You may not be a big Elvis fan (What?? How can anyone not like Elvis?) but you can't watch Elvis' 1968 Comeback Special and tell me this was not one great piece of television history! Originally airing on December 3rd, 1968 on NBC, Colonel Tom Parker wanted it to be a typical sappy Christmas special with Elvis singing Christmas songs. (Does anyone else think that the Colonel held Elvis back in many, many ways or am I alone here?)Thanks to Bob Finkel, the Executive Producer, Elvis got to do a show that eventually became a landmark of television - a forerunner of the "unplugged" concept that became so big on MTV in later years. After being in the Army, losing ground to the British Invasion and being shoved into a mediocre movie career (knock, knock, Colonel - are you there??) Elvis came back and he came back in style - the special was the highest rated of the year and, according to director Steve Binder, probably the first one-man special to appear on American television.
Slim, sexy in black leather and at the top of his form here is ELVIS in his 1968 Comeback Special - honestly, I think this was Elvis at his best ever:
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Bloopers!!!
TOMORROW IS ELVIS' BIRTHDAY - COME BACK FOR SOME BIRTHDAY CAKE AND CELEBRATE WITH THE WORLD!
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SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU THINK ELVIS ROCKS TOO
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SHOW THE WORLD THAT YOU THINK ELVIS ROCKS TOO
Get my Love That Old Time Rock & Roll - Elvis Style on the fun stuff below as well as other apparel and gifts:
