and all,and Merv was a Jackass that night and turns to Jack and says "How come you don't play like Jon.I could see Jack get annoyed at Merv for that wise remark .Just wasn't nice.

Here’s the segment. Jack Sheldon, who was put on the spot, did a great job of spontaneously defending his abilities in this otherwise high probability embarrassing situation.
Youtube Video

Anthony Lenzo

@SSmith1226 Cool I didn't think anyone had this clip .Boy but Jack showed them..Faddas has a strange emboucher don't you think ? Lol

Anthony Lenzo

@Anthony-Lenzo Hey thanks for the clip lot of ego out there haha

SSmith1226

@Anthony-Lenzo said in Jack Shelton:

@Anthony-Lenzo Hey thanks for the clip lot of ego out there haha

Ego?
How many trumpet players does it take to change a light bulb?
Just one. He holds it in place and the whole world revolves around him.
Five. One to put it in, and four to talk about how much better they could have done it.
Five. One to change the bulb and four to contemplate how Louis Armstrong would have done it.

Anthony Lenzo

@SSmith1226 Funny

Dale Proctor

Jack should have told Merv that he would play Cottontail if Faddis would sing Conjunction Junction…lol

Anthony Lenzo

@Dale-Proctor hah that's good Conjunction Junction..Merv could have been a little bit nicer to Jack..Jack IS was a great trumpet player.