Nuggets: Laugh, Laugh by The Beau Brummels

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1. Although I don’t remember this episode, I do remember watching The Flintstones as a kid. You’ve taken me back to my childhood.

   • It was still playing in the 1980s, when I was a kid. Although maybe Nz is just backwards.

2. I think your characterization of “sophisticated” hit the nail on the head. This is a really nicely written and produced song. The Beau Brummels were also pretty capable harmony vocalists.

   • Yeah, a talented young songwriter there for sure. They are one of the more famous Nuggets bands, but maybe could have done even more.

3. It’s a good’n. One of those songs I liked but never knew its pedigree. So funny it played on The Flintstones.

   • I was trying to find a list of songs featured on the original Flintstones, with no success. I think the Beach Boys featured – I hope the surf board wasn’t rock.

     • I found this at wiki, but no playlist per se.:
       The opening- and closing-credits theme during the first two seasons was called “Rise and Shine”, a lively instrumental underscore accompanying Fred on his drive home from work. .[23] Starting in season three, episode three (“Barney the Invisible”), the opening- and closing-credits theme was the familiar vocal “Meet the Flintstones”. This version was recorded with a 22-piece big band conducted by composer Hoyt Curtin and performed by the Randy Van Horne Singers. The melody is derived from part of the ‘B’ section of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 17 Movement 2, composed in 1801/02.[24] The “Meet the Flintstones” opening was later added to the first two seasons for syndication. The musical underscores were credited to Hoyt Curtin for the show’s first five seasons; Ted Nichols took over in 1965 for the final season.[23] Many early episodes used the underscores composed for Top Cat and The Jetsons. Episodes of the last two seasons used the underscore of Jonny Quest for the more adventurous stories.

4. TOP 5 NUGGET

   • Oh cool – we largely agree on this one. Shame they couldn’t build on the hit – feels like Ron Elliott could have written some more great songs.

     • The follow-up hit Just a Little is almost as good

5. I like this one a lot…I heard this a lot on an oldies channel that I listened to in the 80s.
   I can’t imagine the publicity they got when they were in the Flintstones. Back then that was a large audience… That drummer is a hell of a ham.

   • I’d never heard it before, which is a shame. I have listened to Triangle, which is included on 1001 Albums You Must Hear…

     • To tell the truth i never heard anything else they did other than the two hits. I’m gonna listen to Triangle to see what it’s all about.