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UK Lemon Popsicle Fanzine
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Issue 12 March 2007
Contents
Top of the Popsicles
Summertime Blues
Guests Of Eden
Now That’s What I Call Popsicle – Theme From A Summer Place
Growing Up
Legends of Stiel : Aunt Fanny
Holywood a Go-Go : The True Story Of The Cannon Film Empire
The Rough Guide To Lemon Popsicle
Zachi Guru
Lemon Popsicle Look-a-Likes
We can’t believe there are so many people out there who look like they
were in Lemon Popsicle but they keep cropping up!
It’s back to Last American Virgin again and our man Gary.
The young Lawrence Monoson is surely a dead ringer for the Karate Kid
himself Mr Miyagi! Oops, we mean Daniel LaRusso – AKA Ralph Macchio!
Wax on, wax off Gary san………
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Popsicle Scene
Welcome to issue 12 of
POPSICLE
fanzine, which is devoted to the last film in the Lemon
Popsicle series –
SUMMERTIME BLUES!
This issue brings you a synopsis of
Summertime Blues
plus
Guests Of Eden,
which
spotlights some of the film’s supporting cast.
There’s another cracking edition of
Top of the Popsicles, A Rough Guide to Lemon
Popsicle,
a look at Zachi Noy
Growing Up,
plus a look inside the world of Israeli film-
makers Golan and Globus!
Continuing with the Summertime Blues theme there is also a special feature on the bonus
film -
Die Unglaublichen Abenteuer des Guru Jakob –
from the German Eis Am
Stiel DVD box-set!
And if all that’s not enough we also bring you the launch of two new regular features!
Now
That’s What I Call Popsicle
takes a look at the influence of some of the classic Popsicle
tunes.
And
Legends of Stiel
pays tribute to some of the supporting cast, without whom, Lemon
Popsicle just wouldn’t be the same!
Popsicle
Fanzine
The Eskimo
Limon DVD box
set is the only
place to find a
version of
Summertime
Blues with
English sub-
titles!
Only available as
a German
language release,
the last Lemon
Popsicle film
finally features
English and
Hebrew sub-titles
to keep the Israeli
and English
speaking Lemon
Popsicle fans
happy!
Popsicle Fanzine
Editor
Roy Mitchell
Ashton in Makerfield
WN4 9RE
Address 10 Campion Grove
Email
popsicleape@hotmail.com
Popsicle is a non-profit
making fanzine. No
attempt is made to
infringe upon or
supersede any rights
held by any holders of
Lemon Popsicle
copyrights whatsoever.
Popsicle has no
connection or
associations with Globus
Films Ltd or any other
organisations holding
Lemon Popsicle
copyrights. Copyright
and trademark are
acknowledged and respected by this publication.
All pictures used in this issue are from the Editor’s
own collection. No material used in this fanzine
should be re-produced in any format without the
permission of the Editor.
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For This Edition Of Top Of The Popsicles, The
Spotlight Falls Upon British Representation
On The Popsicle Music Roster. It’s
The…SWINGING BLUE JEANS.
Singled out for the ‘Top Of The Popsicle’s’ treatment this time around are Liverpool’s finest those
Swinging Blue Jeans. Brilliant though they are, the songs featured in Lemon Popsicle movies are mainly
from American artists so it’s good to know that the UK’s Swinging Blue Jeans are good enough to be
chosen for inclusion on the soundtrack. These fine exponents of the B.B.C. (that’s the British Beat
Combo!) have their turn for their five minutes of Popsicle fame in the final Popsicle film ‘The Party
Goes On’ with the classic ‘Hippy Hippy Shake’. And speaking of the B.B.C. the Swinging Blue Jeans
were no strangers to the ‘Top Of The Pops’ studio...but more about that later. So let’s take a look at the
life and times of the Swinging Blue Jeans.
The Blue Genes (as they were originally known) were formed as a semi - pro band in 1959, eventually
changing their name to the Swinging Blue Jeans (I couldn’t find out why!) and turning professional in
1962. Following a number of successful resident engagements at such famous Liverpool clubs as the
Mardi Gras and The Cavern, the Swinging Blue Jeans were offered resident seasons at the Star Club in
Hamburg alongside such Liverpool groups as The Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, The Searchers,
and Merseybeats. 1963 became their ‘break through’ year as they blasted their way into the charts with
'Hippy Hippy Shake', which resulted them appearing on the very first show of the long running BBC
Television series 'Top Of The Pops'. Many more appearances under the watchful eye of Sir James Saville
were to follow. Due to the incredible international success of 'Hippy Hippy Shake' the Swinging Blue
Jeans were featured on every major pop TV show in Great Britain, Scandinavia and Europe, they also
featured in no less than 3 feature films. Several hit singles followed...'Good Golly Miss Molly', 'You're
No Good' (my personal favourite); 'Don't Make Me Over' and 'It's Too Late Now' were all chart
successes. Mixed in with the hit singles were two hit albums, 'Blue Jeans A Swinging' and 'Swinging Blue
Jeans At The Cascade'.
You may be surprised to know that the Blue Jeans are still swinging! They are still one of the most
popular of the authentic 60's band their annual tour commitments take in such diverse countries as
Germany, Australia, Sweden, Spain, Norway, New Zealand, Denmark, United Arab Emirates, Holland,
Ireland, Poland, Canada, the USA, and of course Great Britain. Up until recently they used to still feature
two the founder members in Ray Ennis and Les Braid. Sadly, however Les passed away on July 31
st
2005.
They often used to look back and think themselves lucky to have been involved in a Liverpool explosion
of popular music that played such a vital part in the exciting era now fondly referred to all who lived
through it as...the 'Swinging Sixties'! All the still touring members of the Swinging Blue Jeans hail from
Liverpool, they were raised on the excitement of rock 'n' roll and the Swinging Sixties...and Popsicle
Magazine hopes that they keep on swinging’ for many, many more years to come!
Now And Then:
The Swinging Blue
Jeans
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TOP TEN SWINGING BLUE JEANS POPTASTIC FACTS!
1. The Band had their own Tuesday Night Guest Spot at the Famous
Cavern Club. Guess who one of their guests were...the Beatles!
2. While 'Hippy Hippy Shake' was riding high in the charts, the Swinging
Blue Jeans made a cameo guest appearance in the Christmas edition of
the highly popular Liverpool based BBC television series 'Z Cars'.
3. After appearing in ‘Z Cars’ they were arrested near Nottingham.
Dressed in their trademark denim there were mistaken for prison
escapees!
4. So successful was the first appearance by the Swinging Blue Jeans on
the initial Top of the Pops show, that the BBC rebooked them for a
second appearance...25 years later.
5. Actress Sue Johnson of 'Brookside’ and ‘The Royal Family' fame,
bought Chan Romero's version of 'Hippy Hippy Shake' at Brian Epstein's
NEMS record store so that singer Ray Ennis could learn the correct lyrics.
6. They were the only band that Cilla Black never sung with when she
worked at the Cavern.
7. A lucky tip off during a tour of Czechoslovakia allowed the Blue Jeans
to escape the Russian invasion with just 12 hours to spare!
8. At times, the Blue Jeans still have trouble about wearing jeans in clubs
even though they're appearing there and wear jeans on stage!
9. Bob Wooler, the DJ at Liverpool's legendary Cavern Club excluded the
Jeans from the 'Mersey Beat' poll of 1961, suggesting that "they were
beyond comparison and in a class of their own"!
10.
10 The Swinging Blue Jeans hate miming!
Andrew Hunt
bamfurlong@fsmail.net
Acknowledgements to:
flyingmusic.com
www.swingingbluejeans.co.uk
LEMON POPSICLE FOREVER
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It’s got everything you could
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series of Lemon Popsicle films.
You can find out all about the
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you can get in touch with other
Popsicle-ites! There’s also
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Kedar, Avi Hadash and a copy of
Popsicle Fanzine’s interview with
Joe Rubbo. All this and much
more can found at………..
www.lemonpopsicleforever.net.
www.lemonpopsicleforever.net.
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