Agree 100% - his ‘obligatory’ smooches on child performers were horrible. A different time, when dirty old lechers could get away with a lot more back then. He seems to genuinely enjoy the talent show, but there’s a dark side to Frank Masi for sure. Maybe his wife was in on it?
This is why cable companies should still have local channels that anyone with a camera can use. There was so much cheesy gold in the 80's. Plus, we'd never have Wayne's World without them.
Perhaps my favourite STS full episode. Missy is just adorable and cute as a button. Lucille Cataldo had real talent. H.P. Mendoza has done a video on YT cleaning up the audio and putting Lucille's vocals with a much fuller musical track and the quality of her singing really comes through imo. Sadly, she passed a couple of years ago. RIP Lucille Cataldo. I hope all the performers have had happy and fulfilling lives.
Disgusting isn’t it? He made it look so innocent but it was horrible. I’m amazed this show went on as long as it did, with this creep planting unwelcome smooches on 13-year-old girls and his weird wife looking on each and every time.
Lil' Missy at 5 yrs old is absolutely adorable and tallented.. Side note: Frank tells her not to hide her pretty face with the mic only for Frank and his cohort, smothering her with 2 mics and accosting a 5 yr old with endless questions.
At the 25:00 mark, Frank sings "The Old Rugged Cross" and says it's his "testimony". During the song he calls the rest of the performers on stage to join him, and they kinda shamble out there as if to say "Do we really have to?"
excuse my ignorance but where would you perform that dance number? at what function do you bust out that choreography? "what this 50th anniversary party needs is my dancing skills so everybody sit down and watch THIS"!!
I’m pretty sure this guy used to fix our tv back in the 70’s. Also, the starring by “The Band” during Renee’s dance was a tad awkward. Wow a 212 number in Queens..Yeah, he was mobbed up. The You Light up my life girl was probably sipping beer before her performance or maybe Frank made her some funny drink. I also think I dated this girl in 89
Jeeeeez that piano needs tuning. Boy that host is a CLOSE talker with the young ladies. Weird. The 80's were weird and ugly. I was there. I remember lol.
Masi is not bad at singing. With studio love and proper arrangement and orchestration he could be in every elevator in the country. Re the black lady dancer, the bored-looking band did not help.
Gotta give credit to the drummer for pulling that sound out the drum set featured in the '75 Sears Christmas catalog.
I ****ed off to that catalogue!
I heard he bought the drum kit from John Quincy Adams
Lol @ ' 75 Sears Christmas catalog'.
The drumkit reminds me of the one Neil Peart had on the 2112 Rush tour.
Hello, weird part of RUclips. We meet again.
This is the very finest corner of RUclips: real humanity seen in our full glory, warts and all!
It smells funny here.
Hello SolamenteVees.
I’m here and it’s almost 1am. What does, You look like a sandwich mean??
@@giorgiopalmas7934 That's called Old Spice and Certs Breath Mints.
Every time Frank asks for a kiss it's literal cringe. It's so painful.
Looks like Lucille passed away this past year. :( RIP
Agree 100% - his ‘obligatory’ smooches on child performers were horrible. A different time, when dirty old lechers could get away with a lot more back then. He seems to genuinely enjoy the talent show, but there’s a dark side to Frank Masi for sure. Maybe his wife was in on it?
@@rhythmfield His wife would kiss the boy performers.
This is why cable companies should still have local channels that anyone with a camera can use. There was so much cheesy gold in the 80's. Plus, we'd never have Wayne's World without them.
There are over 1000 public access stations across the country right now
Now it's called "RUclips"
@@bmarus Good point. The only thing missing in the 80's were thousands of comments letting them know how cheesy it was.
I miss that world. It's like we lived on a completely different planet.
“We’ve got the other shows beat by a mile”. A genius lyric to match the world class entertainment. 😂😂😂
Mom or dad was living vicariously through that little girl.
This show really starts out with a Bang 💥
I would've definitely watch this back then if I were in that city.
“That city” was the great city of New York - Taped in Manhattan, to be exact!
Anyone here after Jaime French video ?
Catalto is as cute as they come! She can sing too!
The audio and video tape distortion add yet another layer of quality to this experience for me.
Perhaps my favourite STS full episode. Missy is just adorable and cute as a button. Lucille Cataldo had real talent. H.P. Mendoza has done a video on YT cleaning up the audio and putting Lucille's vocals with a much fuller musical track and the quality of her singing really comes through imo. Sadly, she passed a couple of years ago. RIP Lucille Cataldo. I hope all the performers have had happy and fulfilling lives.
Lucille Cataldo had attitude and confidence but no real vocal talent. See: "Hairdresser."
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You're joking, lmao
The drummer thought so little of this gig that he didn’t even bother to bring his entire drum set.
Looked like the drum set you would buy at a flee market for your kid
No, No.................................................I think that's his entire drum kit.
Guessing Louise went on to become a hairdresser. That girl nailed The Fararh hairdo!
Children should never be given microphones. Ever.
Louise needed ClearChoice™ to replace those horrid teeth. Beautiful face, hopeless teeth.
15:54 One can clearly see how hopeless the drummer feels after they STILL refuse to hook him up with a double bass drum kit. Poor fella.
I love that guy ,Hal Green
He's doing very well considering he died three days before filming.
@@OhFishyFisheasy there little tigers - Hal Green was a great drummer. Old pro.
…he probably couldn’t play on a double bass drum kit.
Rumor has it that Napoleon Dynamite got his moves from Rene McGuiness
Even after binge watching these shows I realize that Yoko Ono is still worse than anyone on this show.
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😂😂👯👯👯😊😊
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the band looks like they all randomly met 2 hours before they began filming on the subway for the first time
Lucille actually could sing !
Norman Fell on drums! So cool
Frank: How about it, you wanna hear from the boys?
Audience: Crickets
😂
what audience?
This is hilarious!!!
Frank gets WAY too hands on with the children on his show.
Calling them "baby" and asking for kisses.
Dude is a creep with a dark side.
Renee’s dancing sure is something 😆
Like Jamie Lee Curtis in Prom Night 1980! 😸
Co-caine!
Amazing how quickly 28:18 minutes go by when watching this!
Frank Masi was a creep
Renee dances like Ricky Gervais in that charity collection episode of The Office..
Love Hal Green on those drums!
I’m new to this - and I’m a pro drummer. I’m an instant fan of Hal’s for life!!
@@rhythmfield
Yes, Hal makes the best with minimal drum equipment.
it's a little too busy for me
I could never understand what Christopher Cross was singing on "Arthur". I understood every word Lucille Cataldo was singing.
Is that sarcasm?
I thought the same thing. It's similar to Darlene Edwards cover of "Stayin' Alive" in that regard.
I'm making a video about this program, unfortunately it's in Portuguese. But I love this.
@Alcoon Slambag I've already posted.
Probably sounds better
I think I saw Frank on To Catch a Predator 😂😂
"You look like a sandwich" ; "Take a bite"
21:44 "Do I get a kiss too"? Creep lol.
You just know Tillie used to turning a blind eye to Frank's shenanigans
@17:34 "She's good, too. She's good." Boy, that lady was a shrewd judge of talent.
8:09
Are they asking her questions or taking a deep look at her pores?
Poor girl, I can smell their coffee breath from here.
OhFishyFish 🤣🤣
Frank sure likes the young girls
Disgusting isn’t it? He made it look so innocent but it was horrible. I’m amazed this show went on as long as it did, with this creep planting unwelcome smooches on 13-year-old girls and his weird wife looking on each and every time.
@@rhythmfieldI don't think that's his wife.
@@makeadifference4all Tilley was indeed Frank’s the pedophile’s wife
@@makeadifference4all Tilley was indeed Frank’s the pedophile’s wife
The video and audio drag sounds give the songs a certain flavor. Close talkers. Scaring that kid
Would love to see this live.
Louise Mascia had Madonna beat by a mile!
Lil' Missy at 5 yrs old is absolutely adorable and tallented..
Side note: Frank tells her not to hide her pretty face with the mic only for Frank and his cohort, smothering her with 2 mics and accosting a 5 yr old with endless questions.
When you order sonny bono from wish
*My Uncle Paul would have loved Missy Berk!*
I hear these two have a show in Branson Missouri now.
They are doing an extended run in Hell - Masi is down there at least … they’re both gone.
The drummer is out of control! He needs to switch to decaf.
I miss this kind of TV to be honest people had passion weather they were good at it or not they enjoyed it that’s all that matters
Frank's wife passive aggressive comments makes me feel like Frank has wondering lips.
Ya think???
Ya think???
adorable
At the 25:00 mark, Frank sings "The Old Rugged Cross" and says it's his "testimony". During the song he calls the rest of the performers on stage to join him, and they kinda shamble out there as if to say "Do we really have to?"
"I gotta get a kisssss!".....Ewwww!🤮
excuse my ignorance but where would you perform that dance number? at what function do you bust out that choreography? "what this 50th anniversary party needs is my dancing skills so everybody sit down and watch THIS"!!
O.M.G this is great 😂
@19:04 - Drummer: "This is my moment!"
Fun (non)Fact: The very next year Renee the dancer was considered for the Laura role in "Stayin Alive" starring John Travolta.
I think Frank had a gimlet or two before this one.
😂😂😂😂 tf is a gimlet though??😂😂😂😂
Gin, lime juice and sugar
Most people don't realize it, but the little girl was actually a disguised 33 year-old woman from Estonia, like the title character in ORPHAN.
It’s worth watching for the heavy NY accents alone
Like outtakes from Woody Allen's Broadway Danny Rose.
That drummer definitely played in a few circuses in his time.
The particularly bad quality of this episode just sells it.
Edit: also Missy is so freaking adorable I’m smiling so much 🥺
It was going fine till the end when the drummer threw his sticks into the audience and popped two colostomy bags.
He knocked over the sandwich tray in the green room. He's a prick
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HAHAHAHA!!!!
Oh that's funny
Someone should have told those little girls that loud singing does not equal good singing.
Jan Terri sent me here.
16:31 Owie.
Why do they have the band just sit there on stage when they arent playing? lolol
There is no offstage. There is no anywhere else. This is their entire Universe, in which they are trapped forever. This is Variety Hell.
That drummer looked so out of place watching the dancer.....
$5 says they filmed this in the basement of a church hall
" You look like a sandwich "" Go ahead take a bite. "
I’m pretty sure this guy used to fix our tv back in the 70’s. Also, the starring by “The Band” during Renee’s dance was a tad awkward. Wow a 212 number in Queens..Yeah, he was mobbed up. The You Light up my life girl was probably sipping beer before her performance or maybe Frank made her some funny drink. I also think I dated this girl in 89
Hal Green on drum everyone, Hal Green.
Faltering video tape is an old 80s thing that no longer occurs!
8:41 Frank the close talker.
So much talent, so little time. 😂
Some good dancing today.
Tillie looks really good in this one--looks like she lost alot of weight
Great camera work 🙄
Never seen a more creepy host 😮
Asking little 5 year olds for kisses etc 😬
Ed McMahon did the same when he hosted Star Search in the '80's and '90's. Gross. 😐
Frank makes me uncomfortable
9 out of 10 dentists surveyed recommend that girl needs braces. The other just pierced his ears with railroad spikes and left the room.
I guess Nancy left Sluggo for Frank.
Oy.
They could have used some Crest Whitening Strips back then.
Jeeeeez that piano needs tuning. Boy that host is a CLOSE talker with the young ladies. Weird. The 80's were weird and ugly. I was there. I remember lol.
Can you believe this was made on a budget of only $5.68?... Unbelievable! 😐
How boot gitten the piana tooned up.
Good God, they're asking a lot of those braces 😅
The best…needs a gong though god bless them…😂
Renee has more XY chromosomes than I do.
I wonder if anyone made it big from this show. I'm thinking not.
@8:07 FOR GOD'S SAKE - LET THE CHILD BREATHE!!
Stairway to ending your career
STOP Lying to these people!
this show is so bad - i use to wear make up and clothing like those girls did - what were we thinking?
Quit picking on the drummer. It ain't what you got. It's how you use it.
I wonder what that lottle girl is up to now! 😊
@17:42 errr.. umm...
Susan tyrell had a daughter
1:19 Looking😊 like a sandwich
Lucille would have benefited from a bit of orthodontia.
#joeymarlow
Masi is not bad at singing. With studio love and proper arrangement and orchestration he could be in every elevator in the country.
Re the black lady dancer, the bored-looking band did not help.
Its because this guy thinks hes good that I dont sing in public. This would be me. Bad without knowing it.